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Place

Niğde

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

29 officials are recorded serving in Niğde, from 1867 to 1910 (AH 1284 to 1327), in 103 annual entries. The median of the 103 recorded monthly salaries is 450 kuruş. The fullest year is 1900/01 with 6 officials. 14 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
29
Annual entries1867 to 1910, AH 1284 to 1327
103
Year with most officials6 officials
1900/01
Median monthly salaryfrom 103 recorded salaries
450 kuruş
Officials born here
14
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1900/01 (AH 1318) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 42.
02461868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13256 in 1900/01Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Niğde
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)212
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)222
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)111
1878 (AH 1295)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)434
1879/80 (AH 1297)303
1880/81 (AH 1298)323
1881/82 (AH 1299)303
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)313
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)313
1893/94 (AH 1311)414
1894/95 (AH 1312)313
1895/96 (AH 1313)303
1896/97 (AH 1314)313
1897/98 (AH 1315)303
1898/99 (AH 1316)525
1899/1900 (AH 1317)505
1900/01 (AH 1318)626
1901/02 (AH 1319)525
1902/03 (AH 1320)313
1903/04 (AH 1321)424
1904/05 (AH 1322)202
1905/06 (AH 1323)313
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)111

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 103 recorded monthly salaries is 450 kuruş, the mean 543 kuruş.
01002003004005001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 450 kuruş in 1901/02Niğde, 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, Niğde
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1867/681400400400400600
1868/692400400400400600
1869/701400400400400600
1870/711400400400400600
1871/721400400400400550
1872/731400400400400550
1873/741400400400400500
1874/752400400400400535
1875/761400400400400530
1876/771400400400400575
1877/781800800800800560
18782975975962.5987.5600
1878/794975837.5812.51,000600
1879/803760646.67570780500
1880/813800786.67780800500
1881/823800786.67780800500
1882/832780780770790500
1883/842780780770790500
1884/852780780770790500
1885/863760646.67570780500
1886/872590590485695500
1887/882600600500700500
1888/892600600500700500
1889/902600600500700500
1890/912600600500700500
1891/922600600500700500
1892/933450550425625500
1893/944475537.5437.5575500
1894/953450483.33325625500
1895/963450483.33325625500
1896/973450523.33425585500
1897/983450523.33425585500
1898/995450476.8400684500
1899/19005450476.8400684500
1900/016425420197.5652.5500
1901/025450444200720500
1902/033450446.67325570500
1903/044325372.5187.5510475
1904/052420420285555450
1905/063200346.67175445475
1906/071200200200200450
1909/101300300300300462.5

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 15 officials.
Muhabere Memuru152. Müdür8Defter-i Hakani Kalemi33. Müdür1Merkez Memuru1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official4 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, Niğde
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürDefter-i Hakani Kalemi3. MüdürMerkez MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
1867/681
1868/692
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/7511
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
187811
1878/79121
1879/80111
1880/8121
1881/8221
1882/8311
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/86111
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/9211
1892/9321
1893/94211
1894/95111
1895/96111
1896/9721
1897/9821
1898/99311
1899/1900311
1900/0142
1901/0232
1902/0321
1903/0431
1904/0511
1905/0621
1906/071
1909/101

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) Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
Niğde2 born hereNevşehirIstanbul (Dersaadet)DiyarbakırMalatyaAkhisarFurther places4 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 21, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Nevşehir4
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Diyarbakır2
Malatya2
Niğde2this place
Akhisar1
Akseki1
Burdur1
Çemişgezek1
Edirne1
Where the officials born here were serving
Niğde2 serving hereAdanaDiyarbakırErmenekIlgınŞereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar)3 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 50, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Adana3
Diyarbakır2
Ermenek2
Ilgın2
Niğde2this place
Şereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar)2
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2
Aksaray1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Anamur1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

29 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.
1291868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

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

Officials of Niğde
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1883 to 1901182. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 800Kemah
Süleyman Vehbi Efendi1892 to 190311Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Çemişgezek
Osman Nuri Efendi1867 to 18747Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Malatya
Abdullah Efendi1888 to 18946Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Nevşehir
Hasan Hilmi Efendi1880 to 18866Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Hafız Halil Hami Efendi1896 to 19015Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Niğde
Mehmet Fazlı Efendi1878 to 188352. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1902 to 190642. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)690Diyarbakır
MEHMET RAİF EFENDİ1898 to 19024Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)130Erzurum
Abdürreşid Sabit İzzet1874 to 18773Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Malatya
Ahmet Hıfzı Efendi1903 to 19063Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Niğde
Ahmet semsettin Efendi1878 to 18803Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Yümni Efendi1901 to 19043Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Burdur
Zihni Efendi1885 to 18883Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Kütahya
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1877 to 187822. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800 to 1,000Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Ali Asım Efendi1894 to 18962Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications200Diyarbakır
Mahmut Efendi1878 to 18802Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Edirne
Mehmet Rıza Efendi1905 to 19072Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Karaman
Mehmet Salih Efendi1898 to 19002Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office684Gerede
Mustafa Ziver Efendi1900 to 190222. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
Osman Nuri Efendi1880 to 188222. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmed Hilmi Efendi1893/9413. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)500Pljevlja (Taşlıca)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1878/7912. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1874/751Merkez Memurucentral office official400Nevşehir
Mehmet Ali Efendi1901/0212. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720Ergani
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Officials of Niğde, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Akhisar
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Nevşehir
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1909/101Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Akseki
Mustafa Lütfü Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)100Nevşehir

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

14 officials of the collection were born here. 2 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. İzzet Efendi 1877 to 1907, Aleppo (Halep)
  2. Haci Mustafa Efendi 1868 to 1889, Petrich (Petriç)
  3. Ali Rıza Efendi 1882 to 1903, Anamur
  4. Ali Rıza Efendi 1891 to 1905, Prijepolje (Prepol)
  5. Mehmet Şevki Efendi 1880 to 1904, Kuruçeşme
  6. Mehmet Hifzi Efendi 1894 to 1907, Beirut (Beyrut)
  7. Hasan Tahsin Efendi 1892 to 1902, Ilgın
  8. Hafız Halil Hami Efendi 1895 to 1904, Niğde
  9. Abdullah Efendi 1898 to 1906, Galata
  10. Abdullah Vahdi Efendi 1899 to 1907, Izmir (İzmir)
  11. Mehmet Şaban Efendi 1900 to 1908, Aksaray
  12. Ahmet Hıfzı Efendi 1898 to 1906, Ilgın
  13. Ahmet Şevket Efendi 1909 to 1911, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  14. Mustafa İzzet Efendi 1887 to 1895, Mezraa

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Konya3
Adana2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Antalya1
Beşiktaş1
Bilecik1
Burdur1
Damascus (Şam)1
Ereğli1
Havran1

The 10 places with most officials, of 20.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Adana2
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Akseki1
Al-Khums (Hums)1
Beşiktaş1
Bihać (Bihke)1
Burdur1
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)1
Harput1
Ilgın1

The 10 places with most officials, of 20.

Names, position and identifiers of Niğde
Place
Identifierl-8ae48aaa394cac60
Spelling in the cataloguenigde
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceKonya province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceNigde
PositionLatitude 37.97058, longitude 34.673858. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
NiğdeEnglishPreferred nameEditor
NiğdeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
NigdeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
nigdeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Ünsal (2021), 46 entries, 1 probably and 0 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Orta Anadolu (Nevşehir, Kırşehir, Niğde ve Aksaray) doğumlu gayrimüslim Osmanlı devlet memurları

ZEYNEP ÜNSAL (2021), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Niğde doğumlu).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Orta Anadolu (Nevşehir, Kırşehir, Niğde ve Aksaray) doğumlu gayrimüslim Osmanlı devlet memurları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Kostaki Vayani EfendiPDF 41, 42Named in the work only
Avraham EfendiPDF 42Named in the work only
Yorgi EfendiPDF 42, 43Named in the work only
Mihail EfendiPDF 43, 44Named in the work only
Bodos EfendiPDF 44Named in the work only
Anastas EfendiPDF 44, 45Named in the work only
Yakof EfendiPDF 45, 46Named in the work only
Kostar EfendiPDF 46Named in the work only
Nikolaki EfendiPDF 46Named in the work only
Nikolaki EfendiPDF 46, 47Named in the work only
Vasil EfendiPDF 47Named in the work only
Simon EfendiPDF 47Named in the work only
Yorgi Faik EfendiPDF 47, 48Named in the work only
Bodosaki EfendiPDF 48Named in the work only
Apostoloki EfendiPDF 48Named in the work only
Sove EfendiPDF 48, 49Named in the work only
Anatyas EfendiPDF 49Named in the work only
Etfim Vayani EfendiPDF 49, 50Named in the work only
Ömer Yümnî BeyPDF 50Probably omer Yumni Bey
Yovan EfendiPDF 50, 51Named in the work only
Eftim Hâkî EfendiPDF 51Named in the work only

25 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.