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Place

Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)

Place in Thessaloniki (Selanik) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria. Other names: Cuma-i Bâlâ.

17 officials are recorded serving in Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma), from 1879 to 1911 (AH 1297 to 1328), in 44 annual entries. The median of the 43 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş. The fullest year is 1902/03 with 4 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
17
Annual entries1879 to 1911, AH 1297 to 1328
44
Year with most officials4 officials
1902/03
Median monthly salaryfrom 43 recorded salaries
540 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1902/03 (AH 1320) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 26.
012341882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1902/03Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1883/84 (AH 1301)111
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)111
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)222
1896/97 (AH 1314)323
1897/98 (AH 1315)313
1898/99 (AH 1316)303
1899/1900 (AH 1317)202
1900/01 (AH 1318)313
1901/02 (AH 1319)202
1902/03 (AH 1320)424
1903/04 (AH 1321)323
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)222
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)101
1910/11 (AH 1328)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 43 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, the mean 594 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325250 kuruş in 1910/11Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1879/801500500500500500
1880/811500500500500500
1883/841400400400400500
1884/851600600600600500
1885/861600600600600500
1886/871600600600600500
1887/881600600600600500
1888/891600600600600500
1889/901600600600600500
1893/941900900900900500
1894/951900900900900500
1895/962475475437.5512.5500
1896/973495715447.5872.5500
1897/983495715447.5872.5500
1898/993495715447.5872.5500
1899/19002925925762.51,087.5500
1900/012925925762.51,087.5500
1901/022925925762.51,087.5500
1902/034500625362.5762.5500
1903/043250366.67250425475
1904/052395395322.5467.5450
1905/061250250250250475
1907/082225225212.5237.5300
1908/091200200200200350
1909/101250250250250462.5
1910/111250250250250500

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

8 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 8 officials.
Muhabere Memuru83. Müdür3Başmuhabere Memuru1Ittihat Posta Memuru1Kaymakam1Memur1Muvakkat Memuru1Reji Muduru11880/81AH 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 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281 official2 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruIttihat Posta MemuruKaymakamMemurMuvakkat MemuruReji Muduru
1879/801
1880/811
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1893/941
1894/951
1895/9611
1896/97111
1897/98111
1898/99111
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/0211
1902/03211
1903/0421
1904/0511
1905/061
1907/0811
1908/091
1909/101
1910/111

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 8 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
Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)AmasyaArapgirBeratFoča (Foça)Further places5 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 13, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Amasya1
Arapgir1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1in the small map
Berat1
Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)1this place
Foča (Foça)1
Melnik (Menlik)1
Merzifon1
Plovdiv (Filibe)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Aleppo (Halep) (1), Baalbek (1), Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) (1), İskenderun (1), Karabulak (1), Lezhë (Leş) (1), Louros (Loros) (1), Margilic (1), Petrich (Petriç) (1), Preveza (Preveze) (1), Ropcoz (1), Sofia (Sofya) (1) and 2 further places of service.

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.
Ali Haydar Efendiİsmail Hakkı EfendiUnnamed official (0094_14; 25)Mehmet Ali EfendiMehmet Mazhar EfendiHasan Sezai Efendiİbrahim Edhem EfendiAhmet Faik Beyİbrahim Ethem EfendiHASAN TAHSİN EFENDİAziz EfendiHafız Mehmet Bahir EfendiHalil Cemil EfendiOsman Nuri EfendiZiya EfendiMahmut EfendiMehmet İsmet Efendi1880/81AH 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 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328Post 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

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

Officials of Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hasan Sezai Efendi1895 to 190383. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)495 to 600Sofia (Sofya)
Ahmet Faik Bey1896 to 19037Kaymakamdistrict governor1,250Plovdiv (Filibe)
Hafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Preševo (Preşova)
Mehmet İsmet Efendi1907 to 19114Muvakkat Memuru200 to 250Berat
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1897 to 18992Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Efendi1893 to 18952Reji Muduru900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Haydar Efendi1879/801Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Aziz Efendi1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil Cemil Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Foča (Foça)
HASAN TAHSİN EFENDİ1900/011Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Trabzon
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Arapgir
Mehmet Mazhar Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1903/0413. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600Merzifon
Ziya Efendi1904/0513. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Amasya
Unnamed official (0094_14; 25)1883 to 18907Ittihat Posta Memuru400 to 600Melnik (Menlik)

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

3 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. Mahir Efendi 1875 to 1897, Lezhë (Leş)
  2. Mustafa Asım Efendi 1890 to 1904, Aleppo (Halep)
  3. HASAN TAHSİN EFENDİ 1897 to 1904, Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2
Acre (Akka)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Edirne1
Erzincan1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Karabulak1
Kütahya1
Pogoni1
Sana'a (Sana)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2
Çatalca2
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Drama1
Geyve1
Karabulak1
Katerini (Katerin)1
Kavadarci (Kavadar)1
Mount Athos (Aynaroz)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 12.

Names, position and identifiers of Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
Place
Identifierl-783ace0b4a479b63
Spelling in the cataloguecumai bala
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceThessaloniki (Selanik) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencesiroz
PositionLatitude 42.027129, longitude 23.097531. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BlagoevgradEnglishPreferred nameEditor
Yukarı CumaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
Cuma-i BâlâOtherOther nameEditor
Cumai BalaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
cumai balaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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