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Jeddah (Cidde)

Place in Hejaz (Hicaz) province. Present-day country: Saudi Arabia.

43 officials are recorded serving in Jeddah (Cidde), from 1871 to 1912 (AH 1288 to 1330), in 131 annual entries. The median of the 131 recorded monthly salaries is 700 kuruş. The fullest year is 1895/96 with 9 officials. 2 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
43
Annual entries1871 to 1912, AH 1288 to 1330
131
Year with most officials9 officials
1895/96
Median monthly salaryfrom 131 recorded salaries
700 kuruş
Officials born here
2
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1895/96 (AH 1313) with 9 officials. Years with an annual entry: 33.
02468101873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13309 in 1895/96Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Jeddah (Cidde)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)212
1883/84 (AH 1301)323
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)323
1886/87 (AH 1304)303
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)313
1889/90 (AH 1307)313
1890/91 (AH 1308)303
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)313
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)757
1895/96 (AH 1313)949
1896/97 (AH 1314)828
1897/98 (AH 1315)717
1898/99 (AH 1316)737
1899/1900 (AH 1317)737
1900/01 (AH 1318)808
1901/02 (AH 1319)737
1902/03 (AH 1320)606
1903/04 (AH 1321)414
1904/05 (AH 1322)414
1905/06 (AH 1323)535
1906/07 (AH 1324)424
1907/08 (AH 1325)414
1908/09 (AH 1326)313
1909/10 (AH 1327)303
1910/11 (AH 1328)101
1911 (AH 1329)222
1911/12 (AH 1330)111

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 131 recorded monthly salaries is 700 kuruş, the mean 909 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 1330Median 700 kuruş in 1905/06Jeddah (Cidde), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Jeddah (Cidde)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1871/721680680680680550
1873/7411,6001,6001,6001,600500
1882/8321,7501,7501,6251,875500
1883/8431,0001,066.676001,500500
1884/8521,5001,5001,2501,750500
1885/863511662493755.5500
1886/873500658.33487.5750500
1887/8821,2501,2501,1251,375500
1888/893500633.33450750500
1889/903800733.33600900500
1890/913800733.33600900500
1891/922600600500700500
1892/933800733.33600900500
1893/9431,000966.677001,250500
1894/957700664.29400875500
1895/969700664.44400800500
1896/978737.5788.12572.5925500
1897/987675810.715151,035500
1898/997675886.43630810500
1899/19007630772.862751,185500
1900/018615757.5350952.5500
1901/027600687.14400850500
1902/036600635300675500
1903/0441,1751,487.56751,987.5475
1904/0541,4501,437.58252,062.5450
1905/065700930600900475
1906/074550887.53501,087.5450
1907/084450837.5350937.5300
1908/0935001,9003502,750350
1909/1031,2002,233.338503,100462.5
1910/1111,2001,2001,2001,200500
19112550550525575500
1911/1211,2001,2001,2001,200900

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Jobs each year

22 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 23 officials.
Muhabere Memuru23Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti71. Müdür4Başmuhabere Memuru2Posta Memuru22. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti1Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1Kartpostal Memuru11873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13301 official5 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Jeddah (Cidde)
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruPosta Memuru2. Ticaret Mahkemesi RiyasetiBidayet Mahkemesi BaskitabetiKartpostal Memuru
1871/72
1873/74
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/861
1886/872
1887/8811
1888/89111
1889/90111
1890/91111
1891/9211
1892/93111
1893/94111
1894/954111
1895/965211
1896/9741111
1897/9831111
1898/9951
1899/190031
1900/0131
1901/0222
1902/0312
1903/041
1904/051
1905/0622
1906/0721
1907/0811
1908/091
1909/101
1910/111
19112
1911/121

Birthplaces and places of service

A line links a birthplace and a place of service. A thicker line means more officials, and the arrow head points from the birthplace to the place of service. Places far away are drawn in a small map in a corner.

All years

Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza)

Where the officials serving here were born
Jeddah (Cidde)2 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Mecca (Mekke)Baghdad (Bağdat)BursaCide15 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 26, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)15
Mecca (Mekke)3
Jeddah (Cidde)2this place
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Bursa1
Cide1
Damascus (Şam)1
Haifa (Hayfa)1
İzmit1
Kastamonu1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Hicaz (2), Jeddah (Cidde) (2).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

43 officials, ordered by the first year on record. A row shows in which years an official has an annual entry here and where the entries stop.
1431871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330Post and Telegraph entryEntry of another institution

A gap in a row is a year without an annual entry here. It does not show that the official had left. The list of officials gives the first and the last year of each.

Ottoman officials recorded here

43 officials, the one with most annual entries here first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Jeddah (Cidde)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1883 to 189912Posta Memurupostal official200 to 630Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Abdurrahim Muhsin Efendi1888 to 19059Müdürdirector500 to 2,000Siirt
Mehmet Fuat Paşa1892 to 18997Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1,000 to 2,500Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Bahaattin Bey1871 to 19016Rusumat Muhasebe Baskitabeti680 to 2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rami Efendi1898 to 19056Kontrol Kalemicontrol office600 to 900İzmit
Ali Rıza Efendi1903 to 19085Sancak Muhasebecisi2,250 to 3,000Pomorie (Ahyolu)
Corci Asaf Efendi1883 to 18885Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence1,000 to 1,500Haifa (Hayfa)
İsmail Efendi1898 to 19035Muvassil150 to 200Jeddah (Cidde)
Mustafa Hayri Efendi1894 to 18995Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)675 to 750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1885 to 18945Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official500 to 1,500Kayseri
Abdi Nazım Efendi1894 to 18984Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1895 to 18994Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)630 to 720Nigbolu
Mehmet Muhittin Efendi1899 to 19034Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications60Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Rasim Efendi1905 to 19094Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Cide
Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi1906 to 19113Posta Memurupostal official700 to 1,200Muğla
Hacı Osman Sabri Efendi1898 to 19013Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)630Tokat
Mehmet Sadettin Efendi1907 to 19103Muvakkat Memuru500Damascus (Şam)
Osman Nuri Efendi1901 to 19043Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Emin Efendi1896 to 189821. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Faiz Efend1908 to 19102Rusumat Basmuduru5,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Mihri Efendi1899 to 19012Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)720Kastoria (Kesriye)
Ali Riza Efendi1901 to 19032Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Neapoli (Nasliç)
İsmail Hıfzı Efendi1904 to 19062Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications900Kemah
Mehmet Zikri Efendi1906 to 19082Kartpostal Memuru400Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Mustafa Fazıl Bey1885 to 18872Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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Officials of Jeddah (Cidde), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Saib Efendi1897/981Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı İsmail Hakkı Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bursa
Haci Tahsin Efendi1873/741Rusumat Kaza Muduru1,600Trabzon
Halil Kenan Efendi1905/061Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Mecca (Mekke)
Hamza Bahaeddin Efendi19111Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Jeddah (Cidde)
Hasan Fehmi Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Huseyin Refik Efendi1882/831Rusumat Muhasebe Baskatibi1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)230Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1911/1211. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Necati Efendi1895/961Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sabri Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1901/021Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,000Kastamonu
Mustafa Safvet Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)700Pleven (Plevne)
Unnamed official (0086_0164:323)1889 to 18934Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0089_0155:305)1894 to 18973Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications900 to 1,000Varna
Unnamed official (119,94,183)1899 to 19012Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Mecca (Mekke)
Unnamed official (0085_0150: 295)1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Sana'a (Sana)
Unnamed official (189,34-33)19111Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Mecca (Mekke)

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

Officials born here

2 officials of the collection were born here. 2 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. İsmail Efendi 1898 to 1904, Jeddah (Cidde)
  2. Hamza Bahaeddin Efendi 1909 to 1911, Hicaz

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Suakin (Sevakin)3
Hicaz2
Medina (Medine)2
Acre (Akka)1
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)1
Bandırma1
Erenköy1
Hadımköy1

The 10 places with most officials, of 30.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Beyoğlu4
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Mecca (Mekke)4
Baghdad (Bağdat)2
Yemen2
Acre (Akka)1
Adana1
Antakya1
Asir1
Basra1

The 10 places with most officials, of 28.

Names, position and identifiers of Jeddah (Cidde)
Place
Identifierl-2a7b4e699f6a6f3c
Spelling in the cataloguecidde
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceHejaz (Hicaz)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceCidde
PositionLatitude 21.589969, longitude 39.165004. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countrySaudi Arabia
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
CiddeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
JeddahEnglishPreferred nameEditor
CiddeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
ciddeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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