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Place

Merican

Place in Beirut (Beyrut) province. Present-day country: Lebanon.

1 official is recorded serving in Merican. Musa Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1891/92 (AH 1309), with 400 kuruş a month. Born in Nazareth (Nasıra).

Officials serving
1
Annual entries1891/92, AH 1309
1
Median monthly salaryfrom 1 recorded salary
400 kuruş

This place has too few annual entries for charts. For officials, salaries and jobs in the region seeBeirut (Beyrut) province.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Nazareth (Nasıra) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

Officials of Merican
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Musa Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Nazareth (Nasıra)

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Latakia (Lazkiye) (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Hamidiye (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Merican
Place
Identifierl-39b0feb70433c697
Spelling in the cataloguemerican
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceBeirut (Beyrut) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBeyrut
PositionLatitude 33.356028, longitude 35.588836. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLebanon
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
mericanSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records

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