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Place

Al-Faw (Fav)

Place in Basra province. Present-day country: Iraq.

39 officials are recorded serving in Al-Faw (Fav), from 1861 to 1908 (AH 1278 to 1325), in 129 annual entries. The median of the 129 recorded monthly salaries is 1,170 kuruş. The fullest year is 1905/06 with 12 officials.

Officials serving
39
Annual entries1861 to 1908, AH 1278 to 1325
129
Year with most officials12 officials
1905/06
Median monthly salaryfrom 129 recorded salaries
1,170 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1905/06 (AH 1323) with 12 officials. Years with an annual entry: 47.
0246810121863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132512 in 1905/06Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Al-Faw (Fav)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1862/63 (AH 1279)212
1863/64 (AH 1280)424
1864/65 (AH 1281)414
1865/66 (AH 1282)313
1866/67 (AH 1283)313
1867/68 (AH 1284)515
1868/69 (AH 1285)313
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)212
1872/73 (AH 1289)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)111
1877/78 (AH 1294)212
1878 (AH 1295)202
1878/79 (AH 1296)313
1879/80 (AH 1297)313
1880/81 (AH 1298)303
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)313
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)313
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)303
1890/91 (AH 1308)303
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)313
1893/94 (AH 1311)212
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)111
1899/1900 (AH 1317)313
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1901/02 (AH 1319)202
1902/03 (AH 1320)434
1903/04 (AH 1321)535
1904/05 (AH 1322)333
1905/06 (AH 1323)12812
1906/07 (AH 1324)818
1907/08 (AH 1325)505

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 129 recorded monthly salaries is 1,170 kuruş, the mean 1,345 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0002,5001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 1,000 kuruş in 1907/08Al-Faw (Fav), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Al-Faw (Fav)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/6212,0002,0002,0002,000600
1862/6322,5002,5002,2502,750500
1863/6442,7002,693.752,3003,093.75500
1864/6542,5002,573.751,9803,093.75625
1865/6633,0002,6252,2503,187.5650
1866/6731,9002,258.331,7002,637.5600
1867/6852,4002,3351,9002,500600
1868/6931,9002,0001,7502,200600
1869/7011,6001,6001,6001,600600
1870/7111,6001,6001,6001,600600
1871/7221,0801,0809201,240550
1872/7311,0001,0001,0001,000550
1873/7411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1874/7511,0001,0001,0001,000535
1875/7611,0001,0001,0001,000530
1876/771750750750750575
1877/782800800800800560
18782800800800800600
1878/7938001,033.338001,150600
1879/8037601,006.677601,130500
1880/813760906.67760980500
1881/8229809808701,090500
1882/8329809808701,090500
1883/843760870705980500
1884/853760870705980500
1885/863760870705980500
1886/872925925787.51,062.5500
1887/882925925787.51,062.5500
1888/892925925787.51,062.5500
1889/903750866.67700975500
1890/913750866.67700975500
1891/923750866.67700975500
1892/933650763.33495975500
1893/9421,0301,0308951,165500
1894/9521,0301,0308951,165500
1895/9611,3001,3001,3001,300500
1896/9711,1701,1701,1701,170500
1898/991800800800800500
1899/190031,1501,2009751,400500
1900/0121,2251,2251,012.51,437.5500
1901/0221,2251,2251,012.51,437.5500
1902/0341,6751,462.51,437.51,700500
1903/0451,6501,4461,0801,700475
1904/0531,0001,1509001,325450
1905/06121,0001,2007001,500475
1906/0781,0001,218.757001,312.5450
1907/0851,0001,4107002,250300

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

16 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti, held by 11 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti11Muhabere Memuru10Müdür71. Müdür5Huk Memuru2Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru22. Müdür1Başmüdür11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official4 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, Al-Faw (Fav)
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuhabere MemuruMüdür1. MüdürHuk MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru2. MüdürBaşmüdür
1861/621
1862/631
1863/64111
1864/65111
1865/6611
1866/67111
1867/681211
1868/69111
1869/701
1870/711
1871/7211
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/7811
187811
1878/79111
1879/80111
1880/81111
1881/8211
1882/8311
1883/84111
1884/85111
1885/8611
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/8911
1889/90111
1890/91111
1891/92111
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/9511
1895/961
1896/971
1898/991
1899/190021
1900/0111
1901/0211
1902/03211
1903/0421
1904/05111
1905/062412
1906/071311
1907/0831

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 16 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
Al-Faw (Fav)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Mosul (Musul)Baghdad (Bağdat)Aleppo (Halep)ArapgirLehistanFurther placesFurther places15 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 16, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)15
Mosul (Musul)6
Baghdad (Bağdat)4
Aleppo (Halep)2
Arapgir1
Ayvalık1
Bitola (Manastır)1in the small map
Bursa1
Çanakkale1
Diyarbakır1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

39 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.
1391863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

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

Officials of Al-Faw (Fav)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Naum Salaho Efendi1876 to 1897221. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)750 to 1,300Mosul (Musul)
İspridyon Yavi Efendi1877 to 189212Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications750 to 800Ayvalık
Mensur Efendi1883 to 189310Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)650Mosul (Musul)
Ali Haydar Efendi1868 to 18724Müdürdirector1,400 to 1,600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antonoviç Efendi1862 to 18664Kontrol Kalemi Basmemuru3,000Lehistan
Nesim Salamon Efendi1898 to 19024Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ohannes Holas Efendi1861 to 18654Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Said Efendi1904 to 19084Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800 to 1,000Mosul (Musul)
Tavik Besim Efendi1872 to 18764Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications1,000Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ali Ramiz Efendi1899 to 19023Müdürdirector1,650Varna
Hüseyin Azmi Efendi1905 to 19083Müdürdirector2,250Kastamonu
İbrahim Kâmil Efendi1865 to 186831. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Rahmi Efendi1905 to 19083Müfettişinspector3,000Bitola (Manastır)
Kirkor Kakmaciyan Efendi1904 to 19073Huk Memuru1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şahin Kirkor Efendi1866 to 18693Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yani Mandalisidis Efendi1905 to 19083Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)700Çanakkale
Yusuf İstiko Efendi1879 to 190031. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,150 to 1,500Mosul (Musul)
Behor İsak Efendi1902 to 19042Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Gelibolu
Dikran Ansoryan Efendi1905 to 19072Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fethi Zağbi Efendi1893 to 18952Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications760Aleppo (Halep)
Galyar İskender Efendi1863 to 18682Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)2,400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Efendi1902 to 19042Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,700Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nikola Colini Efendi1867 to 18692Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Remzi Efendi1903 to 19062Müdür Vekiliacting director1,080 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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Officials of Al-Faw (Fav), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Sıvacıyan Agop Efendi1905 to 19072Hat Memuru1,000Diyarbakır
Süleyman Doryan Efendi1878 to 190321. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,500 to 1,650Mosul (Musul)
Yusuf Sabanlı Efendi1892 to 19062Merkez Memurucentral office official340 to 750Mosul (Musul)
Ali Rıza Efendi1902/031Müdürdirector1,700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1905/061Memurofficial500Nevşehir
Hacı İsmail Hakkı Efendi1904/051Müdürdirector1,650Bursa
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1903/041Sira Mufettisligi2,000Edirne
İbrahim Sabri Efendi1871/721Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)760Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1903/041Müdürdirector1,650Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1864/651Müdürdirector1,920Arapgir
Mustafa Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Aleppo (Halep)
Ömer Nail Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Sason Efendi1885/861Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official760Baghdad (Bağdat)
Unnamed official (0002_0176; 350)1863 to 18685Başmüdürchief director3,375Istanbul (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.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Baghdad (Bağdat)5
Basra5
Aleppo (Halep)2
Diyarbakır2
Amarah (Amare)1
Bursa1
Damascus (Şam)1
Durrës (Dıraç)1
Erenköy1
Hillah (Hille)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 18.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Basra7
Beyoğlu6
Baghdad (Bağdat)3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Aleppo (Halep)1
Ankara1
Ayvalık1
Damascus (Şam)1
Deraci1
Durrës (Dıraç)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 22.

Names, position and identifiers of Al-Faw (Fav)
Place
Identifierl-3e201631a7c74067
Spelling in the cataloguefav
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceBasra province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBasra
PositionLatitude 30.148978, longitude 48.209586. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryIraq
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
Al-FawEnglishPreferred nameEditor
FavTurkishPreferred nameEditor
FavSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
favSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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