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Balıkesir

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

38 officials are recorded serving in Balıkesir, from 1848 to 1913 (AH 1265 to 1331), in 115 annual entries. The median of the 115 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1900/01 with 6 officials. 2 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
38
Annual entries1848 to 1913, AH 1265 to 1331
115
Year with most officials6 officials
1900/01
Median monthly salaryfrom 115 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
2
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1900/01 (AH 1318) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 63.
02461853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13201911/12AH 13306 in 1900/01Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Balıkesir
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1848/49 (AH 1265)111
1849/50 (AH 1266)101
1850/51 (AH 1267)101
1851/52 (AH 1268)101
1852/53 (AH 1269)101
1853/54 (AH 1270)101
1854/55 (AH 1271)101
1855/56 (AH 1272)101
1856/57 (AH 1273)101
1857/58 (AH 1274)101
1858/59 (AH 1275)101
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1860/61 (AH 1277)101
1861/62 (AH 1278)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)323
1866/67 (AH 1283)202
1867/68 (AH 1284)202
1868/69 (AH 1285)202
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)212
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)222
1879/80 (AH 1297)323
1880/81 (AH 1298)212
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)222
1889/90 (AH 1307)313
1890/91 (AH 1308)303
1891/92 (AH 1309)414
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)333
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)212
1896/97 (AH 1314)323
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)333
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)666
1901/02 (AH 1319)525
1902/03 (AH 1320)414
1903/04 (AH 1321)313
1904/05 (AH 1322)202
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)313
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)202
1909/10 (AH 1327)101
1910/11 (AH 1328)101
1911 (AH 1329)101
1911/12 (AH 1330)101
1912/13 (AH 1331)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 115 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 665 kuruş.
01002003004005006001853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13201911/12AH 1330Median 450 kuruş in 1901/02Balıkesir, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Balıkesir
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1848/491400400400400300
1849/501400400400400250
1850/511400400400400175
1851/521400400400400282.5
1852/531400400400400350
1853/541400400400400400
1854/551400400400400400
1855/561500500500500450
1856/571500500500500375
1857/581500500500500475
1858/591500500500500500
1859/601500500500500500
1860/611500500500500500
1861/621500500500500600
1862/631500500500500500
1863/641500500500500500
1864/651500500500500625
1865/663750810615975650
1866/672975975862.51,087.5600
1867/682975975862.51,087.5600
1868/692975975862.51,087.5600
1869/702975975862.51,087.5600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/721850850850850550
1872/731850850850850550
1873/741850850850850500
1874/7521,9251,9251,387.52,462.5535
1875/7621,9251,9251,387.52,462.5530
1876/7722,0002,0001,5002,500575
1877/782550550325775560
1878/792750750625875600
1879/803400533.33400600500
1880/8128008006001,000500
1881/821400400400400500
1882/831400400400400500
1883/841400400400400500
1884/851400400400400500
1888/892390390385395500
1889/903400426.67390450500
1890/913400426.67390450500
1891/924390370335425500
1892/932390390385395500
1893/943400426.67390450500
1894/952440440410470500
1895/962340340320360500
1896/973300293.33250340500
1897/981300300300300500
1898/993380360340390500
1899/19002375375337.5412.5500
1900/016425491.67400562.5500
1901/025450530400600500
1902/034500550400650500
1903/043700633.33550750475
1904/052750750725775450
1905/063700633.33550750475
1906/073700633.33550750450
1907/081800800800800300
1908/0921,0501,0509251,175350
1909/1011,3001,3001,3001,300462.5
1910/1111,3001,3001,3001,300500
191111,3001,3001,3001,300500
1911/1211,3001,3001,3001,300900
1912/1311,3001,3001,3001,3001,300

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

11 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 27 officials.
Muhabere Memuru272. Müdür31. Müdür1Aşar Memuru1Asar Muduru1Maden Memuru1Memur1Nahiye Muduru11848/49AH 12651853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13301 official4 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, Balıkesir
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür1. MüdürAşar MemuruAsar MuduruMaden MemuruMemurNahiye Muduru
1848/49
1849/50
1850/51
1851/52
1852/53
1853/54
1854/55
1855/56
1856/57
1857/58
1858/59
1859/60
1860/61
1861/62
1862/63
1863/64
1864/65
1865/6611
1866/671
1867/681
1868/691
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/7511
1875/7611
1876/7711
1877/7811
1878/7911
1879/8021
1880/8111
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1888/892
1889/9021
1890/9121
1891/9231
1892/932
1893/943
1894/952
1895/962
1896/973
1897/981
1898/993
1899/19002
1900/01411
1901/022111
1902/03211
1903/04111
1904/0511
1905/0611
1906/0711
1907/08
1908/09
1909/10
1910/11
1911
1911/12
1912/13

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 11 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
Balıkesir1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)AnkaraBitola (Manastır)BosnaBurgas (Burgaz)16 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 23, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)16
Ankara1
Balıkesir1this place
Bitola (Manastır)1
Bosna1
Burgas (Burgaz)1
Diyarbakır1
Dobrich (Hacıoğlu Pazarcığı)1
Eskizagra1
Gediz1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) (1), Ankara (1), Balıkesir (1), Bitola (Manastır) (1), Kırklareli (1), Komotini (Gümülcine) (1), Kütahya (1), Samsun (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

38 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.
1381848/49AH 12651853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 1330Post 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

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

Officials of Balıkesir
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İsmail Hakki Efendi1848 to 187022Tapu Kitabeti400 to 750Balıkesir
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1900 to 191313Maden Memuru600 to 1,300Diyarbakır
Ahmed Rıfat Efendi1870 to 187882. Müdürdirector of the second grade850 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Şevki Efendi1879 to 18856Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Ruse (Rusçuk)
Abdurarhim Rahmi Efendi1900 to 190552. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Harput
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1888 to 18935Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Said Efendi1865 to 187051. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fevzi Efendi1888 to 18935Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kütahya
Ahmet Nazım Efendi1905 to 19094Tadati Hayvanat800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1893 to 18974Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Riza Efendi1874 to 18773Asar Muduru3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Lütfü Efendi1889 to 18923Nahiye Muduru500Tokat
Cevdet Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Ankara
Feyzi Efendi1878 to 188022. Müdürdirector of the second grade800 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cevdet Efendi1896 to 18982Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Remzi Efendi1898 to 19002Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Dobrich (Hacıoğlu Pazarcığı)
Mustafa Şahin Efendi1893 to 18952Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ohannes Fikri Efendi1900 to 19022Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Vezirköprü
Abdullah Agah Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Varna
Abdüllatif Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Akif Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Gediz
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Nevşehir
Halil Fahri Bey1880/811Aşar Memurutithe official1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Shumen (Şumnu)
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Officials of Balıkesir, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Lovech (Lofça)
İbrahim Raif Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Burgas (Burgaz)
İhsan Efendi1901/021Memurofficial400Bitola (Manastır)
Mahmut Nedim Efendi1879/801Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Eskizagra
Mehmet Ali Efendi1878/791Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İbrahim Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Trabzon
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bosna
Mehmet Pertev Efendi1865/661Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rasim Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Yozgat
Mehmet Said Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Pazardzhik (Tatarpazarcığı)
Mehmet Tahsin Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ziyaettin Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Hicri Efendi1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

2 officials of the collection were born here. 1 of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. İsmail Hakki Efendi 1848 to 1892, Balıkesir
  2. Muharrem Efendi 1903 to 1905, Kütahya

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Bandırma2
Adana1
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Amasya1
Ankara1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Bozcaada1
Boğazlıyan1
Bursa1

The 10 places with most officials, of 28.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Bandırma3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Alaşehir1
Ankara1
Aydın1
Beyoğlu1
Bitlis1
Boğazlıyan1
Bursa1

The 10 places with most officials, of 30.

Names, position and identifiers of Balıkesir
Place
Identifierl-68e096ee9b274cd1
Spelling in the cataloguebalikesir
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceHüdavendigâr
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceKaresi
PositionLatitude 39.652527, longitude 27.888315. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BalıkesirEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BalıkesirTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BalikesirSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
balikesirSpelling 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: Sunay (2007), 109 entries, 2 probably and 1 possibly officials of this collection.

II. Abdülhamid döneminde Balıkesirli mülki görevliler hakkında bir inceleme (sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre 1879 -1909)

SERAP SUNAY (2007), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Balıkesirli).

Entries of II. Abdülhamid döneminde Balıkesirli mülki görevliler hakkında bir inceleme (sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre 1879 -1909)
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Abdullah Sıdkı EfendiPDF 154; printed 136Named in the work only
Abdülaziz EfendiPDF 154; printed 136Named in the work only
Abraham EfendiPDF 154; printed 136Named in the work only
Abraham Eskiciyan EfendiPDF 155; printed 137Named in the work only
Ahmed Azmi EfendiPDF 155, 156; printed 137, 138Named in the work only
Ahmed Bican EfendiPDF 156, 157; printed 138, 139Named in the work only
Ahmed Hulusi EfendiPDF 157; printed 139Named in the work only
Ahmed Kâmil EfendiPDF 157, 158; printed 139, 140Named in the work only
Ahmed Kemal BeyPDF 158; printed 140Named in the work only
Ahmed Naci EfendiPDF 158; printed 140Named in the work only
Ahmed Necib EfendiPDF 159; printed 141Named in the work only
Ahmed Rıfat EfendiPDF 159; printed 141Named in the work only
Ahmed Rıfat EfendiPDF 159, 160; printed 141, 142Named in the work only
Ahmet Şehabeddin EfendiPDF 160, 161; printed 142, 143Named in the work only
İsmail Hakkı EfendiPDF 175, 176; printed 157, 158Probably İsmail Hakki Efendi
İsmail Hakkı EfendiPDF 176; printed 158Possibly İsmail Hakki Efendi
Muharrem EfendiPDF 187; printed 169Probably Muharrem Efendi

92 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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