Place

Soufli (Sofulu)

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

22 officials are recorded serving in Soufli (Sofulu), from 1879 to 1908 (AH 1297 to 1325), in 47 annual entries. The median of the 47 recorded monthly salaries is 250 kuruş. The fullest year is 1893/94 with 4 officials.

Officials serving: 22
Annual entries1879 to 1908, AH 1297 to 1325: 47
Year with most officials4 officials: 1893/94
Median monthly salaryfrom 47 recorded salaries: 250 kuruş

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1893/94 (AH 1311) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.

The same numbers as a table

Officials on record each year, Soufli (Sofulu)
Year	Officials on record	First recorded	Annual entries
1879/80 (AH 1297)	1	1	1
1880/81 (AH 1298)	1	1	1
1881/82 (AH 1299)	2	1	2
1882/83 (AH 1300)	1	1	1
1883/84 (AH 1301)	1	0	1
1884/85 (AH 1302)	1	0	1
1885/86 (AH 1303)	1	1	1
1886/87 (AH 1304)	2	1	2
1887/88 (AH 1305)	2	0	2
1888/89 (AH 1306)	2	1	2
1889/90 (AH 1307)	2	1	2
1890/91 (AH 1308)	2	1	2
1891/92 (AH 1309)	3	1	3
1892/93 (AH 1310)	1	0	1
1893/94 (AH 1311)	4	3	4
1894/95 (AH 1312)	3	1	3
1895/96 (AH 1313)	3	2	3
1896/97 (AH 1314)	1	0	1
1897/98 (AH 1315)	1	0	1
1898/99 (AH 1316)	1	0	1
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	2	1	2
1900/01 (AH 1318)	2	0	2
1901/02 (AH 1319)	2	1	2
1902/03 (AH 1320)	1	0	1
1903/04 (AH 1321)	2	2	2
1906/07 (AH 1324)	1	1	1
1907/08 (AH 1325)	2	1	2

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 47 recorded monthly salaries is 250 kuruş, the mean 381 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table

Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Soufli (Sofulu)
Year	Recorded salaries	Median	Mean	Lower quartile	Upper quartile	Median of the whole collection
1879/80	1	240	240	240	240	500
1880/81	1	600	600	600	600	500
1881/82	2	375	375	262.5	487.5	500
1882/83	1	600	600	600	600	500
1883/84	1	600	600	600	600	500
1884/85	1	600	600	600	600	500
1885/86	1	600	600	600	600	500
1886/87	2	375	375	262.5	487.5	500
1887/88	2	375	375	262.5	487.5	500
1888/89	2	450	450	375	525	500
1889/90	2	379.5	379.5	269.25	489.75	500
1890/91	2	379.5	379.5	269.25	489.75	500
1891/92	3	400	386.33	279.5	500	500
1892/93	1	600	600	600	600	500
1893/94	4	425	400	225	600	500
1894/95	3	250	333.33	200	425	500
1895/96	3	250	216.67	200	250	500
1896/97	1	250	250	250	250	500
1897/98	1	250	250	250	250	500
1898/99	1	250	250	250	250	500
1899/1900	2	395	395	322.5	467.5	500
1900/01	2	395	395	322.5	467.5	500
1901/02	2	395	395	322.5	467.5	500
1902/03	1	250	250	250	250	500
1903/04	2	425	425	337.5	512.5	475
1906/07	1	250	250	250	250	450
1907/08	2	250	250	250	250	300

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 7 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, Soufli (Sofulu)
Year	Muhabere Memuru	Nakliye Memuru	3. Müdür	Memur	Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti	Aşar Memuru	Emanet Kitabeti	Musillik
1879/80						1
1880/81	1
1881/82	1
1882/83	1
1883/84	1
1884/85	1
1885/86	1
1886/87	1							1
1887/88	1							1
1888/89	1	1
1889/90	1			1
1890/91	1			1
1891/92	2			1
1892/93	1
1893/94	1	1		1
1894/95	1	1
1895/96		2
1896/97	1
1897/98	1
1898/99	1
1899/1900	1		1
1900/01	1		1
1901/02	1		1
1902/03	1
1903/04	1		1
1906/07					1
1907/08					1		1

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

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 12, all years
Place	Officials	Remark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)	6
Edirne	5
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)	2
Bursa	1
Çemişgezek	1
Constanța (Köstence)	1
Feres (Ferecik)	1
Kastamonu	1
Kavala	1
Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)	1

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Soufli (Sofulu)
Official	Years here	Annual entries	Main title here	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Hüseyin Avni Efendi	1889 to 1903	10	Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)	159 to 250	Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Halil Efendi	1885 to 1890	5	Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)	600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Kazım Efendi	1893 to 1896	3	Muvassil	150	Edirne
Süleyman Onur Efendi	1882 to 1885	3	Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)	600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Lütfi Efendi	1899 to 1901	2	3. Müdürdirector of the third grade	540	Tirebolu
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi	1880 to 1882	2	Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)	600	Tekirdağ
Yaver Yorgi Efendi	1886 to 1888	2	Musillik	150	Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi	1901/02	1	3. Müdürdirector of the third grade	540	Kavala
Ali Ferit Efendi	1891/92	1	Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)	400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Sabri Efendi	1894/95	1	Nakliye Memurutransport official	250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Manul(?) Efendi	1893/94	1	Nakliye Memurutransport official	250	Edirne
Mehmet Avni Efendi	1907/08	1	Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications	250	Feres (Ferecik)
Mehmet Naili Efendi	1895/96	1	Nakliye Memurutransport official	250	Kastamonu
Mehmet Nuri Efendi	1879/80	1	Aşar Memurutithe official	240	Edirne
Mehmet Şevket Efendi	1903/04	1	Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)	250	Edirne
Salim Sabri Efendi	1895/96	1	Nakliye Memurutransport official	250	Edirne
Süleyman Vehbi Efendi	1888/89	1	Nakliye Memurutransport official	300	Çemişgezek
Tayyar Efendi	1903/04	1	3. Müdürdirector of the third grade	600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yasef Efendi	1881/82	1	Posta Memurupostal official	150	Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Unnamed official (0049_0022; 41)	1890 to 1895	5	Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)	600	Bursa
Unnamed official (0156_0033; 63)	1906 to 1908	2	Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications	250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0049_0039; 75)	1893/94	1	Memurofficial	600	Constanța (Köstence)

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
Place	Officials
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)	3
Edirne	3
Kırklareli	2
Bazla	1
Beirut (Beyrut)	1
Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban)	1
Gelibolu	1
Karaburun	1
Kastamonu	1
Komotini (Gümülcine)	1

The 10 places with most officials, of 14.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
Place	Officials
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)	3
Edirne	2
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)	1
Ayvalık	1
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)	1
Gelibolu	1
Giresun	1
Karaburun	1
Komotini (Gümülcine)	1
Kumanovo (Kumanova)	1

The 10 places with most officials, of 16.

Names, position and identifiers of Soufli (Sofulu)

Place
Identifier	l-61881ce8cd9cc61e
Spelling in the catalogue	sofulu
Name	Name matched
Kind of place	District (kaza)
Province	Edirne province
How the province was chosen	the administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative reference	Dedeagac
Position	Latitude 41.193906, longitude 26.300287. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day country	Greece

Names
Name	Language	Kind of name	Source
Sofulu	Turkish	Preferred name	Editor
Soufli	English	Preferred name	Editor
Sofulu	Spelling in the records	Other name	Annual records
sofulu	Spelling in the records	Other name	Annual records

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

Subjects

Soufli (Sofulu)
Edirne province
Ottoman geography (Osmanlı coğrafyası)
Provincial administration (taşra teşkilatı)
Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)

Officials on record each year#

Monthly salary each year#

Jobs each year#

Jobs and their officials, all years

Birthplaces and places of service#

One row per official, one cell per recorded year#

Ottoman officials recorded here#

Where the same officials are also recorded#

Subjects

Officials on record each year

Monthly salary each year

Jobs each year

Birthplaces and places of service

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

Ottoman officials recorded here

Where the same officials are also recorded