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Place

Amasya

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

30 officials are recorded serving in Amasya, from 1854 to 1909 (AH 1271 to 1326), in 140 annual entries. The median of the 140 recorded monthly salaries is 475 kuruş. The fullest year is 1896/97 with 7 officials. 11 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
30
Annual entries1854 to 1909, AH 1271 to 1326
140
Year with most officials7 officials
1896/97
Median monthly salaryfrom 140 recorded salaries
475 kuruş
Officials born here
11
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1896/97 (AH 1314) with 7 officials. Years with an annual entry: 48.
024681863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13207 in 1896/97Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Amasya
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1854/55 (AH 1271)111
1855/56 (AH 1272)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)212
1867/68 (AH 1284)313
1868/69 (AH 1285)202
1869/70 (AH 1286)313
1870/71 (AH 1287)202
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)323
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)313
1878 (AH 1295)313
1878/79 (AH 1296)313
1879/80 (AH 1297)414
1880/81 (AH 1298)404
1881/82 (AH 1299)404
1882/83 (AH 1300)404
1883/84 (AH 1301)303
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)202
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)535
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)303
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)424
1895/96 (AH 1313)626
1896/97 (AH 1314)717
1897/98 (AH 1315)606
1898/99 (AH 1316)505
1899/1900 (AH 1317)404
1900/01 (AH 1318)303
1901/02 (AH 1319)424
1902/03 (AH 1320)616
1903/04 (AH 1321)303
1904/05 (AH 1322)323
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)333
1907/08 (AH 1325)111
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 140 recorded monthly salaries is 475 kuruş, the mean 592 kuruş.
02004006008001863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320Median 400 kuruş in 1902/03Amasya, 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, Amasya
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1854/551450450450450400
1855/561450450450450450
1862/631500500500500500
1863/641500500500500500
1864/651500500500500625
1865/661500500500500650
1866/672450450425475600
1867/683500633.33450750600
1868/692900900850950600
1869/7031,000933.339001,000600
1870/712900900850950600
1873/741800800800800500
1874/753800750625900535
1875/762625625537.5712.5530
1876/772750750625875575
1877/7831,0001,0007501,250560
187831,000833.337501,000600
1878/793500633.33450750600
1879/804637.5668.75456.25850500
1880/814637.5668.75456.25850500
1881/824637.5668.75456.25850500
1882/834875993.75718.751,150500
1883/843800741.67637.5875500
1884/853800741.67637.5875500
1885/862637.5637.5556.25718.75500
1886/872637.5637.5556.25718.75500
1887/882637.5637.5556.25718.75500
1888/892637.5637.5556.25718.75500
1889/902637.5637.5556.25718.75500
1890/915400455300475500
1891/923475525387.5637.5500
1892/933475525387.5637.5500
1893/943475525387.5637.5500
1894/954390470360500500
1895/966390605357.5700500
1896/977380530350560500
1897/986390560357.5640500
1898/995380420350400500
1899/19004390437.5347.5480500
1900/013380450315550500
1901/024390425335480500
1902/036400516.67385640500
1903/043380326.67290390475
1904/053300300250350450
1905/063400516.67325650475
1906/073380450315550450
1907/081200200200200300
1908/091200200200200350

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

13 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 18 officials.
Muhabere Memuru182. Müdür53. Posta Muduru21. Müdür12. Posta Muduru1Arazi Kalemi1Asar Kol Kitabeti1Aşar Memuru11858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 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, Amasya
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. Posta Muduru1. Müdür2. Posta MuduruArazi KalemiAsar Kol KitabetiAşar Memuru
1854/551
1855/561
1862/631
1863/641
1864/651
1865/661
1866/6711
1867/68111
1868/6911
1869/70111
1870/7111
1873/741
1874/7511
1875/7611
1876/7711
1877/78111
187811
1878/792
1879/8021
1880/81111
1881/82111
1882/83111
1883/84111
1884/85111
1885/8611
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/9141
1891/9221
1892/9321
1893/9421
1894/9531
1895/9631
1896/9741
1897/9831
1898/9931
1899/190031
1900/0121
1901/0231
1902/0342
1903/043
1904/053
1905/0621
1906/0721
1907/081
1908/091

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 13 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
Amasya3 born hereSivasIstanbul (Dersaadet)YozgatArapgirBosna8 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 15, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Sivas8
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Amasya3this place
Yozgat2
Arapgir1
Bosna1
Diyarbakır1
Dupnitsa (Dupniçe)1
Harput1
Kemah1
Where the officials born here were serving
Amasya3 serving hereThessaloniki (Selanik)AdanaAkdağmadeni (Akdağ)AlacaagizAleppo (Halep)Further places2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 31, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Amasya3this place
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2
Adana1
Akdağmadeni (Akdağ)1
Alacaagiz1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Ankara1
Arsuz1
Ayaş1
Bitola (Manastır)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

30 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.
1301858/59AH 12751863/64AH 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

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

Officials of Amasya
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hüseyin Rüştü Efendi1879 to 1903242. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 800Sivas
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1874 to 189421Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1862 to 1878153. Posta Muduru500 to 1,000Kemah
Mustafa Fehmi Efendi1894 to 190410Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Sivas
Hasan Sıtkı Efendi1890 to 18977Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 350Amasya
Mehmet Şakir Efendi1878 to 18857Asar Kol Kitabeti400 to 950Samsun
Haci Mehmet Sezayi Bey1878 to 18836Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office1,000 to 1,750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Süreyya Efendi1894 to 19006Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Adil Efendi1901 to 19065Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200 to 250Amasya
Mehmet Ahi Efendi1896 to 19015Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Sivas
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1895 to 18994Polispoliceman350Sivas
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1867 to 190342. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Yozgat
Cafer Bey1895 to 18983Bidayet Mahkemesi Muaviniassistant at a court of first instance1,260 to 1,400Bosna
Hafız Yusuf Hüsamettin Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sivas
Hüseyin Necmi Efendi1866 to 18682Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sivas
Mehmet Salim Efendi1869 to 18712Arazi Kalemiland office1,000
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1854 to 185623. Posta Muduru450Arapgir
Ömer Rasim Efendi1907 to 19092Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Merzifon
Abbas Rüştü Efendi1890/911Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Yozgat
Abdurarhim Rahmi Efendi1905/0612. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Harput
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Tokat
Hasan Kadri Efendi1906/0712. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Şevki Efendi1890/911Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Dupnitsa (Dupniçe)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sivas
Show the other 5 officials
Officials of Amasya, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Amasya
İBRAHİM HALİL EFENDİ1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Mehmed Raşid Efendi1877/7811. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,500Tekirdağ
Mustafa Vasfi Efendi1874/751Sancak Muhasebeciligi Muavini1,000Diyarbakır
Osman Faik Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Sivas

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. 3 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Luk Amasyan Efendi 1867 to 1905, Diyarbakır
  2. Ahmet Daim Efendi 1872 to 1904, Ergani
  3. Berdos [Bedros] Efendi 1874 to 1903, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  4. Mehmet Nuri Efendi 1880 to 1897, Giresun
  5. Mustafa Nuri Efendi 1895 to 1906, Adana
  6. Ziya Efendi 1896 to 1907, İskenderun
  7. İbrahim Ethem Efendi 1898 to 1908, Karadeniz Ereğli
  8. Kigork Efendi 1884 to 1893, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  9. Hasan Sıtkı Efendi 1890 to 1897, Amasya
  10. Mehmet Adil Efendi 1901 to 1906, Amasya
  11. Mehmet Rüştü Efendi 1905 to 1908, Damascus (Şam)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Sivas3
Yozgat2
Alacaagiz1
Bolu1
Ceyhan (Hamidiye)1
Elazığ1
Ergani1
Gümüşhacıköy1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Kamingrad1

The 10 places with most officials, of 18.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Sivas4
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Tokat2
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)2
Alacaagiz1
Balıkesir1
Ceyhan (Hamidiye)1
Edirne1
Kastamonu1
Khanaqin (Hanikin)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 16.

Names, position and identifiers of Amasya
Place
Identifierl-741eae0da201507a
Spelling in the catalogueamasya
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceSivas province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceAmasya
PositionLatitude 40.655938, longitude 35.837535. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
AmasyaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
AmasyaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
AmasyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
amasyaSpelling 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: Sarı (2013), 114 entries, 4 probably and 12 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Amasyalı memurlar

SELÇUK SARI (2013), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Amasyalı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Amasyalı memurlar
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Ahmet Daim EfendiPDF 72; printed 66Probably Ahmet Daim Efendi
İbrahim Ethem EfendiPDF 102; printed 96Possibly İbrahim Ethem Efendi
İbrahim Ethem EfendiPDF 103; printed 97Possibly İbrahim Ethem Efendi
İbrahim Ethem EfendiPDF 104; printed 98Possibly İbrahim Ethem Efendi
İbrahim Ethem EfendiPDF 105; printed 99Possibly İbrahim Ethem Efendi
Mehmet Adil EfendiPDF 112; printed 106Probably Mehmet Adil Efendi
Mehmet Nuri EfendiPDF 129; printed 123Possibly Mehmet Nuri Efendi
Mehmet Nuri Efendi (Hacı)PDF 130; printed 124Possibly Mehmet Nuri Efendi
Mustafa Nuri EfendiPDF 152; printed 146Probably Mustafa Nuri Efendi
Ziya EfendiPDF 172; printed 166Probably Ziya Efendi

104 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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