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Place

Samokov (Samakov)

Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.

3 officials are recorded serving in Samokov (Samakov). Abdülkerim Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 1865/66 (AH 1282), with 750 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. Mehmet Tevfik Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 1866/67, with 1,000 kuruş a month. Born in Edirne. Ali Haydar Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1877/78, with 600 kuruş a month. Born in Baghdad (Bağdat). 4 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
3
Annual entries1865 to 1878, AH 1282 to 1294
3
Median monthly salaryfrom 3 recorded salaries
750 kuruş
Officials born here
4

This place has too few annual entries for charts. For officials, salaries and jobs in the region seeDanube (Tuna) province.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Baghdad (Bağdat) (1), Edirne (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1).

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Jaffa (Yafa) (2), Bursa (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Rumelihisarı (1), Skopje (Üsküp) (1), Yenişehir(Rumeli) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Samokov (Samakov)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdülkerim Efendi1865/6612. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Haydar Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1866/6712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Edirne

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

4 officials of the collection were born here. None of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Mehmet Nafiz Efendi 1890 to 1907, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Solomon Efendi 1897 to 1906, Jaffa (Yafa)
  3. Kostaki Efendi 1886 to 1898, Bursa
  4. Salamon Efendi 1897 to 1903, Jaffa (Yafa)

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Edirne (1), Kâğıthane (1), Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra) (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Edirne (2), Sofia (Sofya) (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Samokov (Samakov)
Place
Identifierl-60f992ba139fe1e4
Spelling in the cataloguesamakov
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencevidin
PositionLatitude 42.33976, longitude 23.555167. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SamakovTurkishPreferred nameEditor
SamokovEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SamakovSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
samakovSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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