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Kastoria (Kesriye)

Place in Bitola (Manastır) province. Present-day country: Greece.

15 officials are recorded serving in Kastoria (Kesriye), from 1861 to 1908 (AH 1278 to 1325), in 33 annual entries. The median of the 33 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1906/07 with 4 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
15
Annual entries1861 to 1908, AH 1278 to 1325
33
Year with most officials4 officials
1906/07
Median monthly salaryfrom 33 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1906/07 (AH 1324) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 24.
012341863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1906/07Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Kastoria (Kesriye)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
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
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)111
1893/94 (AH 1311)111
1894/95 (AH 1312)111
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)333
1904/05 (AH 1322)323
1905/06 (AH 1323)313
1906/07 (AH 1324)424
1907/08 (AH 1325)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 33 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 431 kuruş.
02004006001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325350 kuruş in 1907/08Kastoria (Kesriye), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Kastoria (Kesriye)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/621350350350350600
1879/801500500500500500
1881/821500500500500500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/841500500500500500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/881500500500500500
1888/891500500500500500
1889/901500500500500500
1890/911500500500500500
1891/921500500500500500
1892/931500500500500500
1893/941500500500500500
1894/951600600600600500
1895/961600600600600500
1896/971540540540540500
1897/981540540540540500
1903/043250346.67250395475
1904/053250346.67250395450
1905/063250300250325475
1906/074250312.5250312.5450
1907/081350350350350300

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

4 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 10 officials.
Muhabere Memuru103. Müdür3Başmuhabere Memuru1Nahiye Memuru11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official4 officials

The 4 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, Kastoria (Kesriye)
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruNahiye Memuru
1861/621
1879/801
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1891/921
1892/931
1893/941
1894/951
1895/961
1896/971
1897/981
1903/0421
1904/0521
1905/063
1906/074
1907/081

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 4 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
Kastoria (Kesriye)Istanbul (Dersaadet)BihcovaGiresunGrevena (Grebene)Kibris3 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Bursa (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Jeddah (Cidde) (1), Korçë (Görice) (1), Suravic (1), Tarabya (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

15 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

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

Officials of Kastoria (Kesriye)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmed Seyfi Efendi1881 to 18887Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official500Pljevlja (Taşlıca)
Hasan Aşir Efendi1894 to 189843. Müdürdirector of the third grade540 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İBRAHİM HAKKI EFENDİ1904 to 19084Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 350Ohrid (Ohri)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1903 to 19074Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 500Louros (Loros)
Mustafa Arif Efendi1888 to 18924Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Niš (Niş)
Ahmet Besim Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Bihcova
Ahmet Muhsin Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Kibris
Ali Rıza Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Giresun
Halil Rifat Efendi1904/0513. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Hamza Elvan Bey1861/621Nahiye Memuru350Servia (Serfiçe)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Vize
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Rize
Kadri Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Grevena (Grebene)
Mehmet Emin Efendi1903/0413. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0049_0041; 79)1879/801Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (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

3 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. Halit Efendi 1897 to 1903, Bursa
  2. Mehmet Necati Efendi 1896 to 1900, Suravic
  3. Ali Mihri Efendi 1899 to 1902, Jeddah (Cidde)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Kozani (Kozana)2
Damascus (Şam)1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Kopruyoz1
Siceste1
Veria (Karaferye)1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Ioannina (Yanya)2
Belkova1
Elassona (Alasonya)1
Kopres1
Kozani (Kozana)1
Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)1
Preveza (Preveze)1
Seciste1
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1
Veria (Karaferye)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 12.

Names, position and identifiers of Kastoria (Kesriye)
Place
Identifierl-89b65326a3a02b86
Spelling in the cataloguekesriye
NameName verified
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceBitola (Manastır) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceGorice
PositionLatitude 40.519866, longitude 21.269352. Reference position
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
KastoriaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
KesriyeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
KesriyeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
kesriyeSpelling 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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