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Place

Vlorë (Avlonya)

Place in Ioannina (Yanya) province. Present-day country: Albania. Other names: Valona, Vlore.

51 officials are recorded serving in Vlorë (Avlonya), from 1858 to 1907 (AH 1275 to 1324), in 139 annual entries. The median of the 138 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş. The fullest year is 1898/99 with 8 officials.

Officials serving
51
Annual entries1858 to 1907, AH 1275 to 1324
139
Year with most officials8 officials
1898/99
Median monthly salaryfrom 138 recorded salaries
600 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1898/99 (AH 1316) with 8 officials. Years with an annual entry: 43.
024681858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13208 in 1898/99Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Vlorë (Avlonya)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1858/59 (AH 1275)111
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1860/61 (AH 1277)212
1861/62 (AH 1278)212
1862/63 (AH 1279)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)212
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)333
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)212
1870/71 (AH 1287)212
1871/72 (AH 1288)202
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1878 (AH 1295)222
1878/79 (AH 1296)323
1880/81 (AH 1298)222
1881/82 (AH 1299)323
1882/83 (AH 1300)323
1883/84 (AH 1301)303
1884/85 (AH 1302)424
1885/86 (AH 1303)404
1886/87 (AH 1304)515
1887/88 (AH 1305)515
1888/89 (AH 1306)505
1889/90 (AH 1307)515
1890/91 (AH 1308)505
1891/92 (AH 1309)404
1892/93 (AH 1310)424
1893/94 (AH 1311)626
1894/95 (AH 1312)616
1895/96 (AH 1313)404
1896/97 (AH 1314)626
1897/98 (AH 1315)626
1898/99 (AH 1316)858
1899/1900 (AH 1317)323
1900/01 (AH 1318)424
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)545
1903/04 (AH 1321)303
1904/05 (AH 1322)303
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)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 138 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş, the mean 661 kuruş.
02004006001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Median 520 kuruş in 1898/99Vlorë (Avlonya), 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, Vlorë (Avlonya)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1858/5913,0003,0003,0003,000500
1859/6013,0003,0003,0003,000500
1860/6121,8751,8751,312.52,437.5500
1861/6222,5002,5001,7503,250600
1862/631576576576576500
1863/6421,2881,2889321,644500
1864/651576576576576625
1865/6639609127681,080650
1866/671480480480480600
1868/691480480480480600
1869/7021,0401,0407601,320600
1870/712500500450550600
1871/722475475427.5522.5550
1872/731570570570570550
18782650650575725600
1878/793500566.67450650600
1880/812490490435545500
1881/823600526.67490600500
1882/833600600600600500
1883/843600600600600500
1884/854600485.5485.5600500
1885/864600500500600500
1886/875600520600600500
1887/885600600600600500
1888/895600600600600500
1889/905600600600600500
1890/915600600600600500
1891/924600600600600500
1892/934600600600600500
1893/946600508.33525600500
1894/956600508.33525600500
1895/964600600600600500
1896/976540506.67435540500
1897/986470466.67325540500
1898/998520470450540500
1899/19003540580420720500
1900/014720660480900500
1901/021900900900900500
1902/034720635455900500
1903/043540546.67370720475
1904/053540546.67370720450
1905/063540563.33395720475
1906/072525525387.5662.5450

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

15 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti, held by 22 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti22Muhabere Memuru112. Müdür6Muvassil23. Müdür1Başmemur1BasmudurV.1Kontrol Kalemi Basmemuru11858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official6 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, Vlorë (Avlonya)
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürMuvassil3. MüdürBaşmemurBasmudurV.Kontrol Kalemi Basmemuru
1858/59
1859/60
1860/611
1861/621
1862/631
1863/641
1864/651
1865/66111
1866/671
1868/691
1869/701
1870/712
1871/722
1872/731
187811
1878/7911
1880/812
1881/8221
1882/83111
1883/84111
1884/851111
1885/86211
1886/87311
1887/8841
1888/8941
1889/9041
1890/9141
1891/924
1892/9331
1893/94411
1894/95411
1895/9631
1896/97311
1897/98221
1898/9962
1899/190021
1900/01211
1901/021
1902/03211
1903/0421
1904/0521
1905/0611
1906/071

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 15 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
Vlorë (Avlonya)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Bitola (Manastır)ÇanakkaleDiyarbakırGeliboluMosul (Musul)Further placesFransaFurther places19 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 28, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)19
Bitola (Manastır)2
Çanakkale2
Diyarbakır2
Gelibolu2
Sivas2
Afsar1
Ankara1
Boyabat1
Constanța (Köstence)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

51 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.
1511858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Post 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

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

Officials of Vlorë (Avlonya)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Antuan Teofilidi Efendi1880 to 189814Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications380 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1882 to 18919Başmemurchief official600Niš (Niş)
Azaryak Efendi1884 to 18928Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Edirne
Dençoylu Hayler Efendi1899 to 19056Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications900Trabzon
Anastaş Efendi1887 to 18925Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Artin Mahir Efendi1889 to 18945Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Diyarbakır
Hacı Bayram Efendi1893 to 18995Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150 to 300Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Kosta Efendi1868 to 18735Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480 to 600Gelibolu
Mihran Kürkciyan1892 to 18975Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nişan Efendi1894 to 18995Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540 to 600Sivas
Abdülkerim Efendi1892 to 189643. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Shkodër (İşkodra)
Ahmet Şakir Efendi1897 to 19014Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Naksik
Hacı Ömer Efendi1858 to 18624Müfettişinspector3,000 to 4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Süreyya Efendi1884 to 18873Muvassil142 to 200Dobrich (Hacıoğlu Pazarcığı)
Bogos Efendi1881 to 18843Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications380 to 600Gelibolu
Bogos Hayifyan Efendi1893 to 19063Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500 to 540Diyarbakır
Hıristo Efendi1902 to 19053Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Bitola (Manastır)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1902 to 19053Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Elazığ
İlya Dakos Efendi1862 to 18653Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications576Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Karnik Efendi1886 to 18893Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nusret Efendi1882 to 18853Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Travnik
Ali Bey1880 to 18822Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Esad Efendi1870 to 18722Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ Agop1878 to 18792Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mayer Festo Efendi1896 to 18982Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications400Çanakkale
Show the other 26 officials
Officials of Vlorë (Avlonya), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ömer Lütfü Efendi1905 to 19072Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Afsar
Vensan Diraso Efendi1865 to 18672Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480 to 576Ankara
Ahmet Fazıl Efendi1900/0112. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Nevşehir
Ali Ramiz Efendi1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Varna
Ali Rıza Efendi1902/0312. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antranik Efendi1881/821Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Arnest Lapir Efendi1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Rhodes (Rodos)
Besim Remzi Efendi1897/9812. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Bitola (Manastır)
Bezui Toma Efendi1902/031Aciga CikarildiMosul (Musul)
Dahan Berhordar Efendi1899/19001Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Daron Naçhan Efendi1906/071Posta Sefi800Çanakkale
Despot Obles Efendi1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Dimitri Aleksandridi Efendi1865/661Kontrol Kalemi Basmemuru1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Eşref Bahtiyar Efendi187812. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Tirana (Tiran)
Frangül Terziyan Efendi1900/011Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1865/6612. Müdürdirector of the second grade960Constanța (Köstence)
Jul Lekaye Efendi1863/641Sifre Istasyonu2,000Fransa
Kirkor Efendi1878/791Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Madilli Efendi1869/701Sefit1,600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1896/9712. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Boyabat
Mıgırdiç Acemyan1860/611Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mıgırdıç Kirkoryan1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Sivas
Mihran Efendi1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mişel Mihail Nahle(?) Efendi1905/061Sef900Jaffa (Yafa)
Osman Nuri Efendi1878/791Memurofficial800Kemaliye (Eğin)
Unnamed official (0002_0176; 350)1861/621BasmudurV.1,000Istanbul (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
Izmir (İzmir)5
Thessaloniki (Selanik)3
Beyoğlu2
Durrës (Dıraç)2
Serres (Siroz)2
Shkodër (İşkodra)2
Al-Faw (Fav)1
Aydın1
Babi seraskeri1
Basra1

The 10 places with most officials, of 35.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Thessaloniki (Selanik)7
Beyoğlu3
Bitola (Manastır)2
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)2
Ioannina (Yanya)2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Izmir (İzmir)2
Ohrid (Ohri)2
Antakya1
Bandırma1

The 10 places with most officials, of 29.

Names, position and identifiers of Vlorë (Avlonya)
Place
Identifierl-4f60df46075466b7
Spelling in the catalogueavlonya
NameName verified
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceIoannina (Yanya) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceberat
PositionLatitude 40.466457, longitude 19.487683. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryAlbania
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
AvlonyaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
VlorëEnglishPreferred nameEditor
ValonaOtherOther nameEditor
VloreOtherOther nameEditor
AvlonyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
avlonyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Ak (2025), 31 entries, none linked to an official of this collection. No official of this collection has this place as recorded birthplace.

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerinde Kayıtlı Avlonyalı Devlet Adamları

İlyas Ak (2025), Article. The title names people born in or from this place (Avlonyalı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerinde Kayıtlı Avlonyalı Devlet Adamları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Mustafa Nuri PaşaPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Ali Rıza EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Ragıp EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
İsmail Kemal BeyPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Abdullah EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Yusuf EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Tompayiçi EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Mehmed Neşet PaşaPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Mehmed Süreyya BeyPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Mehmed Namık BeyPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Tahir EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Osman Nuri EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Emin EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Abbas Hilmi EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Abdülhamid EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Osman Nuri EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Müslim EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Razib Fehmi EfendiPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
İbrahim Hakkı BeyPDF 4; printed 420Named in the work only
Mustafa EfendiPDF 5; printed 421Named in the work only
Cafer EfendiPDF 5; printed 421Named in the work only
Talha Hilmi EfendiPDF 5; printed 421Named in the work only

9 more entries are onthe page of the work.

A probable or possible link is made by fixed rules from the name, the birthplace, the birth year and the archive reference. It is not confirmed.

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

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