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Place

Samatya

Place in Istanbul (Dersaadet) province. Present-day country: Turkey.

10 officials are recorded serving in Samatya, from 1876 to 1912 (AH 1293 to 1330), in 37 annual entries. The median of the 37 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1876/77 with 2 officials.

Officials serving
10
Annual entries1876 to 1912, AH 1293 to 1330
37
Year with most officials2 officials
1876/77
Median monthly salaryfrom 37 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1876/77 (AH 1293) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 30.
0121878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13302 in 1876/77Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Samatya
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1876/77 (AH 1293)222
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)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
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)111
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)111
1901/02 (AH 1319)212
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)202
1905/06 (AH 1323)202
1906/07 (AH 1324)111
1907/08 (AH 1325)111
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)222
1910/11 (AH 1328)101
1911 (AH 1329)101
1911/12 (AH 1330)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 37 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 440 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 1330900 kuruş in 1911/12Samatya, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Samatya
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1876/772350350325375575
1877/781300300300300560
18781400400400400600
1878/791400400400400600
1879/801380380380380500
1880/811380380380380500
1881/821380380380380500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/841500500500500500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871600600600600500
1887/881600600600600500
1888/891850850850850500
1896/971420420420420500
1897/981250250250250500
1898/991250250250250500
1900/011400400400400500
1901/022275275212.5337.5500
1902/032275275212.5337.5500
1903/042295295222.5367.5475
1904/052320320260380450
1905/062320320260380475
1906/071200200200200450
1907/081450450450450300
1908/091550550550550350
1909/102550550425675462.5
1910/111900900900900500
19111900900900900500
1911/121900900900900900

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

8 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 5 officials.
Muhabere Memuru52. Müdür1Memur1Merkez Memuru1Musevvit Kalemi1Müvezzi1Posta Memuru1Sevk Kalemi11877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301 official

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, Samatya
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürMemurMerkez MemuruMusevvit KalemiMüvezziPosta MemuruSevk Kalemi
1876/7711
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1896/971
1897/981
1898/991
1900/011
1901/0211
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/0511
1905/0611
1906/071
1907/081
1908/091
1909/1011
1910/111
19111
1911/121

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 8 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) District (kaza)

Where the officials serving here were born
SamatyaIstanbul (Dersaadet)AnkaraKastamonuKemaliye (Eğin)Lüleburgaz6 officials1 official

All 5 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Ankara1
Kastamonu1
Kemaliye (Eğin)1
Lüleburgaz1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

10 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

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

Officials of Samatya
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mahmut Aziz Efendi1876 to 188914Sevk Kalemidispatch office300 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız İbrahim Tevfik Efendi1900 to 19066Musevvit Kalemi400 to 440Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1901 to 19065Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150 to 200Lüleburgaz
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1909 to 191242. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800 to 900Kastamonu
Mehmet Bahaeddin Efendi1897 to 18992Müvezzideliverer (postman)250Ankara
Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi1907 to 19092Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cemal Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kemaliye (Eğin)
Hayri Efendi1909/101Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Tevfik Ziya Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0049_0020; 37)1896/971Posta Memurupostal official420Istanbul (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.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Ayasofya1
Edirne1
Hadımköy1
Üsküdar1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Beyoğlu1
Erenköy1
Kurukavak1
Xanthi (İskeçe)1
Üsküdar1
Names, position and identifiers of Samatya
Place
Identifierl-8aa6efaa4fea0add
Spelling in the cataloguesamatya
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceIstanbul (Dersaadet) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDersaadet
PositionLatitude 41.00058, longitude 28.932042. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SamatyaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SamatyaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
samatyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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