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Place

Bosna

Office or region in Bosnia (Bosna) province. Present-day country: Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The records store Bosna as a place. It is an office or a region, not a town. 30 officials are recorded serving in Bosna, from 1860 to 1887 (AH 1277 to 1304), in 78 annual entries. The median of the 78 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş. The fullest year is 1875/76 with 10 officials. 23 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
30
Annual entries1860 to 1887, AH 1277 to 1304
78
Year with most officials10 officials
1875/76
Median monthly salaryfrom 78 recorded salaries
600 kuruş
Officials born here
23
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1875/76 (AH 1292) with 10 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.
02468101863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 130010 in 1875/76Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Bosna
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1860/61 (AH 1277)111
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1862/63 (AH 1279)212
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)212
1866/67 (AH 1283)212
1867/68 (AH 1284)313
1868/69 (AH 1285)202
1869/70 (AH 1286)424
1870/71 (AH 1287)323
1871/72 (AH 1288)313
1872/73 (AH 1289)212
1873/74 (AH 1290)646
1874/75 (AH 1291)949
1875/76 (AH 1292)10310
1876/77 (AH 1293)10510
1877/78 (AH 1294)404
1878 (AH 1295)414
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)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 78 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş, the mean 1,488 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 1300Median 750 kuruş in 1876/77Bosna, 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, Bosna
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1860/6117,0007,0007,0007,000500
1861/6211,0001,0001,0001,000600
1862/6322,5002,5001,7503,250500
1863/6411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1864/6513,0003,0003,0003,000625
1865/6623,5003,5003,2503,750650
1866/6722,2402,2401,3603,120600
1867/6834801,626.674402,240600
1868/6922,3002,3001,4503,150600
1869/7042,3002,682.55254,457.5600
1870/7138001,7606402,400600
1871/7234801,653.334802,240550
1872/7321,7251,7251,087.52,362.5550
1873/746452.51,097.54501,538.75500
1874/7594551,168.334501,900535
1875/76104901,079.5451.251,800530
1876/77107501,103481.251,700575
1877/7841,4001,3007002,000560
187846509004501,100600
1878/7912,0002,0002,0002,000600
1880/811570570570570500
1881/821570570570570500
1882/831570570570570500
1883/841570570570570500
1884/851570570570570500
1885/861570570570570500
1886/871570570570570500

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

12 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 14 officials.
Muhabere Memuru14Müfettiş6Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti4Başmüdür Kitabeti1Evrak Mudurlu Tercume Memuru1Komisyon-i Askeri Riyaseti1Mufettis Kitabeti1Mufettisi Muavini11861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041 official6 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, Bosna
YearMuhabere MemuruMüfettişMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiBaşmüdür KitabetiEvrak Mudurlu Tercume MemuruKomisyon-i Askeri RiyasetiMufettis KitabetiMufettisi Muavini
1860/611
1861/621
1862/6311
1863/641
1864/65
1865/661
1866/6711
1867/68111
1868/6911
1869/7011
1870/71111
1871/7221
1872/7311
1873/74311
1874/754211
1875/764311
1876/77631
1877/78121
1878211
1878/791
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 12 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
Bosna1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)GeliboluBitola (Manastır)DivriğiGjirokastër (Ergiri)ParisFurther places14 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 16, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)14
Gelibolu2
Bitola (Manastır)1
Bosna1this place
Divriği1
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)1
Hersek1
İnebolu1
Niš (Niş)1
Paris1in the small map
Where the officials born here were serving
Bosna1 serving hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Ioannina (Yanya)Shkodër (İşkodra)AmasyaAnkaraBasraErzurumFurther places7 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 58, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Ioannina (Yanya)3
Beyoğlu2
Galata2
Shkodër (İşkodra)2
Adapazarı1
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Amasya1
Ankara1
Balıkesir1

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.
1301861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 1304Post 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 Bosna
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1876 to 18879Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 570Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Hüseyin Lebib Efendi1865 to 18727Müfettişinspector4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Rahmi Efendi1873 to 18786Mufettis Kitabeti455 to 800Bitola (Manastır)
İsmail Zühtü Efendi1871 to 18776Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450 to 480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Odi Efendi1875 to 18795Müfettişinspector2,000Paris
Süleyman Fevzi Efendi1873 to 18785Müfettişinspector1,900 to 2,000Gelibolu
Yorgi Vasilyadi Efendi1866 to 18704Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Apostolaki Cizli Efendi1861 to 18643Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Asaf Bey1874 to 18773Müfettişinspector3,000Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmed Şevket Bey1872 to 18753Müfettişinspector3,000Safranbolu
Mehmet Asaf Bey1873 to 18763Mukayyitregistry clerk330Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1874 to 18762Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)455Sofia (Sofya)
Halil Fahri Bey1864 to 18662Ziraat Muduru3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nusret Efendi1870 to 18722Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Travnik
Mustafa Remzi Efendi1874 to 18762Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Sırrı Efendi1875 to 18782Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 500Sivas
Ahmet Zuhtu Bey1869/701Rusumat Nezareti5,830Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1873/741Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Erkri Hristro Efendi1870/711Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Gelibolu
Hacı Ömer Efendi1862/631Müfettişinspector4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Mehmet Tahir Efendi1869/701Vilayeti Mektupcu Odasi300Divriği
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Trabzon
İbrahim Edhem Efendi18781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Hersek
Kirkor Yıldızyan Efendi1875/761Evrak Mudurlu Tercume Memuru1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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Officials of Bosna, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Şemi Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Bosna
Mihran Efendi1874/751Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Raif Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750İnebolu
Mustafa Şükrü Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)455Niš (Niş)
Yusuf Agah Efendi1860/611Komisyon-i Askeri Riyaseti7,000Istanbul (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

23 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. Salih Efendi 1877 to 1906, Derin
  2. Mehmet Sait Efendi 1883 to 1906, Elbasan (İlbasan)
  3. Mustafa Şevket Efendi 1882 to 1904, Elbistan
  4. Mehmet Şemi Efendi 1876 to 1897, Karazvin
  5. Cafer Bey 1895 to 1913, Kosova
  6. Mehmet Şevki Efendi 1876 to 1902, Kırklareli
  7. Mustafa Rasit Efendi 1876 to 1893, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  8. Mehmet Fahri Efendi 1894 to 1910, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  9. Hafız Ahmet Efendi 1890 to 1905, Kastamonu
  10. Mehmet hayri efendi 1898 to 1910, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  11. Mustafa Sabri Efendi 1896 to 1908, Elassona (Alasonya)
  12. Derviş Ali Efendi 1895 to 1905, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  13. Osman Nuri Efendi 1896 to 1906, Galata
  14. Mustafa Lütfü Efendi 1888 to 1895, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  15. Mehmet Nuri Efendi 1896 to 1903, Ioannina (Yanya)
  16. Hasan Tahsin Efendi 1898 to 1902, Izmir (İzmir)
  17. OSMANOVİÇ HAMZA EFENDİ 1902 to 1906, Hudavendigar
  18. Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi 1904 to 1907, Galata
  19. İbrahim Efendi 1888 to 1906, Kemuniye
  20. İbrahim Hakkı Bey 1906 to 1908, Beyoğlu
  21. Yusuf Ziya Efendi 1903 to 1907, Erzurum
  22. Mehmet Kemal Efendi 1908/09, Ioannina (Yanya)
  23. Mustafa Asım Efendi 1909/10, Adapazarı

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Kosova3
Banja Luka (Banaluka)2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Pristina (Priştine)2
Alanya (Alaiye)1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Basra1
Celebipazari1
Drama1
Erzurum1

The 10 places with most officials, of 25.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Sofia (Sofya)2
Tuzla2
Bitola (Manastır)1
Diyarbakır1
Edirne1
Göynük1
Kastamonu1
Konya1
Pristina (Priştine)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 17.

Names, position and identifiers of Bosna
Place
Identifierl-840a68b38662aea1
Spelling in the cataloguebosna
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placeOffice or region
ProvinceBosnia (Bosna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBosna
PositionLatitude 43.959464, longitude 18.427389. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBosnia and Herzegovina
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
bosnaSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records
BosnaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

2 works of the source register cover people born in or from this place: Akgün (2017), 161 entries, 14 probably and 17 possibly officials of this collection; Akdemir (2018), 171 entries, 23 probably and 16 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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

MEHMET AKGÜN (2017), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Bosna doğumlu). The catalogue row is the region as stored.

Entries of Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
MUSTAFA RAŞİD EFENDİPDF 91, 92; printed yılının Ekim ayında 400 kuruş maaş ile Bosna vilâyetinin merkez sancağı temyiz-iProbably Mustafa Rasit Efendi
DERVİŞ ALİ EFENDİPDF 93; printed süre ve maaş miktarı, Eynecik nâhiyeleri müdürlüklerindeki me’mûrluk vazifeProbably Derviş Ali Efendi
MEHMET ŞEVKİ EFENDİPDF 103, 104; printed maaş ile Karahisar muhasebe kalemine, 11 Ocak 1880'de 450 kuruş maaş ileProbably Mehmet Şevki Efendi

158 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.