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Place

Strumica (Ustrumca)

Place in Thessaloniki (Selanik) province. Present-day country: North Macedonia.

14 officials are recorded serving in Strumica (Ustrumca), from 1878 to 1910 (AH 1296 to 1327), in 46 annual entries. The median of the 46 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1903/04 with 4 officials.

Officials serving
14
Annual entries1878 to 1910, AH 1296 to 1327
46
Year with most officials4 officials
1903/04
Median monthly salaryfrom 46 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1903/04 (AH 1321) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 28.
012341882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1903/04Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Strumica (Ustrumca)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1878/79 (AH 1296)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)212
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)212
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)111
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)212
1902/03 (AH 1320)333
1903/04 (AH 1321)414
1904/05 (AH 1322)303
1905/06 (AH 1323)202
1907/08 (AH 1325)111
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)101

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 46 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 462 kuruş.
02004006008001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325700 kuruş in 1909/10Strumica (Ustrumca), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Strumica (Ustrumca)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1878/791600600600600600
1880/811500500500500500
1881/821500500500500500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/842450450425475500
1884/851400400400400500
1885/861400400400400500
1886/871400400400400500
1887/881400400400400500
1888/892500500450550500
1889/902500500450550500
1890/912500500450550500
1891/922500500450550500
1892/932500500450550500
1893/942450450375525500
1894/951600600600600500
1895/962450450375525500
1896/972420420360480500
1899/19001250250250250500
1900/011250250250250500
1901/022425425337.5512.5500
1902/033250200150275500
1903/044275525200600475
1904/053300641.67175937.5450
1905/062175175112.5237.5475
1907/081700700700700300
1908/091700700700700350
1909/101700700700700462.5

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

5 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 8 officials.
Muhabere Memuru83. Müdür3Başmemur1Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1Kaymakam11878/79AH 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 13261 official3 officials

The 5 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Strumica (Ustrumca)
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürBaşmemurBidayet Mahkemesi BaskitabetiKaymakam
1878/791
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/8411
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/9211
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/951
1895/9611
1896/9711
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/0211
1902/033
1903/0431
1904/0521
1905/062
1907/081
1908/091
1909/101

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 5 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
Strumica (Ustrumca)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Chania (Hanya)CuruksuDebar (Debre)Ioannina (Yanya)2 officials1 official

Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Rusya (1).

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 12, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Prilep (Pirlepe)2
Chania (Hanya)1
Curuksu1
Debar (Debre)1
Debrei bala1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Plovdiv (Filibe)1
Rusya1no position recorded
Shumen (Şumnu)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

14 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.
Hüseyin Ziya EfendiMehmet Agah EfendiTayyar EfendiSabri EfendiHasan Nazmi EfendiHafız Hasan EfendiAbdülkerim EfendiMehmet Mirat EfendiMehmet Kadri EfendiHüseyin Hüsnü Efendiİsmail Hakkı EfendiKanber EfendiAhmet Faik BeyFornaraki Hasan Lamii Efendi1878/79AH 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

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

Officials of Strumica (Ustrumca)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Sabri Efendi1883 to 189310Başmemurchief official400Debar (Debre)
Hasan Nazmi Efendi1888 to 189793. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540 to 600Thessaloniki (Selanik)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)50Rusya
Kanber Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Debrei bala
Fornaraki Hasan Lamii Efendi1907 to 19103Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti700Chania (Hanya)
Mehmet Mirat Efendi1899 to 19023Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Veles (Köprülü)
Tayyar Efendi1881 to 18843Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülkerim Efendi1895 to 18972Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Ioannina (Yanya)
Ahmet Faik Bey1903 to 19052Kaymakamdistrict governor1,500 to 1,575Plovdiv (Filibe)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Prilep (Pirlepe)
Hafız Hasan Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Prilep (Pirlepe)
Hüseyin Ziya Efendi1878/7913. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600Curuksu
Mehmet Agah Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Shumen (Şumnu)
Mehmet Kadri Efendi1901/0213. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600Istanbul (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.

Names, position and identifiers of Strumica (Ustrumca)
Place
Identifierl-5c61fedc8bb52756
Spelling in the catalogueustrumca
NameName verified
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceThessaloniki (Selanik) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceSelanik
PositionLatitude 41.439065, longitude 22.639833. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryNorth Macedonia
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
StrumicaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
UstrumcaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
UstrumcaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
ustrumcaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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