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Place

Erciş

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

18 officials are recorded serving in Erciş, from 1867 to 1906 (AH 1284 to 1323), in 47 annual entries. The median of the 47 recorded monthly salaries is 475 kuruş. The fullest year is 1893/94 with 3 officials.

Officials serving
18
Annual entries1867 to 1906, AH 1284 to 1323
47
Year with most officials3 officials
1893/94
Median monthly salaryfrom 47 recorded salaries
475 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1893/94 (AH 1311) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 31.
01231868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13203 in 1893/94Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Erciş
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)101
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)222
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)111
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
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)222
1893/94 (AH 1311)323
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)212
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)212
1898/99 (AH 1316)212
1899/1900 (AH 1317)202
1900/01 (AH 1318)222
1901/02 (AH 1319)212
1902/03 (AH 1320)212
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1905/06 (AH 1323)212

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 47 recorded monthly salaries is 475 kuruş, the mean 446 kuruş.
01002003004005001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320450 kuruş in 1905/06Erciş, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Erciş
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1867/681400400400400600
1868/691400400400400600
1869/701400400400400600
1870/711400400400400600
1879/801500500500500500
1880/812472.5472.5471.25473.75500
1881/821470470470470500
1882/831470470470470500
1883/841470470470470500
1884/851475475475475500
1885/861475475475475500
1886/871475475475475500
1887/881475475475475500
1888/891475475475475500
1889/901475475475475500
1890/911475475475475500
1891/921475475475475500
1892/932437.5437.5418.75456.25500
1893/943400366.67300450500
1894/952450450425475500
1895/962450450425475500
1896/972450450425475500
1897/982450450425475500
1898/992440440410470500
1899/19002440440410470500
1900/012440440420460500
1901/022450450425475500
1902/032450450425475500
1903/042450450425475475
1904/052450450425475450
1905/062450450425475475

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

6 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 13 officials.
Muhabere Memuru133. Müdür1Başmuhabere Memuru1Merkez Memuru1Müdür Vekili1Posta Memuru11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official3 officials

The 6 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, Erciş
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruMerkez MemuruMüdür VekiliPosta Memuru
1867/681
1868/691
1869/701
1870/711
1879/801
1880/812
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1891/921
1892/932
1893/943
1894/952
1895/962
1896/972
1897/9811
1898/9911
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/0211
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/0511
1905/0611

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 6 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
ErcişIstanbul (Dersaadet)VanBitlisPlovdiv (Filibe)Aleppo (Halep)4 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 11, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Van3
Bitlis2
Plovdiv (Filibe)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Kırklareli1
Nigbolu1
Pleven (Plevne)1
Sivas1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

18 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

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

Officials of Erciş
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Resul Sıtkı Efendi1884 to 18928Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475Bitlis
Yusuf Cemil Efendi1892 to 18975Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Şevki Efendi1880 to 18844Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)470Nigbolu
Feyzi Efendi1897 to 19003Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hakkı Efendi1901 to 19043Posta Memurupostal official500Kırklareli
Ali Rıza Efendi1898 to 19002Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Sivas
Hasan Zühtü Efendi1893 to 18952Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Van
Mehmet Fehmi Efendi1900 to 19022Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1904 to 190623. Müdürdirector of the third grade500Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1879/801Merkez Memurucentral office official500Plovdiv (Filibe)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475Pleven (Plevne)
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Van
Mehmet Nazmi Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Fevzi Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Necati Efendi1900/011Müdür Vekiliacting director480Van
Unnamed official (0007_0142; 281)1867 to 18714Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0067_00226; sayfa no:449)1895 to 18983Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bitlis
Unnamed official (121-111-217)1902 to 19053Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Baghdad (Bağdat)

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Bitlis3
Ahire1
Ahlat1
Başkale1
Hakkâri1
Hınıs1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Mosul (Musul)1
Muş1
Omeraga1

The 10 places with most officials, of 14.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Van3
Başkale2
Siirt2
Bitlis1
Damascus (Şam)1
Hınıs1
Melnik (Menlik)1
Mesudiye (Hamidiye)1
Mosul (Musul)1
Muş1

The 10 places with most officials, of 13.

Names, position and identifiers of Erciş
Place
Identifierl-806346c52d623d7e
Spelling in the catalogueercis
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceVan province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencevan
PositionLatitude 39.028962, longitude 43.360851. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
ErcişEnglishPreferred nameEditor
ErcişTurkishPreferred nameEditor
ErcisSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
ercisSpelling 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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