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Place

Heraklion (Kandiye)

Place in Crete (Girit) province. Present-day country: Greece.

20 officials are recorded serving in Heraklion (Kandiye), from 1872 to 1899 (AH 1289 to 1316), in 76 annual entries. The median of the 76 recorded monthly salaries is 520 kuruş. The fullest year is 1888/89 with 6 officials. 7 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
20
Annual entries1872 to 1899, AH 1289 to 1316
76
Year with most officials6 officials
1888/89
Median monthly salaryfrom 76 recorded salaries
520 kuruş
Officials born here
7
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1888/89 (AH 1306) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.
02461873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13156 in 1888/89Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Heraklion (Kandiye)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1872/73 (AH 1289)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)212
1879/80 (AH 1297)313
1880/81 (AH 1298)313
1881/82 (AH 1299)303
1882/83 (AH 1300)414
1883/84 (AH 1301)515
1884/85 (AH 1302)505
1885/86 (AH 1303)404
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)636
1889/90 (AH 1307)414
1890/91 (AH 1308)424
1891/92 (AH 1309)525
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)535
1894/95 (AH 1312)525
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)212

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 76 recorded monthly salaries is 520 kuruş, the mean 565 kuruş.
02004006008001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315Median 500 kuruş in 1894/95Heraklion (Kandiye), 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, Heraklion (Kandiye)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1872/731750750750750550
1873/741750750750750500
1874/751900900900900535
1875/761900900900900530
1876/7711,0001,0001,0001,000575
1877/7811,0001,0001,0001,000560
187811,0001,0001,0001,000600
1878/792650650475825600
1879/803285456.67285542.5500
1880/813380488.33332.5590500
1881/823380488.33332.5590500
1882/834440491.25356.25575500
1883/845500513380600500
1884/855600563380750500
1885/864550533.75446.25637.5500
1886/872675675637.5712.5500
1887/882675675637.5712.5500
1888/896500486.67338.75575500
1889/904392.5417.5285525500
1890/914500471.25446.25525500
1891/925500460315600500
1892/932457.5457.5386.25528.75500
1893/945600669500600500
1894/955500649500600500
1895/962550550525575500
1896/971540540540540500
1898/992460460420500500

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

6 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 13 officials.
Muhabere Memuru13İttihat Posta Memuru43. Müdür32. Müdür1Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi1Memur11873/74AH 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 13161 official4 officials

The 6 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Heraklion (Kandiye)
YearMuhabere Memuruİttihat Posta Memuru3. Müdür2. MüdürBidayet Mahkemesi Muddei UmumiMemur
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/7911
1879/8021
1880/8121
1881/8221
1882/83211
1883/84311
1884/85311
1885/8631
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/89411
1889/904
1890/91211
1891/9241
1892/932
1893/94311
1894/95311
1895/9611
1896/971
1898/9911

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 6 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
Heraklion (Kandiye)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Chania (Hanya)BergamaBurgas (Burgaz)Damascus (Şam)YeniceFurther places7 officials1 official

Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Cerkezistan (1).

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 13, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Chania (Hanya)2
Bergama1
Burgas (Burgaz)1
Cerkezistan1no position recorded
Damascus (Şam)1
Muğla1
Nablus1
Neapoli (Nasliç)1
Sliven (İslimiye)1
Where the officials born here were serving
Heraklion (Kandiye)Ersekë (Kolonya)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Acre (Akka)Aleppo (Halep)BakvaErbilFurther places2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 25, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Ersekë (Kolonya)2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Acre (Akka)1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Bakva1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Erbil1in the small map
Geyve1
Izmir (İzmir)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

20 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.

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

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

Officials of Heraklion (Kandiye)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Sami Efendi1883 to 189915Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540 to 600Burgas (Burgaz)
Resmi Efendi1872 to 1885142. Müdürdirector of the second grade750 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1878 to 18868Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İskarlato Roskoviç Efendi1882 to 18897İttihat Posta Memuruofficial of the union (international) post500 to 750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Avni Efendi1880 to 18897Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 500Nablus
Hüseyin Efendi1891 to 18943Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)315 to 345Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi1893 to 18952Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Damascus (Şam)
Bekir Sıtkı Efendi1894 to 18962İttihat Posta Memuruofficial of the union (international) post500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fornaraki Hasan Lamii Efendi1893 to 18952Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi1,300Chania (Hanya)
Hacı Ali Efendi1890 to 18922Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Ürgüp
Mehmet Pertev Efendi1888 to 18922Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1888 to 18902Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Muğla
Edib Efendi1889/901Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Yenice
Emin Efendi1891/921İttihat Posta Memuruofficial of the union (international) post500Trabzon
Halil Kemal Efendi1879/801Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Bergama
Mehmet Behçet Efendi1890/911Memurofficial500Cerkezistan
Mehmet Cevdet Efendi1893/9413. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Neapoli (Nasliç)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)345Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Necmettin Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Sliven (İslimiye)
Unnamed official (0067_0248; sayfa no:493)1888 to 18913Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 500Chania (Hanya)

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

7 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. Tahir Efendi 1868 to 1907, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Hafız Bahaeddin Efendi 1872 to 1903, Prizren
  3. Ethem Bazaki(?) Efendi 1895 to 1906, Izmir (İzmir)
  4. Ali Şefik Efendi 1867 to 1875, Beirut (Beyrut)
  5. Hüseyin Kemal Efendi 1896 to 1903, Malviz
  6. Ahmet Bahaeddin Efendi 1907/08, Tire
  7. İsmail Hakkı Efendi 1909/10, Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Aydın2
Izmir (İzmir)2
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2
Al-Salt (Salt)1
Ayvalık1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Galata1
Gördes1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 17.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Thessaloniki (Selanik)3
Rethymno (Resmo)2
Al-Salt (Salt)1
Chania (Hanya)1
Galata1
Gaza (Gazze)1
Kastamonu1
Kurukavak1
Mytilene (Midilli)1
Velestino (Velestin)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 11.

Names, position and identifiers of Heraklion (Kandiye)
Place
Identifierl-330c2d6dfd5ff29d
Spelling in the cataloguekandiye
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceCrete (Girit)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceKandiye
PositionLatitude 35.340131, longitude 25.142197. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
HeraklionEnglishPreferred nameEditor
KandiyeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
KandiyeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
kandiyeSpelling 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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