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Place

Svishtov (Ziştovi)

Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.

9 officials are recorded serving in Svishtov (Ziştovi), from 1857 to 1878 (AH 1274 to 1294), in 14 annual entries. The median of the 14 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1866/67 with 3 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
9
Annual entries1857 to 1878, AH 1274 to 1294
14
Year with most officials3 officials
1866/67
Median monthly salaryfrom 14 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1866/67 (AH 1283) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 11.
01231857/58AH 12741858/59AH 12751859/60AH 12761860/61AH 12771861/62AH 12781862/63AH 12791863/64AH 12801864/65AH 12811865/66AH 12821866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12943 in 1866/67Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Svishtov (Ziştovi)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1857/58 (AH 1274)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)111
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)222
1866/67 (AH 1283)313
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)111

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.

Jobs each year

4 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 7 officials.
Muhabere Memuru72. Müdür1Müdür Vekili1Rüsumat Memuru11857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941 official2 officials

The 4 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, Svishtov (Ziştovi)
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürMüdür VekiliRüsumat Memuru
1857/581
1863/641
1864/651
1865/6611
1866/6721
1867/681
1868/691
1869/701
1870/711
1872/731
1877/781

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 4 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
Svishtov (Ziştovi)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Balchik (Balçık)EdremitKumlucaLoma2 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (2), Akşehir (1), Beyoğlu (1), Geyve (1), Konya (1), Pleven (Plevne) (1), Sinanpaşa (Sincanlı) (1), Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) (1), Yalvaç (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

9 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.
Ahmet Rifat EfendiOsman Hulusi EfendiMehmed Şakir EfendiMustafa İsmet EfendiAli Rıza EfendiAli Rıza EfendiAhmet Necip EfendiBagdik Maksut EfendiMuhittin Rumi Efendi1857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 1294Post 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

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

Officials of Svishtov (Ziştovi)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mustafa İsmet Efendi1865 to 186832. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1868 to 18732Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 760Loma
Mehmed Şakir Efendi1865 to 18672Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 480Kumluca
Osman Hulusi Efendi1863 to 18652Rüsumat Memurucustoms official300Trabzon
Ahmet Necip Efendi1869/701Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Balchik (Balçık)
Ahmet Rifat Efendi1857/581Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Ruse (Rusçuk)
Ali Rıza Efendi1866/671Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)
Bagdik Maksut Efendi1870/711Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muhittin Rumi Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)100Edremit

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

3 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. İbrahim Fehmi Efendi 1875 to 1898, Konya
  2. Mehmet Rahmi Efendi 1895 to 1900, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Ali Refik Efendi 1905 to 1908, Beyoğlu

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Ruse (Rusçuk)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Berkovitsa (Berkofça)1
Shumen (Şumnu)1
Names, position and identifiers of Svishtov (Ziştovi)
Place
Identifierl-4b80bd5f75c8adbb
Spelling in the cataloguezistovi
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceruscuk
PositionLatitude 43.61853, longitude 25.348729. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SvishtovEnglishPreferred nameEditor
ZiştoviTurkishPreferred nameEditor
ZistoviSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
zistoviSpelling 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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