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Place

Kütahya

Place in Hüdavendigâr province. Present-day country: Turkey.

32 officials are recorded serving in Kütahya, from 1864 to 1911 (AH 1281 to 1329), in 149 annual entries. The median of the 149 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1894/95 with 9 officials. 20 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
32
Annual entries1864 to 1911, AH 1281 to 1329
149
Year with most officials9 officials
1894/95
Median monthly salaryfrom 149 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
20
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1894/95 (AH 1312) with 9 officials. Years with an annual entry: 42.
02468101868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13259 in 1894/95Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Kütahya
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)222
1871/72 (AH 1288)323
1872/73 (AH 1289)303
1873/74 (AH 1290)303
1874/75 (AH 1291)303
1875/76 (AH 1292)313
1876/77 (AH 1293)414
1877/78 (AH 1294)424
1878 (AH 1295)414
1878/79 (AH 1296)303
1879/80 (AH 1297)313
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1881/82 (AH 1299)424
1882/83 (AH 1300)404
1883/84 (AH 1301)404
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)313
1889/90 (AH 1307)414
1890/91 (AH 1308)404
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)525
1893/94 (AH 1311)727
1894/95 (AH 1312)929
1895/96 (AH 1313)606
1896/97 (AH 1314)606
1897/98 (AH 1315)606
1898/99 (AH 1316)505
1899/1900 (AH 1317)616
1900/01 (AH 1318)616
1901/02 (AH 1319)404
1902/03 (AH 1320)323
1903/04 (AH 1321)424
1904/05 (AH 1322)303
1907/08 (AH 1325)222
1911 (AH 1329)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 149 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 552 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 368.5 kuruş in 1900/01Kütahya, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Kütahya
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/651500500500500625
1865/661500500500500650
1867/681400400400400600
1868/691400400400400600
1870/712400400400400600
1871/723500626.67440750550
1872/733600660490800550
1873/743600660490800500
1874/753600660490800535
1875/763600660490800530
1876/774797.5773.75575996.25575
1877/784775737.5550962.5560
18784500587.5400687.5600
1878/793400466.67400500600
1879/803380720380890500
1880/811380380380380500
1881/824590740380950500
1882/834590740380950500
1883/844590740380950500
1884/8538008605901,100500
1885/8638008605901,100500
1886/872590590485695500
1887/882590590485695500
1888/893380488.33332.5590500
1889/904332.5425.5273485500
1890/914332.5425.5273485500
1891/923285440.67261542.5500
1892/935800584.4285800500
1893/947760580.29332.5800500
1894/959500557.11380800500
1895/966625571.17410757.5500
1896/976537.5486302.75656.75500
1897/986537.5486302.75656.75500
1898/995500446.4237575500
1899/19006500455.33302.75556.25500
1900/016368.5405.33209.25556.25500
1901/024368.5414.25227.75555500
1902/033237385.67218.5478.5500
1903/044343.5346.75265.25425475
1904/053400372.33343.5415450
1907/082200200200200300
19111500500500500500

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 Muhabere Memuru, held by 13 officials.
Muhabere Memuru13Seyyar Memur5Defter-i Hakani Kalemi4Posta Memuru42. Müdür3Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Riyaseti11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 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, Kütahya
YearMuhabere MemuruSeyyar MemurDefter-i Hakani KalemiPosta Memuru2. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBidayet Mahkemesi BaskitabetiBidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Riyaseti
1864/651
1865/661
1867/681
1868/691
1870/712
1871/7211
1872/7311
1873/74111
1874/75111
1875/76111
1876/771111
1877/78121
1878211
1878/7921
1879/802
1880/811
1881/82211
1882/83211
1883/84211
1884/85111
1885/86111
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/8911
1889/90111
1890/91111
1891/9211
1892/93112
1893/9411112
1894/95111212
1895/9611111
1896/9711111
1897/9811111
1898/991211
1899/19001311
1900/011211
1901/021111
1902/03111
1903/04112
1904/0511
1907/082
19111

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 Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Kütahya6 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Balchik (Balçık)BalıkesirBeratErzincan9 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 17, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)9
Kütahya6this place
Bursa2
Balchik (Balçık)1
Balıkesir1
Berat1
Erzincan1
Gelibolu1
Heraklion (Kandiye)1
Kirim1
Where the officials born here were serving
Kütahya6 serving hereAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Istanbul (Dersaadet)EskişehirElazığGiresunKamaranYemenFurther places5 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 45, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Kütahya6this place
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)5
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Eskişehir3
Elazığ2
Giresun2
Kastamonu2
Trabzon2
Adana1
Akçakoca (Akçaşehir)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

32 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.
1321868/69AH 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

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

Officials of Kütahya
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Hilmi Efendi1881 to 1902212. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 800Ürgüp
Osman Nuri Bey1871 to 188615Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti500 to 1,400Kütahya
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1888 to 190012Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade)285 to 500Nevşehir
Mustafa Rüştü Efendi1889 to 190212Posta Memurupostal official200 to 237Kütahya
Ahmet Nuri Efendi1894 to 190511Posta Memurupostal official237 to 400Bursa
Ohannes Bader Efendi1880 to 189111Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Sivas
Ahmet Şemsettin Efendi1870 to 18777Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Rüştü Efend1894 to 19017Seyyar Memurtravelling official500 to 750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Huseyin Mazhar Efendi1893 to 18985Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office684 to 760Manisa
Mehmet Salim Efendi1871 to 18754Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office1,000
Süleyman Nafiz Efendi1881 to 19054Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 430Kütahya
Haci Lutfullah Efendi1875 to 18783Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office1,000Samsun
Mehmet Ata Efendi1892 to 18953Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Kirim
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1892 to 18953Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1878 to 18803Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Gelibolu
Ömer Lütfü Efendi1877 to 18793Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kütahya
Osman Kadri Efendi1893 to 18963Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yunus Rasim Efendi.1899 to 19023Seyyar Memurtravelling official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Şefik Efendi1867 to 18692Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Heraklion (Kandiye)
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Bursa
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1864 to 18662Posta Memurupostal official500Erzincan
Muharrem Efendi1903 to 19052Posta Memurupostal official287Balıkesir
Ragib Efendi1877 to 18782Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet İzzet Efendi1879/801Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Sabri Efendi1902/0312. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720Serres (Siroz)
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Officials of Kütahya, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Kütahya
İsmail Fuad Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Balchik (Balçık)
Mehmet Hayrettin Efendi1870/711Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İsmet Efendi19111Seyyar Memurtravelling official500Berat
Mehmet Neşet Efendi1903/041Seyyar Memurtravelling official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Cemal Efendi1876/7712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)995Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ziya Efendi1900/011Duyunu Umumiye Memuru200Kütahya

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

20 officials of the collection were born here. 6 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Ahmet Ziya Efendi 1869 to 1904, Boyabat
  2. Osman Nuri Bey 1871 to 1899, Kütahya
  3. Ömer Lütfü Efendi 1876 to 1904, Simav
  4. Agop Sırrı Efendi 1877 to 1901, Elazığ
  5. Mehmet Fevzi Efendi 1878 to 1905, Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
  6. Ali Riza Efendi 1876 to 1899, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  7. Ali Rıza Efendi 1859 to 1881, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  8. Mehmed Sami Efendi 1871 to 1894, Trabzon
  9. Mehmet Hurşit Efendi 1893 to 1907, Mocha (Muha)
  10. Mustafa Rüştü Efendi 1889 to 1902, Kütahya
  11. Arif Mustafa Efendi 1898 to 1907, Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
  12. Ahmet Şevket Efendi 1895 to 1902, Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
  13. Mehmet Sait Efendi 1901 to 1908, Trabzon
  14. Yusuf Cemal Efendi 1903 to 1910, Varna
  15. Zihni Efendi 1885 to 1892, Niğde
  16. Süleyman Nafiz Efendi 1881 to 1905, Kütahya
  17. Ömer Efendi 1908 to 1910, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  18. İbrahim Edhem Efendi 1907/08, Kütahya
  19. Mustafa Sadrettin Efendi 1908/09, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  20. Ziya Efendi 1900/01, Kütahya

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)2
Ankara1
Bereket1
Bilecik1
Burdur1
Canik1
Damascus (Şam)1
Eskişehir1
Isparta1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 18.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Eskişehir2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Amasya1
Bilecik1
Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)1
Edirne1
Feke1
Kastamonu1
Konya1

The 10 places with most officials, of 17.

Names, position and identifiers of Kütahya
Place
Identifierl-5066421115558df1
Spelling in the cataloguekutahya
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceHüdavendigâr
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceKutahya
PositionLatitude 39.422782, longitude 29.987389. Reference position
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
KütahyaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
KütahyaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
KutahyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
kutahyaSpelling 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: Kocakaya (2018), 142 entries, 15 probably and 15 possibly officials of this collection. One work of the source register names this place in its title: Şensoy (2019), 22 entries, 1 probably and 1 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA (2018), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Kütahyalı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Ahmet Şevket EfendiPDF 68, 69Probably Ahmet Şevket Efendi
Ali Rıza EfendiPDF 69, 70Probably Ali Rıza Efendi; Possibly Ali Riza Efendi
Ali Rıza EfendiPDF 77, 78, 79Probably Ali Riza Efendi; Possibly Ali Rıza Efendi

139 more entries are onthe page of the work.

Meşihat arşivi belgelerine göre Hüdavendigâr Vilâyeti Kütahya sancağı uleması (1850-1923)

RUMEYSA ŞENSOY (2019), Thesis. The title names this place (Kütahya sancağı uleması). Scholars of the sancak; the catalogue row is its seat.

Entries of Meşihat arşivi belgelerine göre Hüdavendigâr Vilâyeti Kütahya sancağı uleması (1850-1923)
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Abdullah EfendiPDF 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44Named in the work only
Çalıkzâde Mehmed Halid EfendiPDF 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51Named in the work only
Ebu Bekr Bekdâş EfendiPDF 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61Named in the work only
Hafız Ahmed Nuri EfendiPDF 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81Possibly Ahmet Nuri Efendi
Osman Nuri EfendiPDF 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178Probably Osman Nuri Bey

17 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.