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Shkodër (İşkodra)

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Shkodër (İşkodra) province. Present-day country: Albania. Other names: Scutari, Shkoder, Skadar.

76 officials are recorded serving in Shkodër (İşkodra), from 1861 to 1909 (AH 1278 to 1326), in 267 annual entries. The median of the 266 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1884/85 with 11 officials. 12 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
76
Annual entries1861 to 1909, AH 1278 to 1326
267
Year with most officials11 officials
1884/85
Median monthly salaryfrom 266 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
12
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1884/85 (AH 1302) with 11 officials. Years with an annual entry: 47.
0246810121863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132511 in 1884/85Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Shkodër (İşkodra)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)444
1864/65 (AH 1281)525
1865/66 (AH 1282)616
1866/67 (AH 1283)303
1867/68 (AH 1284)636
1868/69 (AH 1285)616
1869/70 (AH 1286)505
1870/71 (AH 1287)505
1871/72 (AH 1288)505
1872/73 (AH 1289)616
1873/74 (AH 1290)727
1874/75 (AH 1291)414
1875/76 (AH 1292)404
1876/77 (AH 1293)525
1877/78 (AH 1294)525
1878 (AH 1295)636
1878/79 (AH 1296)747
1879/80 (AH 1297)212
1880/81 (AH 1298)303
1881/82 (AH 1299)303
1882/83 (AH 1300)646
1883/84 (AH 1301)747
1884/85 (AH 1302)11111
1885/86 (AH 1303)11111
1886/87 (AH 1304)11111
1887/88 (AH 1305)909
1888/89 (AH 1306)717
1889/90 (AH 1307)616
1890/91 (AH 1308)616
1891/92 (AH 1309)616
1892/93 (AH 1310)747
1893/94 (AH 1311)848
1894/95 (AH 1312)636
1895/96 (AH 1313)848
1896/97 (AH 1314)727
1897/98 (AH 1315)505
1898/99 (AH 1316)535
1899/1900 (AH 1317)505
1900/01 (AH 1318)515
1901/02 (AH 1319)515
1902/03 (AH 1320)747
1903/04 (AH 1321)606
1904/05 (AH 1322)525
1905/06 (AH 1323)636
1906/07 (AH 1324)313
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 266 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 778 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 317.5 kuruş in 1905/06Shkodër (İşkodra), 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, Shkodër (İşkodra)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/621750750750750600
1863/6448809405451,275500
1864/6551,5001,5201,4401,500625
1865/6661,4701,283.337801,500650
1866/6731,2501,4709051,925600
1867/6866551,006.675001,125600
1868/6969001,1356001,237.5600
1869/7057508726001,200600
1870/7151,2009926001,250600
1871/7251,0009085601,200550
1872/7368758555751,137.5550
1873/747950942.866851,140500
1874/754855927.56951,087.5535
1875/764855927.56951,087.5530
1876/775600770400950575
1877/785600790500950560
187867251,058.33500987.5600
1878/7979501,028.575001,375600
1879/802570570475665500
1880/813500546.67440630500
1881/823500546.67440630500
1882/835500692500760500
1883/847500685.71500800500
1884/8511500605.45400780500
1885/8611500732.73450800500
1886/8711760941.825001,300500
1887/889760917.78500800500
1888/897760819.29487.5800500
1889/906630847.5481.25902.5500
1890/916487.5722.5418.75695500
1891/926500493.33425575500
1892/937500580450780500
1893/948450482.5375565500
1894/9565501,250425750500
1895/9684501,010.62296.25650500
1896/977400415292.5500500
1897/985300381285400500
1898/9954005872851,000500
1899/19005400467285400500
1900/0154007112851,000500
1901/0254007102801,000500
1902/037250375.71250340500
1903/046340430257.5400475
1904/055400447285400450
1905/066317.5310.83258.75372.5475
1906/073400383.33375400450
1908/091200200200200350

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

27 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 32 officials.
Muhabere Memuru32Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti102. Müdür6Posta Memuru6Müfettiş31. Müdür2Başmuhabere Memuru2Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini21863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official5 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Shkodër (İşkodra)
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. MüdürPosta MemuruMüfettiş1. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruBidayet Mahkemesi Muavini
1861/621
1863/6411
1864/6511
1865/6611
1866/671
1867/683
1868/69111
1869/70111
1870/71111
1871/72111
1872/731111
1873/741111
1874/75111
1875/76111
1876/77211
1877/78111
18783
1878/7932
1879/801
1880/812
1881/822
1882/833
1883/84312
1884/85512
1885/865121
1886/874121
1887/88312
1888/89212
1889/90211
1890/91211
1891/92311
1892/93311
1893/943211
1894/95211
1895/963111
1896/973112
1897/981112
1898/99212
1899/19002111
1900/0111111
1901/0211111
1902/034111
1903/04411
1904/0541
1905/0651
1906/0721
1908/091

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
Shkodër (İşkodra)6 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Bitola (Manastır)Ioannina (Yanya)Tirana (Tiran)AnkaraMosul (Musul)VanFurther placesBurukselLehistanFurther places, smaller scale21 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 35, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)21
Shkodër (İşkodra)6this place
Bitola (Manastır)4
Ioannina (Yanya)4
Tirana (Tiran)4
Ankara2
Bosna2
Çemişgezek2
Durrës (Dıraç)2
Kastamonu2
Where the officials born here were serving
Shkodër (İşkodra)6 serving hereElbasan (İlbasan)Thessaloniki (Selanik)Bitola (Manastır)Skopje (Üsküp)Tirana (Tiran)VanFurther places3 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 34, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Shkodër (İşkodra)6this place
Elbasan (İlbasan)3
Thessaloniki (Selanik)3
Bitola (Manastır)2
Skopje (Üsküp)2
Tirana (Tiran)2
Zadrima2
Adana1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Ankara1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

76 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.
1761863/64AH 12801868/69AH 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

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

Officials of Shkodër (İşkodra)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Salih Efendi1863 to 189431Defter-i Hakani Kalemi760 to 1,500Ioannina (Yanya)
Ahmed Hamdi Efendi1879 to 189312Muhabere Memuru380 to 400Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Eşref Bahtiyar Efendi1867 to 188512Başmuhabere Memuru400 to 600Tirana (Tiran)
Hasan Ruhi Efendi1877 to 188811Muhabere Memuru400 to 500Prizren
Nikola Yunani Efendi1863 to 187411Muhabere Memuru560 to 800Shkodër (İşkodra)
Ahmet Şakir Efendi1868 to 1878101. Müdür1,200 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Azmi Efendi1882 to 189210Muhabere Memuru500Edirne
Mustafa Rasit Efendi1882 to 189192. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti1,400 to 2,000Bosna
Mehmet Fikri Efendi1893 to 19028Posta Memuru200 to 400Kastamonu
Abdurrahman Sezai Efendi1892 to 189972. Müdür720 to 1,000Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1895 to 19077Muhabere Memuru400Shkodër (İşkodra)
Tayyib Hilmi Efendi1867 to 18747Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskitabeti600 to 1,350Shkodër (İşkodra)
Ahmet Fuat Bey1883 to 188962. Müdür800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1898 to 190462. Müdür1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ramiz Efendi1883 to 188962. Müdür800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yorgi Efendi1895 to 19016Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti285Durrës (Dıraç)
Adolf Koper Efendi1864 to 18695Müdür2,600Buruksel
Hıristo Efendi1883 to 18885Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Bitola (Manastır)
Kigork Efendi1888 to 18935Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti475 to 500Amasya
MEHMET BEKTAŞ EFENDİ1898 to 19035Muhabere Memuru250Shkodër (İşkodra)
Şevket Efendi1892 to 18975Muhabere Memuru500Ioannina (Yanya)
Ahmet Cavit Bey1863 to 187841. Müdür1,200 to 3,000Plovdiv (Filibe)
Süleyman Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memuru250Bitola (Manastır)
Abdurrahman Faik Bey1884 to 18873Muhabere Memuru300Shkodër (İşkodra)
Abdurrahman Faik Efendi1883 to 18863Muhabere Memuru300Tirana (Tiran)
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Officials of Shkodër (İşkodra), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İsmail Ziya Efendi1901 to 19043Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti280Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Ramiz Efendi1902 to 19053Muhabere Memuru400Sivas
MEHMET EMİN EFENDİ1904 to 19073Muhabere Memuru285 to 400Tirana (Tiran)
Ahmet Sırrı Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memuru250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antonoviç Efendi1886 to 18882Seyyar Mufettis2,000Lehistan
Apostolaki Cizli Efendi1864 to 18662Kontrol Kalemi Basmemuru1,440Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bayram Hulusi Efendi1896 to 18982Posta Memuru200Durrës (Dıraç)
Cafer Bey1900 to 19022Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini1,620Bosna
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1895 to 19002Muhabere Memuru300 to 400Bitola (Manastır)
Mahmut Eşref Efendi1878 to 18792Seyyar Muhabere Memuru1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Reşat Efendi1890 to 18922Posta Memuru200Van
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1885 to 18872Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini1,800Ioannina (Yanya)
Mustafa Rıfat Efendi1892 to 18942Muhabere Memuru300Neapoli (Nasliç)
Osman Rikat Efendi1894 to 18962Merkez Memuru600Arapgir
Tertine Efendi1874 to 18762Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti760Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdurrahman Akif Efendi1893/941Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Agop Efendi1895/961Vali Muavini5,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Agop Efendi Veled-İ Artin1882/831AzilAnkara
Ahmed Hilmi Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memuru400Pljevlja (Taşlıca)
AHMET NEDİM EFEN1902/031Posta Memuru200Mosul (Musul)
Ahmet Nuri Bey1873/741Belediye Riyaseti1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Rifat Efendi1889/9012. Müdür950Sivas
Ahmet Talat Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Mazhar Efendi1893/941Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Haci Nazmi Efendi1865/661Rüsumat Memuru100Bursa
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1863/641Memur500Kemaliye (Eğin)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1905/061Posta Memuru200Ioannina (Yanya)
Hüsnü Efendi1878/791Müfettiş2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1877/781Memur500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Karanfil Sırrı Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru350Bitola (Manastır)
Mehmet Arif Efendi18781Muhabere Memuru500Boyabat
Mehmet Celaleddin Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru350Trabzon
Mehmet Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memuru400Rumeli
Mehmet Mecdi Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memuru600Hersek
Mehmet Necati Efendi18781Muhabere Memuru400Kosova
Mehmet Talat Efendi1878/791Müfettiş1,750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mıgırdiç Acemyan1861/621Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mihran Kürkciyan1872/731Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memuru400Kastamonu
Necip Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ohannes Abdullah Efendi1894/951Vali Muavini5,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Efendi1878/791Muhabere Memuru500Çemişgezek
Osman Efendi1878/791Muhabere Memuru500Çemişgezek
Rıfat Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memuru400Yambol (Yanbolu)
Sadullah Efendi1882/831Muhabere Memuru300Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Şemsi Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memuru400Tirana (Tiran)
Silm Sami Efendi1908/091Posta Memuru200Podgorica (Podgoriça)
Vensan Diraso Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memuru480Ankara
Yanko Efendi1892/931Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru800Aleppo (Halep)
Yorgi Vasilyadi Efendi1873/741Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti570Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0067_0250; sayfa no:498)1904/0512. Müdür900Shkodër (İşkodra)

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

12 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. Nikola Yunani Efendi 1863 to 1907, Beyoğlu
  2. Tayyib Hilmi Efendi 1867 to 1898, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  3. Mehmet Muzaffer Bey 1886 to 1911, Skopje (Üsküp)
  4. Abdülkerim Efendi 1885 to 1906, Izmir (İzmir)
  5. Abdurrahman Faik Bey 1883 to 1906, Tirana (Tiran)
  6. Mehmet Şükrü Efendi 1891 to 1907, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  7. MEHMET BEKTAŞ EFENDİ 1898 to 1904, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  8. Recep Efendi 1901 to 1907, Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop)
  9. Zeynel Efendi 1898 to 1904, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  10. Mustafa Fahri Efendi 1891 to 1896, Van
  11. Mahmut Cemil Efendi 1905 to 1908, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  12. Unnamed official (0067_0250; sayfa no:498) 1889 to 1905, Niš (Niş)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Bitola (Manastır)4
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Zadrima4
Ioannina (Yanya)3
Keşan3
Shëngjin (Şengin)3
Thessaloniki (Selanik)3
Beyoğlu2
Bursa2
Durrës (Dıraç)2

The 10 places with most officials, of 44.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Thessaloniki (Selanik)3
Berat2
Bitola (Manastır)2
Durrës (Dıraç)2
Gelibolu2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Preveza (Preveze)2
Shëngjin (Şengin)2
Tirana (Tiran)2
Vlorë (Avlonya)2

The 10 places with most officials, of 50.

Names, position and identifiers of Shkodër (İşkodra)
Place
Identifierl-50fb070ab697a4f2
Spelling in the catalogueiskodra
NameName verified
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceShkodër (İşkodra) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceiskodra
PositionLatitude 42.06992, longitude 19.506876. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryAlbania
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
ShkodërEnglishPreferred nameEditor
İşkodraTurkishPreferred nameEditor
ScutariOtherOther nameEditor
ShkoderOtherOther nameEditor
SkadarOtherOther nameEditor
iskodraSpelling 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: Atabay (2022), 248 entries, 7 probably and 4 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

AHMET MURAT ATABAY (2022), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (İşkodralı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
ABDURRAHMAN FAİK BEYPDF 72, 73Probably Abdurrahman Faik Bey
ABDÜLKERİM EFENDİPDF 75, 76Probably Abdülkerim Efendi
HAFIZ MEHMED ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİPDF 152, 153Probably Mehmet Şükrü Efendi
MEHMED BEKTAŞ EFENDİPDF 214, 215Probably MEHMET BEKTAŞ EFENDİ
MEHMED MUZAFFER BEYPDF 221, 222, 223Probably Mehmet Muzaffer Bey
MUSTAFA FAHRİ EFENDİPDF 264, 265Probably Mustafa Fahri Efendi
RECEB EFENDİPDF 294, 295Probably Recep Efendi
TAYYİB HİLMİ EFENDİPDF 329Possibly Tayyib Hilmi Efendi
TAYYİB HİLMİ EFENDİPDF 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334Possibly Tayyib Hilmi Efendi
ZEYNEL EFENDİPDF 347, 348Possibly Zeynel Efendi

238 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.