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Tosya

Place in Kastamonu province. Present-day country: Turkey.

11 officials are recorded serving in Tosya, from 1867 to 1901 (AH 1284 to 1318), in 48 annual entries. The median of the 48 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1886/87 with 3 officials. 5 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
11
Annual entries1867 to 1901, AH 1284 to 1318
48
Year with most officials3 officials
1886/87
Median monthly salaryfrom 48 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
5
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1886/87 (AH 1304) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 35.
01231868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13153 in 1886/87Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Tosya
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)222
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)111
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1881/82 (AH 1299)212
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)313
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)212
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)212
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101

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 48 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 477 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315237 kuruş in 1900/01Tosya, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Tosya
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1867/681800800800800600
1868/692600600500700600
1869/701700700700700600
1870/711700700700700600
1871/721700700700700550
1872/731700700700700550
1873/741700700700700500
1874/751700700700700535
1875/761700700700700530
1876/771700700700700575
1877/781600600600600560
18781600600600600600
1878/791600600600600600
1879/801500500500500500
1880/811500500500500500
1881/822368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1882/832368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1883/842368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/873237324.67237368.5500
1887/882368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1888/892368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1889/902368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1890/912368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1891/922368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1892/932368.5368.5302.75434.25500
1893/941500500500500500
1894/951500500500500500
1895/961500500500500500
1896/972318.5318.5227.75409.25500
1897/981500500500500500
1898/991500500500500500
1899/19001500500500500500
1900/011237237237237500

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

3 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 8 officials.
Muhabere Memuru8Başmuhabere Memuru22. Müdür11867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 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 13181 official3 officials

The 3 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

The same numbers as a table
Officials by job title and year, Tosya
YearMuhabere MemuruBaşmuhabere Memuru2. Müdür
1867/681
1868/6911
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/811
1881/822
1882/832
1883/842
1884/851
1885/861
1886/873
1887/882
1888/892
1889/902
1890/912
1891/922
1892/932
1893/941
1894/951
1895/961
1896/972
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/01

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 3 titles. Over all years an official is counted once under each title. A title with a page of its own is a link.

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) District (kaza) Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
Tosya1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)İskilipLefkeMecitözüSivas5 officials1 official

All 6 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
İskilip2
Lefke1
Mecitözü1
Sivas1
Tosya1this place

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Çanakkale (2), Aleppo (Halep) (1), Bursa (1), Çankırı (1), Kastamonu (1), Şehzadebaşı (1), Sirkeci (1), Tosya (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

11 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.
Reşat EfendiMehmet Yunus EfendiMustafa Sabri EfendiAbdullah Hamit EfendiAbdülkadir EfendiAbdulvahab EfendiOsman Nuri EfendiMehmet Refik EfendiOsman Nuri EfendiAli İrfan EfendiMehmet Bahattin Efendi1867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 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 1318Post and Telegraph entry

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

11 officials, the one with most annual entries here first.

Officials of Tosya
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdulvahab Efendi1880 to 190121Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)237 to 500Lefke
Abdullah Hamit Efendi1869 to 18778Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Refik Efendi1883 to 18905Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)237Tosya
Abdülkadir Efendi1877 to 18804Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali İrfan Efendi1890 to 18933Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)237Mecitözü
Osman Nuri Efendi1881 to 18832Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)237Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Bahattin Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)137İskilip
Mehmet Yunus Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1868/6912. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Sivas
Osman Nuri Efendi1886/871Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)237İskilip
Reşat Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

5 officials of the collection were born here. 1 of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Osman Hilmi Efendi 1889 to 1901, Sirkeci
  2. Mehmet Refik Efendi 1883 to 1893, Tosya
  3. Osman Nuri Efendi 1900 to 1906, Çanakkale
  4. Hasan Sabri Efendi 1900 to 1904, Çanakkale
  5. Ömer Hilmi Efendi 1906 to 1908, Bursa

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Çankırı3
Kastamonu1
Malkara1
Merzifon1
Ortakoy1
Sinop1
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1
Çerkeş1
Çorum1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Kastamonu2
Yozgat2
Gelibolu1
Çankırı1
Çerkeş1
Names, position and identifiers of Tosya
Place
Identifierl-2ab87292db6cef6b
Spelling in the cataloguetosya
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceKastamonu province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceKastamonu
PositionLatitude 41.01762, longitude 34.038102. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
TosyaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
TosyaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
TosyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
tosyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Hamamcı (2022), 41 entries, 5 probably and 0 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)

BETÜL MERVE HAMAMCI (2022), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Tosyalı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Abdurrahman Hulusi EfendiPDF 21, 22Named in the work only
Abdülkadir EfendiPDF 22Named in the work only
Agatankilos EfendiPDF 22, 23Named in the work only
Ahmet EfendiPDF 23Named in the work only
Ahmet Faik EfendiPDF 23, 24Named in the work only
Ahmet Hulusi EfendiPDF 24Named in the work only
Hacı Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiPDF 24, 25Named in the work only
Hacı İdris EfendiPDF 25Named in the work only
Hafız Mehmet EfendiPDF 26, 27Named in the work only
Hafız Mehmet EfendiPDF 26Named in the work only
Hasan Sabri EfendiPDF 29, 30Probably Hasan Sabri Efendi
Mehmet Refik EfendiPDF 36Probably Mehmet Refik Efendi
Osman Hilmi EfendiPDF 43Probably Osman Hilmi Efendi
Osman Nuri EfendiPDF 43, 44Probably Osman Nuri Efendi; Possibly Osman Nuri Efendi
Ömer Hilmi EfendiPDF 44Probably Ömer Hilmi Efendi

26 more entries are onthe page of the work.

A probable or possible link is made by fixed rules from the name, the birthplace, the birth year and the archive reference. It is not confirmed.

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

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