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Place

Hersek

Place in Bosnia (Bosna) province. Present-day country: Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2 officials are recorded serving in Hersek. Ahmet Nuri Bey is recorded as Vilayet Meclisi Riyaseti here in 1876/77 (AH 1293), with 2,000 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. Mehmed Cemal Efendi is recorded as Mekâtib Memuru here in 3 annual entries between 1876/77 and 1878/79, with 1,050 to 1,500 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. 8 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
2
Annual entries1876 to 1879, AH 1293 to 1296
4
Year with most officials2 officials
1876/77
Median monthly salaryfrom 4 recorded salaries
1,500 kuruş
Officials born here
8

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 born here were serving
HersekPreveza (Preveze)Alanya (Alaiye)AyvalıkBesniBosnaYemenFurther places2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 25, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Preveza (Preveze)2
Alanya (Alaiye)1
Ayvalık1
Besni1
Bosna1
Çal1
Celebipazari1
Cide1
Durrës (Dıraç)1
Ereğli1

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (2).

All years

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Hersek
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmed Cemal Efendi1876 to 18793Mekâtib Memuruletters official1,050 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Nuri Bey1876/771Vilayet Meclisi Riyaseti2,000Istanbul (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

8 officials of the collection were 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. Hasan Tahsin Efendi 1881 to 1901, Çal
  2. Beyovik Arif Efendi 1878 to 1900, Leskovik
  3. İbrahim Edhem Efendi 1878 to 1912, Alanya (Alaiye)
  4. Mustafa Mazhar Efendi 1885 to 1894, Ioannina (Yanya)
  5. Ahmet Azmi Bey 1902 to 1907, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  6. Mehmet Mecdi Efendi 1889 to 1895, Mount Athos (Aynaroz)
  7. Hasan Fahri Efendi 1903 to 1906, Ayvalık
  8. Hasan Zülfikar Efendi 1907 to 1909, Yalova

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Elassona (Alasonya) (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Krujë (Akçahisar) (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Hersek
Place
Identifierl-7d158318f4db238d
Spelling in the cataloguehersek
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceBosnia (Bosna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencetravnik
PositionLatitude 43.977106, longitude 16.834359. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBosnia and Herzegovina
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
hersekSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

2 works of the source register cover people born in or from this place: Akdemir (2018), 171 entries, 23 probably and 16 possibly officials of this collection; Yanardağ (2024), 42 entries, 4 probably and 0 possibly officials of this collection.

II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

DİLEK AKDEMİR (2018), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Bosna-Hersekli). The catalogue row is the region as stored.

Entries of II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Ahmed EfendiPDF 92, 93Probably Hafız Ahmet Efendi
Cafer BeyPDF 138, 139, 140Probably Cafer Bey
DerviĢ Ali EfendiPDF 141, 142Probably Derviş Ali Efendi
Hasan Fahri EfendiPDF 159, 160Probably Hasan Fahri Efendi

167 more entries are onthe page of the work.

Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Hersek doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları

GÖKÇE YANARDAĞ (2024), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Hersek doğumlu). The catalogue row is the region as stored.

Entries of Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Hersek doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Mustafa Mazhar EfendiPDF 66Probably Mustafa Mazhar Efendi
Hasan Tahsin EfendiPDF 77, 78Probably Hasan Tahsin Efendi
Hasan Fahri Ağa EfendiPDF 84Probably Hasan Fahri Efendi
Hasan Zülfikar EfendiPDF 87, 88Probably Hasan Zülfikar Efendi

38 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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