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Durrës (Dıraç)

Place in Shkodër (İşkodra) province. Present-day country: Albania. Other names: Durazzo.

17 officials are recorded serving in Durrës (Dıraç), from 1864 to 1905 (AH 1281 to 1322), in 74 annual entries. The median of the 73 recorded monthly salaries is 760 kuruş. The fullest year is 1887/88 with 5 officials. 2 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
17
Annual entries1864 to 1905, AH 1281 to 1322
74
Year with most officials5 officials
1887/88
Median monthly salaryfrom 73 recorded salaries
760 kuruş
Officials born here
2
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1887/88 (AH 1305) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 32.
0123451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13205 in 1887/88Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Durrës (Dıraç)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)212
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)222
1884/85 (AH 1302)212
1885/86 (AH 1303)424
1886/87 (AH 1304)404
1887/88 (AH 1305)515
1888/89 (AH 1306)505
1889/90 (AH 1307)404
1890/91 (AH 1308)414
1891/92 (AH 1309)515
1892/93 (AH 1310)515
1893/94 (AH 1311)505
1894/95 (AH 1312)505
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)202
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)111
1902/03 (AH 1320)111
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)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 73 recorded monthly salaries is 760 kuruş, the mean 1,072 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001,4001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Median 760 kuruş in 1894/95Durrës (Dıraç), 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, Durrës (Dıraç)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/6512,4002,4002,4002,400625
1865/6612,4002,4002,4002,400650
1866/6712,0002,0002,0002,000600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/722735735652.5817.5550
1872/731900900900900550
1873/741770770770770500
1874/751770770770770535
1881/821500500500500500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/841760760760760500
1884/852630630565695500
1885/8646301,1905001,320500
1886/8746301,1905001,320500
1887/8857601,2325001,400500
1888/8957601,2526001,400500
1889/9046801,2155751,320500
1890/9141,0801,4407201,800500
1891/9257601,2526001,400500
1892/9357601,2526001,400500
1893/9457601,2526001,400500
1894/9557601,2526001,400500
1895/962550550525575500
1896/971500500500500500
1897/981500500500500500
1898/992520520510530500
1899/19002520520510530500
1900/011500500500500500
1901/021500500500500500
1902/031250250250250500
1903/041250250250250475
1904/051250250250250450

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 Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti, held by 5 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti5Muhabere Memuru3Başmuhabere Memuru22. Müdür13. Müdür1Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini1Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muav…1Defter-i Hakani Kalemi11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official

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, Durrës (Dıraç)
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuhabere MemuruBaşmuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürBidayet Mahkemesi MuaviniBidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi MuaviniDefter-i Hakani Kalemi
1864/65
1865/66
1866/671
1870/71
1871/721
1872/73
1873/741
1874/751
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/8511
1885/86111
1886/87111
1887/881111
1888/891111
1889/90111
1890/91111
1891/921111
1892/931111
1893/941111
1894/951111
1895/9611
1896/971
1897/981
1898/9911
1899/190011
1900/011
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041
1904/051

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

Where the officials serving here were born
Durrës (Dıraç)1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)GeliboluEdirneElbasan (İlbasan)HersekSivasFurther places6 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 11, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Gelibolu2
Durrës (Dıraç)1this place
Edirne1
Elbasan (İlbasan)1
Hersek1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Leskovik1
Sivas1in the small map
Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Shkodër (İşkodra) (2), Durrës (Dıraç) (1), Kastaran (1), Thessaloniki (Selanik) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

17 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.

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

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

Officials of Durrës (Dıraç)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1885 to 190013Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official500 to 600Elbasan (İlbasan)
Rifat Necmi Efendi1883 to 189512Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
Agop Efendi1885 to 189510Duyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif Mufettisi3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Azaryak Efendi1892 to 19019Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Edirne
Bogos Efendi1884 to 18906Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Gelibolu
Beyovik Arif Efendi1890 to 18955Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini1,400Hersek
Ahmet Nuri Bey1870 to 18733Nahiye Muduru900 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Musa Kazım Efendi1902 to 19053Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Tetovo (Kalkandelen)
Atnaşyadi Efendi1881 to 18832Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Leskovik
Galyar İskender Efendi1864 to 18662Sefit2,400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1873 to 187522. Müdürdirector of the second grade770Sivas
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1887 to 18892Bidayet Mahkemesi Muaviniassistant at a court of first instance1,400Ioannina (Yanya)
Mihran Kürkciyan1891/921Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nikola Colini Efendi1866/671Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Ramiz Efendi1871/721Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official570Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yanko Efendi1883/841Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)Gelibolu
Yorgi Efendi1901/021Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Durrës (Dıraç)

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. Yorgi Efendi 1895 to 1902, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  2. Bayram Hulusi Efendi 1896 to 1900, Shkodër (İşkodra)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Bar2
Preveza (Preveze)2
Shkodër (İşkodra)2
Al-Faw (Fav)1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Mount Athos (Aynaroz)1
Ruse (Rusçuk)1
Tamras1
Tetovo (Kalkandelen)1
Vlorë (Avlonya)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 11.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Bitola (Manastır)2
Shkodër (İşkodra)2
Vlorë (Avlonya)2
Al-Faw (Fav)1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Diyarbakır1
Gelibolu1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Kir1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Names, position and identifiers of Durrës (Dıraç)
Place
Identifierl-76ad2b77786302b3
Spelling in the cataloguedrac
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceShkodër (İşkodra) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDrac
PositionLatitude 41.348899, longitude 19.432918. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryAlbania
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
DurrësEnglishPreferred nameEditor
DıraçTurkishPreferred nameEditor
DurazzoOtherOther nameEditor
DracSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
dracSpelling 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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