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Place

Mostar

Place in Bosnia (Bosna) province. Present-day country: Bosnia and Herzegovina.

15 officials are recorded serving in Mostar, from 1861 to 1879 (AH 1278 to 1296), in 32 annual entries. The median of the 32 recorded monthly salaries is 850 kuruş. The fullest year is 1877/78 with 6 officials. 1 official of the collection was born here.

Officials serving
15
Annual entries1861 to 1879, AH 1278 to 1296
32
Year with most officials6 officials
1877/78
Median monthly salaryfrom 32 recorded salaries
850 kuruş
Officials born here
1
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1877/78 (AH 1294) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 17.
02461861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12966 in 1877/78Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mostar
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1862/63 (AH 1279)212
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)111
1867/68 (AH 1284)212
1868/69 (AH 1285)101
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)222
1876/77 (AH 1293)555
1877/78 (AH 1294)626
1878 (AH 1295)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)303

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 32 recorded monthly salaries is 850 kuruş, the mean 828 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 1296Median 775 kuruş in 1877/78Mostar, 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, Mostar
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/621500500500500600
1862/6328508506751,025500
1864/6511,2001,2001,2001,200625
1865/6611,2001,2001,2001,200650
1866/6711,2001,2001,2001,200600
1867/682700700550850600
1868/6911,0001,0001,0001,000600
1869/7011,0001,0001,0001,000600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/721850850850850550
1872/731850850850850550
1873/741850850850850500
1875/762500500500500530
1876/775750820750900575
1877/786775755487.5950560
18782875875812.5937.5600
1878/793750783.33675875600

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 Muhabere Memuru, held by 8 officials.
Muhabere Memuru8Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti21. Müdür1BasmudurV.1Merkez Memuru1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru1Seyyar Memur11861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961 official3 officials

The 7 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, Mostar
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1. MüdürBasmudurV.Merkez MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruSeyyar Memur
1861/621
1862/6311
1864/651
1865/661
1866/671
1867/6811
1868/691
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1875/7611
1876/772111
1877/783111
187811
1878/7921

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) Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Mostar1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)AnkaraBitola (Manastır)BosnaBursa7 officials1 official

All 9 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Ankara1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Bosna1
Bursa1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Mostar1this place
Niš (Niş)1
Ohrid (Ohri)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Beirut (Beyrut) (1), Damascus (Şam) (1), Feres (Ferecik) (1), Homs (Humus) (1), Mostar (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

15 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.

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

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

Officials of Mostar
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Frederik Danderya Efendi1866 to 18748Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications850 to 1,200Izmir (İzmir)
Ahmet Kemal Bey1876 to 18794Merkez Memurucentral office official900 to 1,000Ohrid (Ohri)
Ahmed Sadık Efendi1876 to 187821. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1876 to 18782Seyyar Memurtravelling official750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1878 to 18792Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Bitola (Manastır)
Kostantin De Martin Efendi1864 to 18662Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi1861 to 18632Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Bursa
Osman Nuri Efendi1877 to 18792Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 600Mostar
Yakub Rıza Efendi1876 to 18782Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Agop Maryan Efendi1875/761Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fahri Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Niš (Niş)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şemi Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Bosna
Yovakimyan Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Ankara
Unnamed official (0002_0176; 350)1862/631BasmudurV.1,200Istanbul (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.

Officials born here

1 official of the collection was born here. 1 of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Osman Nuri Efendi 1877 to 1897, Homs (Humus)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Pristina (Priştine)2
Al-Faw (Fav)1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Beyoğlu1
Celebipazari1
Edirne1
Feres (Ferecik)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Karadic1

The 10 places with most officials, of 14.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Biga1
Bosna1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Kastamonu1
Kavala1
Sinop1
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1
Vlorë (Avlonya)1
Zvornik (İzvornik)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 11.

Names, position and identifiers of Mostar
Place
Identifierl-56f780aa738a8742
Spelling in the cataloguemostar
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceBosnia (Bosna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceMostar
PositionLatitude 43.343968, longitude 17.809436. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBosnia and Herzegovina
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
MostarEnglishPreferred nameEditor
MostarTurkishPreferred nameEditor
MostarSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
mostarSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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