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Place

Kantara

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

1 official is recorded serving in Kantara. Necip Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1883/84 (AH 1301), with 600 kuruş a month. Born in Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer).

Officials serving
1
Annual entries1883/84, AH 1301
1
Median monthly salaryfrom 1 recorded salary
600 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: Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

Officials of Kantara
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Necip Efendi1883/841Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Beirut (Beyrut) (1).

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

Names, position and identifiers of Kantara
Place
Identifierl-4fa3e53acdcca88b
Spelling in the cataloguekantara
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 33.273975, longitude 35.463474. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLebanon
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
kantaraSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records

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