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Place

Xanthi (İskeçe)

Place in Edirne province. Present-day country: Greece.

28 officials are recorded serving in Xanthi (İskeçe), from 1873 to 1909 (AH 1290 to 1326), in 58 annual entries. The median of the 58 recorded monthly salaries is 380 kuruş. The fullest year is 1890/91 with 3 officials.

Officials serving
28
Annual entries1873 to 1909, AH 1290 to 1326
58
Year with most officials3 officials
1890/91
Median monthly salaryfrom 58 recorded salaries
380 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1890/91 (AH 1308) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 33.
01231873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1890/91Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Xanthi (İskeçe)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)111
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)212
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)212
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)323
1893/94 (AH 1311)212
1894/95 (AH 1312)323
1895/96 (AH 1313)323
1896/97 (AH 1314)313
1897/98 (AH 1315)323
1898/99 (AH 1316)313
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)222
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1906/07 (AH 1324)222
1907/08 (AH 1325)202
1908/09 (AH 1326)323

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 58 recorded monthly salaries is 380 kuruş, the mean 442 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325250 kuruş in 1908/09Xanthi (İskeçe), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Xanthi (İskeçe)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1873/741760760760760500
1874/751300300300300535
1875/761650650650650530
1876/771600600600600575
1877/781600600600600560
1878/791400400400400600
1880/811600600600600500
1881/821380380380380500
1882/832440440410470500
1883/841500500500500500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/881500500500500500
1888/891500500500500500
1889/902440440410470500
1890/913380393.33340440500
1891/922440440410470500
1892/933380420380440500
1893/942400400350450500
1894/953400400350450500
1895/963400433.33350500500
1896/973300380300420500
1897/983300300300300500
1898/993300600300750500
1899/190011,2001,2001,2001,200500
1900/012750750525975500
1901/021300300300300500
1903/042340340320360475
1904/052380380380380450
1906/072250250200300450
1907/082250250200300300
1908/093250233.33200275350

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

10 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 17 officials.
Muhabere Memuru17Nakliye Memuru42. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti12. Müdür13. Müdür1Başmuhabere Memuru1Çavuş1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru11873/74AH 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, Xanthi (İskeçe)
YearMuhabere MemuruNakliye Memuru2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti2. Müdür3. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruÇavuşMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
1878/791
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1889/901
1890/912
1891/921
1892/9321
1893/9411
1894/9521
1895/963
1896/9721
1897/9812
1898/99111
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/02
1903/0411
1904/052
1906/072
1907/082
1908/093

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 10 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
Xanthi (İskeçe)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Plovdiv (Filibe)TrabzonBursaChania (Hanya)7 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

28 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.
1281873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326Post 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

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

Officials of Xanthi (İskeçe)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Alfo Efendi1882 to 189210Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Raif Efendi1895 to 18994Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Daver Efendi1889 to 18934Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Bahattin Efendi1900 to 19053Posta Memurupostal official300 to 380Chania (Hanya)
Dimitri Atnasyadi Efendi1892 to 18953Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hayri Efendi1906 to 19093Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
ibrahim Hakki Efendi1898 to 190132. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti1,200Trabzon
Sadık Efendi1875 to 187833. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600 to 650Trabzon
Aristidi Efendi1895 to 18972Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540 to 600Gelibolu
Halil Hilmi Efendi1897 to 18992Nakliye Memurutransport official300Loma
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1894 to 18962Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Pristina (Priştine)
İbrahim Hilmi Efendi1881 to 18832Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Sami Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Ardino (Eğridere)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1880/811Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official600Sofia (Sofya)
ALİ RIZA EFENDİ1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop)
Arif Hilmi Efendi1897/981Nakliye Memurutransport official300Bursa
Arslan Sırrı Efendi1890/911Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Vranje (İvranya)
Enver Efendi1878/791Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Skopje (Üsküp)
Hüseyin Ağa1874/751Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade)300Serres (Siroz)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1903/041Nakliye Memurutransport official300Enez (İnoz)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Yambol (Yanbolu)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Sevlievo (Servi)
Hüseyin Rasim Bey1873/7412. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760Plovdiv (Filibe)
Manul(?) Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Edirne
Mehmet Ali Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Lovech (Lofça)
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Officials of Xanthi (İskeçe), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Fehim Efendi1896/971Nakliye Memurutransport official300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Vasıf Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Veli Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Nevşehir

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
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Chirpan (Çırpan)1
Damascus (Şam)1
Danismend1
Demirtas1
Devin (Dövlen)1
Edirne1
Feres (Ferecik)1
Karaağaç1

The 10 places with most officials, of 19.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Edirne3
Ankara1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Demirköy (Samakovcuk)1
Gelibolu1
Isparta1
Kavala1
Keşan1
Komotini (Gümülcine)1
Kırklareli1

The 10 places with most officials, of 18.

Names, position and identifiers of Xanthi (İskeçe)
Place
Identifierl-5a785327c549ed2f
Spelling in the catalogueiskece
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceEdirne province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceGumulcine
PositionLatitude 41.137977, longitude 24.887508. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
XanthiEnglishPreferred nameEditor
İskeçeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
iskeceSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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