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Place

Tuna

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Danube (Tuna) province.

15 officials are recorded serving in Tuna, from 1860 to 1881 (AH 1277 to 1298), in 64 annual entries. The median of the 64 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş. The fullest year is 1875/76 with 5 officials. 4 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
15
Annual entries1860 to 1881, AH 1277 to 1298
64
Year with most officials5 officials
1875/76
Median monthly salaryfrom 64 recorded salaries
2,000 kuruş
Officials born here
4
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1875/76 (AH 1292) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 22.
0123451863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12955 in 1875/76Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Tuna
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1860/61 (AH 1277)111
1861/62 (AH 1278)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)212
1863/64 (AH 1280)202
1864/65 (AH 1281)424
1865/66 (AH 1282)414
1866/67 (AH 1283)404
1867/68 (AH 1284)303
1868/69 (AH 1285)202
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)313
1871/72 (AH 1288)414
1872/73 (AH 1289)414
1873/74 (AH 1290)404
1874/75 (AH 1291)404
1875/76 (AH 1292)515
1876/77 (AH 1293)414
1877/78 (AH 1294)323
1878 (AH 1295)434
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)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 64 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, the mean 2,539 kuruş.
01,0002,0003,0004,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 1295Median 2,500 kuruş in 1875/76Tuna, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Tuna
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1860/6111,3001,3001,3001,300500
1861/6211,3001,3001,3001,300600
1862/6321,9601,9601,9401,980500
1863/6421,9601,9601,9401,980500
1864/6541,9602,8551,8153,000625
1865/6641,7102,367.51,137.52,940650
1866/6741,7102,1301,1502,690600
1867/6831,9202,373.331,0603,460600
1868/6923,4603,4602,6904,230600
1869/7023,4603,4602,6904,230600
1870/7132,8503,256.672,3853,925600
1871/7242,4252,7551,9803,200550
1872/7342,2102,326.251,598.752,937.5550
1873/7442,2102,327.51,6002,937.5500
1874/7542,5002,8602,0603,300535
1875/7652,5003,6882,5005,700530
1876/7742,5003,3752,2503,625575
1877/7838001,233.336001,650560
187842,5002,0252,0252,500600
1878/7921,5501,5501,0752,025600
1879/8012,0002,0002,0002,000500
1880/8112,0002,0002,0002,000500

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

12 job titles on record. The most frequent is Müfettiş, held by 6 officials.
Müfettiş6Arazi Kalemi1Basmuhendis1Meclisi Temyiz Baskani1Merkez Memuru1Muhabere Memuru1Muhasebe Kalemi1Nayib11861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981 official2 officials

The 8 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, Tuna
YearMüfettişArazi KalemiBasmuhendisMeclisi Temyiz BaskaniMerkez MemuruMuhabere MemuruMuhasebe KalemiNayib
1860/611
1861/621
1862/631
1863/641
1864/65111
1865/661111
1866/671111
1867/68111
1868/6911
1869/7011
1870/71111
1871/7221
1872/73111
1873/74111
1874/75111
1875/761111
1876/77211
1877/7811
187821
1878/791
1879/801
1880/811

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 12 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) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
TunaIstanbul (Dersaadet)EdirneSofia (Sofya)VarnaVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)LehistanFurther places9 officials1 official

All 7 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)9
Edirne1
Lehistan1in the small map
Sofia (Sofya)1
Varna1
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)1
Veria (Karaferye)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Izmir (İzmir) (2), Aleppo (Halep) (1), Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) (1), Babaeski (Baba-yı Atik) (1), Bakırköy (1), Beirut (Beyrut) (1), Bitola (Manastır) (1), Diyarbakır (1), Gelibolu (1), Ioannina (Yanya) (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Jerusalem (Kudüs) (1) and 10 further places of service.

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

15 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.
Jan Holoşki Bin JozefAhmet Zuhtu BeyMehmet Mithat EfendiHasan Tahsin EfendiMehmet Asaf BeyAhmet Rıfat EfendiMehmet Mazhar BeyMustafa Tıfli EfendiHasan Edip EfendiMehmet Zeki EfendiMahmut EfendiMehmet Hasib EfendiEthem EfendiHüsnü EfendiMehmet Pertev Efendi1861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 1298Post 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

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

Officials of Tuna
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Jan Holoşki Bin Jozef1860 to 188122Basmuhendis1,300 to 2,500Lehistan
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1864 to 187612Nayib4,250 to 6,000Veria (Karaferye)
Mehmet Mazhar Bey1871 to 18776Müfettişinspector2,000 to 2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Tıfli Efendi1872 to 18764Merkez Memurucentral office official635 to 740Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Ahmet Zuhtu Bey1862 to 18653Rusumat Muduru2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Asaf Bey1865 to 18683Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office50 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Mithat Efendi1864 to 18673Arazi Kalemiland office1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1870 to 18722Müfettişinspector2,850Varna
Hasan Edip Efendi1875 to 18772Meclisi Temyiz Baskani7,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Pertev Efendi1878 to 18792Seyyar Memurtravelling official600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ethem Efendi18781Müfettişinspector2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüsnü Efendi18781Müfettişinspector2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Edirne
Mehmet Hasib Efendi1877/781Seyyar Muhabere Memuru800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Zeki Efendi1876/771Müfettişinspector1,500Sofia (Sofya)

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

4 officials of the collection were born here. None of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi 1876 to 1906, Ioannina (Yanya)
  2. Mehmet Necip Efendi 1875 to 1904, Aleppo (Halep)
  3. Abbas Efendi 1894 to 1904, Babaeski (Baba-yı Atik)
  4. Mehmed Mazhar Efendi 1891 to 1904, Izmir (İzmir)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Names, position and identifiers of Tuna
Place
Identifierl-32d6e4a20c1cd7a5
Spelling in the cataloguetuna
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceruscuk
PositionLatitude 43.840885, longitude 25.965992. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
tunaSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records
TunaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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