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Place

Lubnan

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

10 officials are recorded serving in Lubnan, from 1865 to 1910 (AH 1282 to 1327), in 39 annual entries. The median of the 39 recorded monthly salaries is 1,100 kuruş. The fullest year is 1866/67 with 3 officials. 16 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
10
Annual entries1865 to 1910, AH 1282 to 1327
39
Year with most officials3 officials
1866/67
Median monthly salaryfrom 39 recorded salaries
1,100 kuruş
Officials born here
16
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1866/67 (AH 1283) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 31.
01231868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1866/67Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Lubnan
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1865/66 (AH 1282)111
1866/67 (AH 1283)323
1867/68 (AH 1284)202
1868/69 (AH 1285)202
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)313
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1905/06 (AH 1323)111
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)111
1909/10 (AH 1327)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.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 39 recorded monthly salaries is 1,100 kuruş, the mean 1,036 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325400 kuruş in 1909/10Lubnan, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Lubnan
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1865/6611,5001,5001,5001,500650
1866/673600783.334251,050600
1867/6821,1251,125687.51,562.5600
1868/6921,6251,6251,437.51,812.5600
1869/7021,6251,6251,437.51,812.5600
1870/7131,2501,2008001,625600
1871/7211,2501,2501,2501,250550
1872/7311,2501,2501,2501,250550
1873/7411,2501,2501,2501,250500
1874/7511,2501,2501,2501,250535
1877/7811,1001,1001,1001,100560
187811,1001,1001,1001,100600
1878/7911,1001,1001,1001,100600
1881/821300300300300500
1882/831300300300300500
1883/8421,4001,4008501,950500
1884/851300300300300500
1885/861300300300300500
1886/871300300300300500
1887/881300300300300500
1888/891300300300300500
1889/901300300300300500
1890/911300300300300500
1891/921300300300300500
1892/931390390390390500
1903/0411,8001,8001,8001,800475
1905/0612,0002,0002,0002,000475
1906/0712,0002,0002,0002,000450
1907/0812,0002,0002,0002,000300
1908/0911,5001,5001,5001,500350
1909/101400400400400462.5

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

7 job titles on record. The most frequent is Müfettiş, held by 4 officials.
Müfettiş4Muhabere Memuru41. Müdür1Mahkeme Kalemi1Mahkeme-i Kebir Vekili1Rusumat Muduru1Temyiz Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official

The 7 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Lubnan
YearMüfettişMuhabere Memuru1. MüdürMahkeme KalemiMahkeme-i Kebir VekiliRusumat MuduruTemyiz Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi
1865/661
1866/67111
1867/6811
1868/6911
1869/7011
1870/71111
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1881/821
1882/831
1883/8411
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1891/921
1892/931
1903/041
1905/061
1906/071
1907/081
1908/091
1909/101

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 7 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
Lubnan3 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)Beirut (Beyrut)Damascus (Şam)SiirtTrikala (Tırhala)Further places2 officials1 official

All 7 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Lubnan3this place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Damascus (Şam)1
Siirt1
Trikala (Tırhala)1in the small map
Where the officials born here were serving
Lubnan3 serving hereBeirut (Beyrut)Acre (Akka)Latakia (Lazkiye)Damascus (Şam)Aleppo (Halep)Kozani (Kozana)Further places10 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 32, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beirut (Beyrut)10
Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)4
Acre (Akka)3
Latakia (Lazkiye)3
Lubnan3this place
Damascus (Şam)2
Jounieh (Cunye)2
Zahlé (Zahle)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Antalya1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

10 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.
Emil EfendiAbdülaziz Efendiiskender EfendiYusuf Raci EfendiReşit EfendiAbdulkadir EfendiMazhar Tevfik EfendiHacı Abdurrahim Muhsin EfendiAhmet Bahaattin EfendiTevfik Lağme Efendi1868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

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

Officials of Lubnan
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
iskender Efendi1866 to 187912Mahkeme-i Kebir Vekili250 to 1,250Lubnan
Reşit Efendi1881 to 189312Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 390Lubnan
Emil Efendi1865 to 18716Müfettişinspector1,500 to 2,000Aleppo (Halep)
Hacı Abdurrahim Muhsin Efendi1905 to 19083Müfettişinspector2,000Siirt
Abdülaziz Efendi1866/671Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdulkadir Efendi1883/841Rusumat Muduru2,500Damascus (Şam)
Ahmet Bahaattin Efendi1908/091Müfettişinspector1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mazhar Tevfik Efendi1903/041Müfettişinspector1,800Trikala (Tırhala)
Tevfik Lağme Efendi1909/101Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Lubnan
Yusuf Raci Efendi1870/711Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Beirut (Beyrut)

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

16 officials of the collection were born here. 3 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Kayser Ferid Efendi 1870 to 1899, Safed
  2. Esat Efendi 1872 to 1897, Bafelin
  3. Kaysar Efendi 1880 to 1905, Beirut (Beyrut)
  4. Fransuva Efendi 1879 to 1907, Konya
  5. Kayser Minir Efendi 1882 to 1906, Beirut (Beyrut)
  6. Selim Efendi 1883 to 1904, Pezun
  7. Şakir Efendi 1879 to 1899, Karaman
  8. Reşit Efendi 1881 to 1899, Lubnan
  9. Yosef Efendi 1895 to 1911, Acre (Akka)
  10. iskender Efendi 1866 to 1880, Lubnan
  11. Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi 1891 to 1905, Bursa
  12. Mehmet Suphi Efendi 1895 to 1909, Tyre (Sur)
  13. Yusuf Tama Efendi 1897 to 1900, Beirut (Beyrut)
  14. Bedi’ Efendi 1902/03, Beirut (Beyrut)
  15. Tevfik Lağme Efendi 1909/10, Lubnan
  16. Unnamed official (0094_8; 13) 1890 to 1904, Beirut (Beyrut)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Bursa1
Jaffa (Yafa)1
Jeddah (Cidde)1
Sirkeci1
İskenderun1
Names, position and identifiers of Lubnan
Place
Identifierl-4c43a2c32a657e6c
Spelling in the cataloguelubnan
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceBeirut (Beyrut) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBeyrut
PositionLatitude 33.696813, longitude 35.561722. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLebanon
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
lubnanSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records
LubnanSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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