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Erzincan

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

87 officials are recorded serving in Erzincan, from 1863 to 1911 (AH 1280 to 1329), in 231 annual entries. The median of the 227 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1892/93 with 9 officials. 14 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
87
Annual entries1863 to 1911, AH 1280 to 1329
231
Year with most officials9 officials
1892/93
Median monthly salaryfrom 227 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
14
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1892/93 (AH 1310) with 9 officials. Years with an annual entry: 49.
02468101863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13259 in 1892/93Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Erzincan
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1863/64 (AH 1280)111
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)323
1866/67 (AH 1283)313
1867/68 (AH 1284)535
1868/69 (AH 1285)424
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)424
1871/72 (AH 1288)303
1872/73 (AH 1289)303
1873/74 (AH 1290)202
1874/75 (AH 1291)303
1875/76 (AH 1292)303
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)535
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)212
1879/80 (AH 1297)212
1880/81 (AH 1298)313
1881/82 (AH 1299)414
1882/83 (AH 1300)535
1883/84 (AH 1301)636
1884/85 (AH 1302)848
1885/86 (AH 1303)727
1886/87 (AH 1304)616
1887/88 (AH 1305)848
1888/89 (AH 1306)616
1889/90 (AH 1307)616
1890/91 (AH 1308)828
1891/92 (AH 1309)818
1892/93 (AH 1310)959
1893/94 (AH 1311)646
1894/95 (AH 1312)515
1895/96 (AH 1313)737
1896/97 (AH 1314)737
1897/98 (AH 1315)838
1898/99 (AH 1316)626
1899/1900 (AH 1317)636
1900/01 (AH 1318)747
1901/02 (AH 1319)737
1902/03 (AH 1320)727
1903/04 (AH 1321)535
1904/05 (AH 1322)717
1905/06 (AH 1323)838
1906/07 (AH 1324)535
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1910/11 (AH 1328)222
1911 (AH 1329)313

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 227 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 585 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 400 kuruş in 1906/07Erzincan, 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, Erzincan
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/651576576576576625
1865/663576515.33413648650
1866/673700730475970600
1867/6854807544001,240600
1868/694550687.5487.5750600
1869/7029009007501,050600
1870/7148008005501,050600
1871/723570650475785550
1872/733570656.67485785550
1873/742700700550850500
1874/753800733.33600900535
1875/7631,0008007001,000530
1876/772700700550850575
1877/7854001,0404001,000560
187811,0001,0001,0001,000600
1878/7911,0001,0001,0001,000600
1879/802665665522.5807.5500
1880/813380570380665500
1881/824380522.5380522.5500
1882/835380498380400500
1883/846440515380500500
1884/858380458.75380500500
1885/867400472.86380500500
1886/876390393.33380475500
1887/888400520380612.5500
1888/896390468.33380475500
1889/906450488.33385500500
1890/918500678.75395612.5500
1891/928500716.25475612.5500
1892/939500853.334001,000500
1893/946500833.33500875500
1894/955500600500500500
1895/967500542.86450500500
1896/977500528.57450500500
1897/988450500400500500
1898/996475455.5412.5500500
1899/19006500475425500500
1900/016500616.67462.5575500
1901/027500585.71425550500
1902/037450464.29350550500
1903/045400500400450475
1904/057450521.43400525450
1905/067400417.14350450475
1906/075400356300400450
1907/081400400400400300
1908/091400400400400350
1910/112300300300300500
19113400400350450500

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

14 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 58 officials.
Muhabere Memuru58Posta Memuru102. Müdür51. Müdür4Müfettiş33. Müdür1Asar Muduru1Defter-i Hakani Kalemi11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official6 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, Erzincan
YearMuhabere MemuruPosta Memuru2. Müdür1. MüdürMüfettiş3. MüdürAsar MuduruDefter-i Hakani Kalemi
1863/64
1864/651
1865/662
1866/6711
1867/6822
1868/6921
1869/7011
1870/71211
1871/7221
1872/7321
1873/7411
1874/75111
1875/76111
1876/7711
1877/78311
18781
1878/791
1879/8011
1880/8121
1881/8231
1882/83311
1883/84411
1884/85611
1885/86511
1886/8751
1887/88512
1888/89411
1889/90411
1890/915111
1891/925111
1892/935112
1893/943111
1894/95311
1895/96511
1896/973211
1897/98521
1898/9942
1899/190051
1900/01411
1901/02511
1902/0352
1903/0431
1904/05411
1905/066
1906/074
1907/081
1908/091
1910/111
19111

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 14 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
Erzincan6 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)ErzurumSivasTrabzonSafranbolu11 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 40, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)11
Erzurum9
Sivas7
Erzincan6this place
Trabzon6
Kemah5
Kemaliye (Eğin)5
Gümüşhane2
Safranbolu2
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)2
Where the officials born here were serving
Erzincan6 serving hereErzurumBeirut (Beyrut)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Damascus (Şam)EdirneFurther places4 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 38, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Erzincan6this place
Erzurum4
Beirut (Beyrut)3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Damascus (Şam)2
Edirne2
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)1in the small map
Al Luhayyah (Luhayye)1in the small map
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Bajil (Bacil)1in the small map

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

87 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.
1871863/64AH 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

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

Officials of Erzincan
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hacı Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1887 to 1898112. Müdür900 to 1,000Kemah
Ahmet Raif Efendi1867 to 1882102. Müdür400 to 1,000Trabzon
Ahmet Şakir Efendi1879 to 188910Muhabere Memuru380Ankara
Mehmet Hilmi Efendi1895 to 19069Muhabere Memuru500Sivas
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1884 to 18928Muhabere Memuru380Erzincan
Mustafa Ragıp Efendi1870 to 18788Muhabere Memuru380 to 400Kemah
Abdullah Efendi1899 to 19067Muhabere Memuru400Görele
Mehmet Zülfü Efendi1884 to 18917Muhabere Memuru200Erzincan
Arif Efendi1893 to 18996Posta Memuru500Erzurum
Huseyin Mazhar Efendi1870 to 18766Defter-i Hakani Kalemi1,000Manisa
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1887 to 18925Posta Memuru400Diyarbakır
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1868 to 18735Muhabere Memuru450 to 600Trabzon
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1882 to 188642. Müdür950Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Hasan Zeki Efendi1895 to 18994Muhabere Memuru400Erzurum
İsmail Hakki Efendi1865 to 18694Ticaret Mahkemesi Memuru250 to 500Erzincan
Mehmet Rüştü Efendi1897 to 19034Posta Memuru400 to 550Erzurum
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi1888 to 18924Muhabere Memuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülhadi Efendi1885 to 18883Muhabere Memuru500Artvin (Livane)
Ali Rıza Efendi1900 to 19033Posta Memuru600Erzurum
Hasan Basri Efendi1906 to 19093Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1889 to 18923Muhabere Memuru500Shumen (Şumnu)
İzzet Şevki Efendi1880 to 18833Muhabere Memuru380Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmed Raşid Efendi1890 to 18933Müfettiş2,000Tekirdağ
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1901 to 19063Muhabere Memuru400Van
Mehmet Hakkı Efendi1868 to 187131. Müdür1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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Officials of Erzincan, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Kemal Efendi1898 to 19013Muhabere Memuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1903 to 19063Muhabere Memuru450 to 640Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ohannes Şükran Efendi1883 to 18863Posta Memuru500Kemah
Süleyman Faik Efendi1893 to 18963Muhabere Memuru500Kemaliye (Eğin)
Abdullah Talat Efendi1882 to 18842Muhabere Memuru380 to 500Sivas
Ahmet Efendi1891 to 18932Muhabere Memuru500Bolu
Ahmet Lütfi Efendi1885 to 18872Muhabere Memuru400Targovishte (Eski Cuma)
Ahmet Müştak Efendi1905 to 19072Muhabere Memuru280Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)
Fikri Efendi1899 to 19062Muhabere Memuru400 to 500Malatya
Hacı Kâmil Efendi1864 to 18662Muhabere Memuru576 to 720Vidin
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1896 to 18982Posta Memuru400 to 500Ardahan
İbrahim Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memuru500Komotini (Gümülcine)
Mehmed Şefik Efendi1865 to 18672Muhabere Memuru576 to 700Sivas
Mehmed Şevket Bey1866 to 186821. Müdür1,240Safranbolu
Mehmet Akif Efendi1905 to 19072Muhabere Memuru300Çorum
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1910 to 19112Mülazım300 to 500Kiğı
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1883 to 18852Muhabere Memuru380Sivas
Mehmet Rahmi Efendi1903 to 190522. Müdür950Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Mehmet Refik Efendi1910 to 19112Muhabere Memuru300 to 400Erzincan
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1867 to 18692Muhabere Memuru480 to 600Gümüşhane
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi1900 to 190221. Müdür1,250Sivas
Salih Faik Efendi1903 to 19052Merkez Memuru400 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yakup Rahmi Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memuru450 to 700Tercan
Yusuf Ziya Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memuru300Eleşkirt
Ahmet Faik Efendi1883/841Muhabere Memuru380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1896/9713. Müdür500Erzurum
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi1892/931Posta Memuru400Van
Ali Rıza Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memuru400Tekirdağ
Ali Tevfik Efendi1884/851Muhabere Memuru500Gümüşhane
Besim Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memuru400Kayseri
Hacı Ahmet Cevdet Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memuru380Trabzon
Hacı Halil Efendi1863/641Sivas
Hafız İbrahim Kazım Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memuru400Trabzon
Hafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru400Preševo (Preşova)
Hafız Süleyman Efendi1881/821Muhabere Memuru380Devrek
Hasan Sami Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memuru500Erzurum
Hüseyin Efendi1887/881Muhabere Memuru400Biga
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1887/8812. Müdür950Bitola (Manastır)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memuru400Kemah
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memuru400Kemaliye (Eğin)
Kadri Efendi1867/6811. Müdür1,400Sivas
Lütfullah Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Raşit Efendi1893/941Müfettiş2,000Harput
Mehmet Adil Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memuru450Erzurum
Mehmet Dursun Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memuru383Erzurum
Mehmet Kazım Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kemalettin Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Niyazi Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memuru400Trabzon
MEHMET RÜŞTÜ EFENDİ1893/941Muhabere Memuru500Arapgir
Mehmet Şamil Efendi1878/791Erzurum
Mehmet Sezai Efendi1884/851Muhabere Memuru380Safranbolu
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1886/871Posta Memuru500Gelibolu
Mehmet Zühtü Efendi1892/931Müfettiş2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Asim Efendi1900/011Trabzon
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi1882/831Posta Memuru400Kemah
MUSTAFA ŞERİF EFENDİ1902/031Muhabere Memuru300Erzincan
Omer Rahmi Efendi1877/781Asar Muduru3,000Yozgat
Osman Avni Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memuru500Kemaliye (Eğin)
Yusuf Efendi19111Muayene Memuru300Erzincan
Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189)1890 to 18966Muhabere Memuru500Mytilene (Midilli)
Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87)1899/19001Muhabere Memuru400Edirne

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

14 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 Tevfik Efendi 1863 to 1904, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. İsmail Hakkı Efendi 1865 to 1902, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. İsmail Hakki Efendi 1865 to 1893, Erzurum
  4. Mehmet Efendi 1870 to 1904, Kadıköy
  5. Ahmet Hamdi Efendi 1881 to 1907, Erzurum
  6. Mehmet Şevki Efendi 1864 to 1885, Bursa
  7. Mehmet Şevket Efendi 1882 to 1903, Idlib (İdlib)
  8. Mehmet Zülfü Efendi 1882 to 1897, Erzincan
  9. Bekir Sitki Efendi 1900 to 1905, Izmir (İzmir)
  10. Yusuf Efendi 1909 to 1911, Hınıs
  11. Abdurrahman Sırrı Efendi 1905 to 1907, Bayburt
  12. Mehmet Refik Efendi 1910 to 1911, Erzincan
  13. MUSTAFA ŞERİF EFENDİ 1902 to 1904, Erzincan
  14. Unnamed official (0049_0040; 77) 1865 to 1904, Yozgat

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Erzurum9
Trabzon5
Kemah4
Bitlis3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Sivas3
Ağrı (Karakilise)2
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Gümüşhane2
Kurucay2

The 10 places with most officials, of 40.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Erzurum10
Trabzon5
Bitlis4
Kemah3
Sivas3
Adana2
Baghdad (Bağdat)2
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)2
Drama2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2

The 10 places with most officials, of 48.

Names, position and identifiers of Erzincan
Place
Identifierl-5d85d29a734dd56b
Spelling in the catalogueerzincan
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceErzurum province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceErzincan
PositionLatitude 39.747074, longitude 39.487489. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
ErzincanEnglishPreferred nameEditor
ErzincanTurkishPreferred nameEditor
ErzincanSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
erzincanSpelling 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: Adak (2008), 175 entries, 6 probably and 16 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar

ENGİN ADAK (2008), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Erzincanlı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
İSMAİL HAKKI EFENDİPDF 21, 22; printed 4, 5Possibly İsmail Hakki Efendi; Possibly İsmail Hakkı Efendi
MEHMED EFENDİPDF 32, 33; printed 15, 16Possibly Mehmet Efendi
AHMET TEVFİK EFENDİPDF 43, 44; printed 26, 27Probably Ahmet Tevfik Efendi
MEHMET EFENDİPDF 44, 45; printed 27, 28Possibly Mehmet Efendi
MEHMET ŞEVKET EFENDİPDF 92, 93; printed 75, 76Probably Mehmet Şevket Efendi
MEHMET ZÜLFÜ EFENDİPDF 102, 103; printed 85, 86Probably Mehmet Zülfü Efendi
ABDURRAHMAN SIRRI EFENDİPDF 116, 117; printed 99, 100Probably Abdurrahman Sırrı Efendi
MUSTAFA ŞERİF EFENDİPDF 120, 121; printed 103, 104Probably MUSTAFA ŞERİF EFENDİ
YUSUF EFENDİPDF 138, 139, 140; printed 121, 122, 123Probably Yusuf Efendi

166 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.

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