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Mosul (Musul)

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Mosul (Musul) province. Present-day country: Iraq.

73 officials are recorded serving in Mosul (Musul), from 1858 to 1907 (AH 1275 to 1324), in 301 annual entries. The median of the 300 recorded monthly salaries is 475 kuruş. The fullest year is 1881/82 with 11 officials. 22 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
73
Annual entries1858 to 1907, AH 1275 to 1324
301
Year with most officials11 officials
1881/82
Median monthly salaryfrom 300 recorded salaries
475 kuruş
Officials born here
22
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1881/82 (AH 1299) with 11 officials. Years with an annual entry: 50.
0246810121858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 132011 in 1881/82Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mosul (Musul)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1858/59 (AH 1275)111
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1860/61 (AH 1277)212
1861/62 (AH 1278)202
1862/63 (AH 1279)202
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)323
1865/66 (AH 1282)414
1866/67 (AH 1283)515
1867/68 (AH 1284)414
1868/69 (AH 1285)626
1869/70 (AH 1286)828
1870/71 (AH 1287)929
1871/72 (AH 1288)707
1872/73 (AH 1289)505
1873/74 (AH 1290)707
1874/75 (AH 1291)606
1875/76 (AH 1292)717
1876/77 (AH 1293)515
1877/78 (AH 1294)404
1878 (AH 1295)404
1878/79 (AH 1296)727
1879/80 (AH 1297)505
1880/81 (AH 1298)10610
1881/82 (AH 1299)11211
1882/83 (AH 1300)10210
1883/84 (AH 1301)818
1884/85 (AH 1302)10410
1885/86 (AH 1303)939
1886/87 (AH 1304)616
1887/88 (AH 1305)838
1888/89 (AH 1306)818
1889/90 (AH 1307)717
1890/91 (AH 1308)838
1891/92 (AH 1309)929
1892/93 (AH 1310)10310
1893/94 (AH 1311)10210
1894/95 (AH 1312)10310
1895/96 (AH 1313)929
1896/97 (AH 1314)929
1897/98 (AH 1315)11211
1898/99 (AH 1316)737
1899/1900 (AH 1317)303
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)303
1902/03 (AH 1320)646
1903/04 (AH 1321)505
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)434
1906/07 (AH 1324)222

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 300 recorded monthly salaries is 475 kuruş, the mean 790 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Median 380 kuruş in 1903/04Mosul (Musul), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Mosul (Musul)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1858/5912,5002,5002,5002,500500
1859/6012,5002,5002,5002,500500
1860/6121,6251,6251,187.52,062.5500
1861/6221,6251,6251,187.52,062.5600
1862/6321,6251,6251,187.52,062.5500
1863/6412,5002,5002,5002,500500
1864/6531,4401,665.331,2481,970625
1865/6641,7201,7491,3442,125650
1866/6751,4401,447.27202,000600
1867/6841,0851,207.54001,892.5600
1868/696480901.672401,387.5600
1869/707480915.713201,345600
1870/719480783.332801,000600
1871/727455597.86222.5720550
1872/735285610160760550
1873/747500590.71242.5630500
1874/756392.5605.83221.25695535
1875/767500830.71332.51,225530
1876/775500716380500575
1877/784440770335875560
18784440770335875600
1878/797500968.573401,700600
1879/805475738380950500
1880/81104751,231.5385831.25500
1881/82114751,167.73380775500
1882/8310475604388.75568.75500
1883/848475641.88380668.75500
1884/8510522.51,3483801,268.75500
1885/869500600.56380575500
1886/876535670.83500573.75500
1887/888380838.12287.5571.25500
1888/898475881.88360581.25500
1889/907570982.14440587.5500
1890/918572.5703.12470687.5500
1891/929570646.67380600500
1892/9310450623385592.5500
1893/9410450627400592.5500
1894/9510400468380527.5500
1895/969380414.44250400500
1896/979380402.56250400500
1897/9811400411.18300450500
1898/997380439340456.5500
1899/19003400560390650500
1900/012390390385395500
1901/0234008603901,100500
1902/036390405320512.5500
1903/045380406300550475
1904/051300300300300450
1905/064390407.5360437.5475
1906/072425425362.5487.5450

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

25 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 39 officials.
Muhabere Memuru39Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti82. Müdür4Posta Memuru4Başmuhabere Memuru3Çavuş31. Müdür2Adliye Mufettisi21858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official7 officials

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, Mosul (Musul)
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. MüdürPosta MemuruBaşmuhabere MemuruÇavuş1. MüdürAdliye Mufettisi
1858/59
1859/60
1860/611
1861/621
1862/631
1863/64
1864/6511
1865/6611
1866/67111
1867/681
1868/6921
1869/70211
1870/71211
1871/72212
1872/7312
1873/7422
1874/7522
1875/7631
1876/7721
1877/7811
187811
1878/79211
1879/80211
1880/816111
1881/827111
1882/83711
1883/8461
1884/85611
1885/864211
1886/8741
1887/88511
1888/89511
1889/903111
1890/9131111
1891/9221112
1892/9351111
1893/9441111
1894/9551211
1895/965121
1896/976111
1897/9871111
1898/994111
1899/1900111
1900/011
1901/021
1902/0331
1903/04211
1904/051
1905/064
1906/072

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
Mosul (Musul)9 born hereBaghdad (Bağdat)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Kirkuk (Kerkük)DiyarbakırAleppo (Halep)8 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 30, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Mosul (Musul)9this place
Baghdad (Bağdat)8
Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
Kirkuk (Kerkük)8
Diyarbakır5
Aleppo (Halep)3
Erbil3
Bitlis2
Erzurum2
Mardin2
Where the officials born here were serving
Mosul (Musul)9 serving hereBaghdad (Bağdat)BasraAl-Faw (Fav)Amarah (Amare)ErbilLezhë (Leş)Further placesJeddah (Cidde)YemenFurther places10 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 37, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Baghdad (Bağdat)10
Basra10
Mosul (Musul)9this place
Al-Faw (Fav)6
Amarah (Amare)3
Erbil2
Khanaqin (Hanikin)2
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Asare1
Babuka1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

73 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.
1731858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Post 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

73 officials, the one with most annual entries here first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Mosul (Musul)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdulhamit Afif Efendi1858 to 188419Arazi Kalemi1,600 to 2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cemil Efendi1880 to 189816Muhabere Memuru285 to 570Malatya
Resul Sıtkı Efendi1868 to 188316Muhabere Memuru100 to 400Bitlis
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1864 to 187612Müdür1,440 to 1,690Ürgüp
Mehmet Şekip Efendi1880 to 189911Muhabere Memuru275 to 513Erzurum
Mehmed Muhlis Efendi1881 to 189110Muhabere Memuru300 to 575Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Resit Efendi1870 to 187910Muharrerat Memuru160 to 200Sidon (Sayda)
Yusuf İstiko Efendi1866 to 187610Muhabere Memuru480 to 760Mosul (Musul)
Ahmet Şevki Efendi1867 to 18769Çavuş160 to 285Nigbolu
Futuhi Efendi1890 to 18999Posta Memuru250 to 300Mosul (Musul)
Yosef Efendi1876 to 18838Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti475 to 600Aleppo (Halep)
Emin Şevket Efendi1888 to 18957Başmuhabere Memuru600Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Yusuf Ziya Efendi1878 to 188572. Müdür950 to 2,000Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Ahmet Fehmi Efendi1890 to 189662. Müdür950Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Fethi Zağbi Efendi1885 to 18936Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti250 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Neşet Efendi1882 to 18896Muhabere Memuru300 to 380Mardin
Yusuf Sabanlı Efendi1898 to 19046Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380Mosul (Musul)
Abdülhamit Efendi1870 to 18775Muhabere Memuru300 to 500Mosul (Musul)
Abdullah Şükrü Efendi1880 to 18855Muhabere Memuru475Diyarbakır
Galyar İskender Efendi1875 to 18795Müfettiş2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Ziya Eefendi1893 to 18985Çavuş350 to 400Harput
Musa Kazim Efendi1890 to 19025Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi1,800Baghdad (Bağdat)
Halil Hilmi Efendi1894 to 18984Muhabere Memuru380Baghdad (Bağdat)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1880 to 18844Muhabere Memuru475Tokat
İbrahim Edip Efendi1889 to 18934Muhabere Memuru380Erbil
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Officials of Mosul (Musul), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1896 to 190042. Müdür900Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1868 to 18724Muhabere Memuru455 to 480Erzurum
Süleyman Faik Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memuru300Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Abdürrezzak Talat Efendi1880 to 18833Muhabere Memuru380Diyarbakır
Alfons Mullery Ef1864 to 18673Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti720 to 1,056Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Haydar Efendi1860 to 18633Muhabere Memuru750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Saib Bey1884 to 18873Defter-i Hakani Kalemi1,500Hillah (Hille)
Bezui Toma Efendi1869 to 18723Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti680 to 1,000Mosul (Musul)
Dençoylu Hayler Efendi1887 to 18903Posta Memuru250Trabzon
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1884 to 18893Muhabere Memuru300Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1892 to 18953Muhabere Memuru400Diyarbakır
Mehmet Sami Efendi1900 to 19033Merkez Memuru400Cizre
Mustafa Tevfik Efendi1887 to 18903Defterdar4,000Mytilene (Midilli)
SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ1897 to 19003Muhabere Memuru400Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Yahya Nüzhet Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memuru250Kut (Kutülamare)
Abdurrezzak Efendi1894 to 18962Posta Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Bekir Efendi1869 to 18742Tahrirat Kalemi500Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Hamit Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memuru200Mosul (Musul)
Hasan Efendi1887 to 18892Muhabere Memuru380Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hasan Sezai Efendi1884 to 18862Başmuhabere Memuru570Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1892 to 18942Muhabere Memuru400Sivas
ibrahim Hakki Bey1880 to 18822Adliye Mufettisi7,000Ürgüp
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memuru550Van
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1896 to 18982Muhabere Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet sukru Efendi1865 to 18672Niyabet2,000Mardin
Mehmet Zeki Efendi1902 to 19042Tatar600Kemaliye (Eğin)
Pedrus Kandela Efendi1885 to 18872Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Mosul (Musul)
Zeynelabidin Efendi1878 to 18802Muhabere Memuru285 to 300Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abdülaziz Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memuru380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abdulkerim Fehmi Efendi1891/921Başmuhabere Memuru570Diyarbakır
Antuvan Latini Efendi1886/871Muhabere Memuru500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hafiz Mehmet Rustu Efendi1884/851Adliye Mufettisi7,000Gaza (Gazze)
Hasan Zühtü Efendi1891/921Vergi Kitabeti200Van
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cevad Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memuru200Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)
Mehmet Fazlı Efendi1885/8612. Müdür950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kemal Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memuru380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1883/841Muhabere Memuru380Erbil
Mehmet Said Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru300Siran
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1882/831Muhabere Memuru475Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memuru380Erbil
Mensur Efendi1893/941Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Mosul (Musul)
Salih Safi Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru550Bitlis
Şekerciyan Ohannes Aram Efendi1897/981Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Diyarbakır
Zülfü Efendi1881/821Muhabere Memuru380Elazığ
Unnamed official (0086_0154:303)1895 to 18983Muhabere Memuru180Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Unnamed official (121-111-217)1905/061Muhabere Memuru380Baghdad (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.

Officials born here

22 officials of the collection were born here. 9 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Bezui Toma Efendi 1869 to 1905, Khanaqin (Hanikin)
  2. Mehmet İzzet Efendi 1867 to 1900, Kifri (Salahiye)
  3. Naum Salaho Efendi 1876 to 1906, Al-Faw (Fav)
  4. Süleyman Doryan Efendi 1871 to 1906, Basra
  5. Mehmet Fuat Paşa 1867 to 1899, Jeddah (Cidde)
  6. Abdullah Efendi 1880 to 1904, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  7. Pedrus Kandela Efendi 1883 to 1904, Tripoli (Trablusşam)
  8. Yusuf İstiko Efendi 1866 to 1900, Mosul (Musul)
  9. Mensur Efendi 1880 to 1894, Al-Faw (Fav)
  10. Yusuf Sabanlı Efendi 1892 to 1906, Mosul (Musul)
  11. Abdülhamit Efendi 1870 to 1881, Mosul (Musul)
  12. Ahmet Hilmi Efendi 1876 to 1886, Siirt
  13. Futuhi Efendi 1890 to 1899, Mosul (Musul)
  14. İlyas Cercis Efendi 1899 to 1906, Basra
  15. AHMET NEDİM EFEN 1899 to 1904, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  16. Said Efendi 1904 to 1908, Al-Faw (Fav)
  17. Habib Efendi 1906 to 1909, Basra
  18. Davud Fehmi Efendi 1906 to 1908, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  19. Hamit Efendi 1902 to 1904, Mosul (Musul)
  20. Anton Efendi 1908/09, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  21. Emin Ragıb Efendi 1907/08, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  22. SÜLEYMAN FAİK EFENDİ 1908/09, Basra

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Baghdad (Bağdat)8
Basra7
Kirkuk (Kerkük)6
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)6
Diyarbakır5
Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)2
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Sivas2
Zakho (Zaho)2
Acre (Akka)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 39.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Diyarbakır10
Kirkuk (Kerkük)10
Baghdad (Bağdat)7
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)3
Basra2
Erbil2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Adana1
Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)1
Al-Faw (Fav)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 31.

Names, position and identifiers of Mosul (Musul)
Place
Identifierl-85b0ecf6f6507991
Spelling in the cataloguemusul
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceMosul (Musul) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceMusul
PositionLatitude 36.353103, longitude 43.160629. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryIraq
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
MosulEnglishPreferred nameEditor
MusulTurkishPreferred nameEditor
MusulSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
musulSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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