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Al-Salt (Salt)

Place in Syria (Suriye) province. Present-day country: Jordan.

11 officials are recorded serving in Al-Salt (Salt), from 1884 to 1907 (AH 1302 to 1324), in 28 annual entries. The median of the 28 recorded monthly salaries is 900 kuruş. The fullest year is 1898/99 with 3 officials.

Officials serving
11
Annual entries1884 to 1907, AH 1302 to 1324
28
Year with most officials3 officials
1898/99
Median monthly salaryfrom 28 recorded salaries
900 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1898/99 (AH 1316) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 15.
01231887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13203 in 1898/99Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Al-Salt (Salt)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1884/85 (AH 1302)111
1885/86 (AH 1303)111
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)111
1896/97 (AH 1314)222
1897/98 (AH 1315)212
1898/99 (AH 1316)313
1899/1900 (AH 1317)303
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)313
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)313
1905/06 (AH 1323)212
1906/07 (AH 1324)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 28 recorded monthly salaries is 900 kuruş, the mean 811 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201,080 kuruş in 1906/07Al-Salt (Salt), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Al-Salt (Salt)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/881500500500500500
1896/972790790645935500
1897/982790790645935500
1898/993500693.33500790500
1899/19003500693.33500790500
1900/012790790645935500
1901/023800893.33800940500
1902/0321,0401,0401,0201,060500
1903/0411,0001,0001,0001,000475
1904/0531,0009609001,040450
1905/0621,0401,0401,0201,060475
1906/0711,0801,0801,0801,080450

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 2. Müdür, held by 6 officials.
2. Müdür63. Müdür2Muhabere Memuru2Memur1Merkez Memuru11884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241 official3 officials

The 5 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, Al-Salt (Salt)
Year2. Müdür3. MüdürMuhabere MemuruMemurMerkez Memuru
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1896/9711
1897/9811
1898/99111
1899/1900111
1900/0111
1901/023
1902/032
1903/041
1904/0521
1905/062
1906/071

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

Where the officials serving here were born
Al-Salt (Salt)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Mecca (Mekke)Aleppo (Halep)Baghdad (Bağdat)Damascus (Şam)2 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

11 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.
Mahmut Hamdi EfendiYakup EfendiMahmut Avni EfendiMehmet Cemalettin EfendiMehmet Cudi EfendiAbdulhamit EfendiAhmet Şükrü EfendiMuhittin EfendiAhmet Tevfik EfendiMustafa Raşit EfendiMehmet Habip Efendi1884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324Post and Telegraph entry

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

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

Officials of Al-Salt (Salt)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdulhamit Efendi1897 to 190362. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,080Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1901 to 190542. Müdürdirector of the second grade800 to 1,000Mecca (Mekke)
Mehmet Cudi Efendi1896 to 190043. Müdürdirector of the third grade500Aleppo (Halep)
Muhittin Efendi1900 to 19053Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500 to 800Mecca (Mekke)
Mustafa Raşit Efendi1904 to 190732. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,080Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi1898 to 19002Merkez Memuruofficial of a telegraph or post office500Damascus (Şam)
Yakup Efendi1885 to 18872Memurofficial500Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mahmut Avni Efendi1887/8813. Müdürdirector of the third grade500Nablus
Mahmut Hamdi Efendi1884/851Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi1896/9712. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,080Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Habip Efendi1905/0612. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Erzurum

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 Al-Salt (Salt)
Place
Identifierl-63479ad69a090b25
Spelling in the cataloguesalt
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceSyria (Suriye)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceSalt
PositionLatitude 32.03873, longitude 35.726329. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryJordan
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
Al-SaltEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SaltTurkishPreferred nameEditor
saltSpelling 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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