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Prizren

Place in Kosovo (Kosova) province.

51 officials are recorded serving in Prizren, from 1860 to 1909 (AH 1277 to 1326), in 150 annual entries. The median of the 149 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1902/03 with 10 officials. 11 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
51
Annual entries1860 to 1909, AH 1277 to 1326
150
Year with most officials10 officials
1902/03
Median monthly salaryfrom 149 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
11
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1902/03 (AH 1320) with 10 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 132510 in 1902/03Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Prizren
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1860/61 (AH 1277)111
1862/63 (AH 1279)222
1863/64 (AH 1280)212
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)111
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)212
1869/70 (AH 1286)323
1870/71 (AH 1287)414
1871/72 (AH 1288)404
1872/73 (AH 1289)404
1873/74 (AH 1290)303
1874/75 (AH 1291)202
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)313
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)424
1881/82 (AH 1299)757
1882/83 (AH 1300)505
1883/84 (AH 1301)525
1884/85 (AH 1302)414
1885/86 (AH 1303)313
1886/87 (AH 1304)414
1887/88 (AH 1305)404
1888/89 (AH 1306)323
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)424
1893/94 (AH 1311)313
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)212
1896/97 (AH 1314)212
1897/98 (AH 1315)212
1898/99 (AH 1316)333
1899/1900 (AH 1317)636
1900/01 (AH 1318)404
1901/02 (AH 1319)747
1902/03 (AH 1320)10410
1903/04 (AH 1321)828
1904/05 (AH 1322)626
1905/06 (AH 1323)212
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 149 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 491 kuruş.
02004006001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 570 kuruş in 1904/05Prizren, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Prizren
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1860/611500500500500500
1862/631125125125125500
1863/642562.5562.5343.75781.25500
1864/651125125125125625
1865/661125125125125650
1866/671480480480480600
1867/681400400400400600
1868/692241.5241.5162.25320.75600
1869/703400294.33241.5400600
1870/714400970.75320.751,050600
1871/724380960.75305.751,035550
1872/734427.51,058.753801,106.25550
1873/743380411.67380427.5500
1874/752427.5427.5403.75451.25535
1875/762427.5427.5403.75451.25530
1876/772437.5437.5418.75456.25575
1877/783475458.33437.5487.5560
18781475475475475600
1878/791475475475475600
1879/801380380380380500
1880/814380440335485500
1881/827380405285442.5500
1882/835385451285500500
1883/845500538385760500
1884/854442.5482.5360565500
1885/863385390335442.5500
1886/874442.5442.5360525500
1887/884442.5442.5360525500
1888/893380388.33332.5440500
1889/902440440410470500
1890/912440440410470500
1891/922440440410470500
1892/934380362.5332.5410500
1893/943380420380440500
1894/952380380380380500
1895/962590590485695500
1896/972502.5502.5393.75611.25500
1897/982550550465635500
1898/993500453.33320610500
1899/19006440420.83308.75500500
1900/014440470355555500
1901/027500492.86330660500
1902/0310545497.5357.5587.5500
1903/048365425.62283.75555475
1904/056570499.17348.75600450
1905/062660660630690475
1906/071600600600600450
1907/081600600600600300
1908/091600600600600350

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 28 officials.
Muhabere Memuru282. Müdür7Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti5Defter-i Hakani Kalemi23. Müdür1Aşar Memuru1DH 3. Kitabeti1DH Baskitabeti11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official5 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, Prizren
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiDefter-i Hakani Kalemi3. MüdürAşar MemuruDH 3. KitabetiDH Baskitabeti
1860/611
1862/63
1863/641
1864/65
1865/66
1866/671
1867/681
1868/6911
1869/7021
1870/7121
1871/7221
1872/7321
1873/7421
1874/7511
1875/7611
1876/7711
1877/78111
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/81111
1881/82311
1882/8331
1883/8432
1884/8531
1885/863
1886/8731
1887/8831
1888/893
1889/902
1890/912
1891/922
1892/934
1893/943
1894/952
1895/9611
1896/9711
1897/9811
1898/99111
1899/1900411
1900/01211
1901/023211
1902/034221
1903/045111
1904/052111
1905/061
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09

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 Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Prizren4 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Skopje (Üsküp)Niš (Niş)Debar (Debre)Ioannina (Yanya)HarputÜrgüpFurther places, smaller scale10 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 26, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)10
Skopje (Üsküp)8
Prizren4this place
Niš (Niş)3
Debar (Debre)2
Harput2in the small map
Ioannina (Yanya)2
Pristina (Priştine)2
Berkovitsa (Berkofça)1
Bihcova1
Where the officials born here were serving
Prizren4 serving hereSkopje (Üsküp)Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)AziziyeBeratElbasan (İlbasan)3 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 22, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Prizren4this place
Skopje (Üsküp)3
Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)2
Aziziye1
Berat1
Elbasan (İlbasan)1
Ferizaj (Firzovik)1
Gjakova (Yakova)1
Gosnicka1
Gusinje (Gusinye)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

51 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.
1511863/64AH 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

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

Officials of Prizren
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hafiz Veliyuttin Efendi1868 to 188215DH Baskitabeti83 to 475Prizren
Hafız Bahaeddin Efendi1881 to 189413Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Heraklion (Kandiye)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1898 to 190572. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1898 to 19046Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)140 to 280Prizren
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1869 to 18745Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Mehmet Hakkı Efendi1869 to 18745Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Necati Efendi1904 to 19095Posta Memurupostal official600Skopje (Üsküp)
Hasan Aşir Efendi1881 to 18854Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)385Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Avni Efendi1899 to 19034Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 380Gjakova (Yakova)
İbrahim Münir Efendi1862 to 18664Mal Kitabeti125Ürgüp
Mehmet Behzat Efendi1884 to 18884Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Pristina (Priştine)
Mehmet Hamdi Efe1901 to 190543. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Niš (Niş)
Mustafa Ragıp Efendi1891 to 18954Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Niš (Niş)
Abdülhalim Bey1870 to 18733Müfettişinspector3,000Plovdiv (Filibe)
Abdurrahman Hilmi Efendi1902 to 19053Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Sjenica (Seniçe)
Abdürrauf Efendi1893 to 18963Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Skopje (Üsküp)
Hayim Ancel Efendi1901 to 19043Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 350Veles (Köprülü)
Mahmud Ferid Efendi1898 to 19013Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Debar (Debre)
Mehmet Ali Bey1888 to 18913Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Bahattin Efendi1902 to 19053Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Besim Efendi1877 to 18823Evrak Kalemidocuments office200 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Lütfi Efendi1895 to 189832. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 800Loma
Osman Hulusi Efendi1885 to 18883Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)385Pirot (Şehirköy)
Recep Naci1881 to 18843Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Niš (Niş)
Artin Zeki Efendi1886 to 18882Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Bilecik
Show the other 26 officials
Officials of Prizren, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmed Niyazi Efendi1881 to 188322. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1901 to 190322. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muharrem Vehbi Efendi1867 to 18692Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Debar (Debre)
Osman Nuri Efendi1883 to 18852Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760Izmir (İzmir)
Salih Saib Efendi1881 to 18832Memurofficial285Prizren
Abdullah Efendi1862/631Harput
Ahmet Rifat Efendi1863/6412. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Ruse (Rusçuk)
Devay Efendi1902/031Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications550Skopje (Üsküp)
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1888/891Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Lovech (Lofça)
Hasan Nuri Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Skopje (Üsküp)
Hasan Şekip Bey1901/021Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Skopje (Üsküp)
Mahmut Raşit Efendi1860/611Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Harput
Mehmet Akif Efendi1905/0612. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Leskovik
Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Pristina (Priştine)
Mehmet Sabri Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Ibradi
Mehmet Salih Efendi1883/841Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760Ioannina (Yanya)
Mustafa Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Bihcova
Mustafa Nuri Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Prizren
Mustafa Remzi Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Ioannina (Yanya)
Osman Vasıf Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Tayyar Efendi1880/8112. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (58_0008; 13)1866 to 18785Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 480Skopje (Üsküp)
Unnamed official (0049_0036; 69)1880/811Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87)1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Edirne
Unnamed official (0067_00160; sayfa no:317)1902/031Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications550Skopje (Üsküp)
Unnamed official (0067_00227; sayfa no:451)1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)190Skopje (Üsküp)

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

11 officials of the collection were born here. 4 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Salih Saib Efendi 1881 to 1910, Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)
  2. Hafiz Veliyuttin Efendi 1868 to 1882, Prizren
  3. İsmail Efendi 1892 to 1907, Zadrima
  4. Hasan Ruhi Efendi 1877 to 1888, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  5. Mehmet Şükrü Efendi 1898 to 1904, Prizren
  6. Ali Rıza Efendi 1903 to 1906, Skopje (Üsküp)
  7. Mustafa Nuri Efendi 1904 to 1907, Skopje (Üsküp)
  8. İsmail Hakkı Efendi 1909/10, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  9. Mehmet Şükrü Efendi 1910/11, Konya
  10. Unnamed official (0075_0070; 137) 1884 to 1905, Skopje (Üsküp)
  11. Unnamed official (121-112-219) 1901 to 1905, Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Names, position and identifiers of Prizren
Place
Identifierl-618c6391988f6e9d
Spelling in the catalogueprizren
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceKosovo (Kosova)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencePrizren
PositionLatitude 42.217548, longitude 20.741167. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
PrizrenEnglishPreferred nameEditor
PrizrenTurkishPreferred nameEditor
PrizrenSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
prizrenSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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

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