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Place

Düzce

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

9 officials are recorded serving in Düzce, from 1874 to 1907 (AH 1291 to 1324), in 38 annual entries. The median of the 38 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1888/89 with 2 officials. 1 official of the collection was born here.

Officials serving
9
Annual entries1874 to 1907, AH 1291 to 1324
38
Year with most officials2 officials
1888/89
Median monthly salaryfrom 38 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
1
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1888/89 (AH 1306) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 32.
0121878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13202 in 1888/89Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Düzce
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)111
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)111
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)111
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)111
1906/07 (AH 1324)111

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 38 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 417 kuruş.
02004006001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320600 kuruş in 1906/07Düzce, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Düzce
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1874/751475475475475535
1875/761475475475475530
1876/771500500500500575
1877/781500500500500560
18781500500500500600
1878/791500500500500600
1879/801400400400400500
1880/811400400400400500
1881/821400400400400500
1882/831400400400400500
1883/841400400400400500
1884/851400400400400500
1885/861400400400400500
1886/871400400400400500
1887/881400400400400500
1888/892325325287.5362.5500
1889/902325325287.5362.5500
1890/912325325287.5362.5500
1891/922325325287.5362.5500
1892/932325325287.5362.5500
1893/942325325287.5362.5500
1894/951400400400400500
1895/961400400400400500
1896/971400400400400500
1897/981400400400400500
1898/991400400400400500
1899/19001400400400400500
1901/021600600600600500
1902/031600600600600500
1903/041600600600600475
1905/061600600600600475
1906/071600600600600450

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

4 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 6 officials.
Muhabere Memuru63. Müdür1Merkez Memuru1Nufus Kalemi11875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241 official

The 4 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, Düzce
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürMerkez MemuruNufus Kalemi
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/9211
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/951
1895/961
1896/971
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041
1905/061
1906/071

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 4 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)

Where the officials serving here were born
DüzceTrabzonBoluBursaKastamonu3 officials1 official

All 6 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Trabzon2
Bolu1
Bursa1
Kastamonu1
Safranbolu1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Kastamonu (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

9 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.
Ahmet Tevfik EfendiAhmet Hamdi EfendiAhmet Recai EfendiMehmet Faik EfendiMustafa Asim EfendiYusuf Efendiİsmail Hakkı EfendiOsman Nuri EfendiMehmet Halit Efendi1875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 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 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

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

Officials of Düzce
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Faik Efendi1885 to 189611Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bolu
Mustafa Asim Efendi1888 to 18946Nufus Kalemi250Trabzon
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1874 to 18785Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475 to 500Safranbolu
Ahmet Recai Efendi1881 to 18854Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bursa
Yusuf Efendi1896 to 19004Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1878 to 18813Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1901 to 19043Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Kastamonu
Mehmet Halit Efendi1906/0713. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1905/061Merkez Memurucentral office official600Trabzon

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

1 official of the collection was 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. İbrahim Fehmi Efendi (1298) 1903 to 1906, Kastamonu

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Bolu2
Akçakoca (Akçaşehir)1
Elazığ1
Gerede1
Karadeniz Ereğli1
Kastamonu1
Of1
Names, position and identifiers of Düzce
Place
Identifierl-73f735b4480ce263
Spelling in the catalogueduzce
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceKastamonu province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencebolu
PositionLatitude 40.904823, longitude 31.166961. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
DüzceEnglishPreferred nameEditor
DüzceTurkishPreferred nameEditor
DuzceSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
duzceSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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