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Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.

16 officials are recorded serving in Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova), from 1861 to 1898 (AH 1278 to 1315), in 39 annual entries. The median of the 39 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1869/70 with 4 officials. 18 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
16
Annual entries1861 to 1898, AH 1278 to 1315
39
Year with most officials4 officials
1869/70
Median monthly salaryfrom 39 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
18
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1869/70 (AH 1286) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 20.
012341863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13154 in 1869/70Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)222
1862/63 (AH 1279)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)212
1865/66 (AH 1282)212
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)212
1869/70 (AH 1286)434
1870/71 (AH 1287)202
1871/72 (AH 1288)212
1872/73 (AH 1289)313
1873/74 (AH 1290)202
1874/75 (AH 1291)414
1875/76 (AH 1292)414
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)222
1878/79 (AH 1296)111
1896/97 (AH 1314)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)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 39 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 567 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315400 kuruş in 1897/98Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/622625625562.5687.5600
1862/631500500500500500
1863/641500500500500500
1864/652490490485495625
1865/662615615547.5682.5650
1866/671400400400400600
1867/681600600600600600
1868/692500500450550600
1869/704500937.5362.51,075600
1870/712580580490670600
1871/722455455302.5607.5550
1872/733380430265570550
1873/742455455302.5607.5500
1874/754505540225820535
1875/764580577.5337.5820530
1876/7711,0001,0001,0001,000575
1877/782350350325375560
1878/791750750750750600
1896/971300300300300500
1897/981400400400400500

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 9 officials.
Muhabere Memuru9Cinayet Baskitabeti1Defter-i Hakani Kalemi1Memur1Merkez Memuru1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1Mutasarrif1Posta Memuru11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151 official2 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, Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
YearMuhabere MemuruCinayet BaskitabetiDefter-i Hakani KalemiMemurMerkez MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMutasarrifPosta Memuru
1861/6211
1862/631
1863/641
1864/652
1865/661
1866/67
1867/68
1868/691
1869/70111
1870/7111
1871/7211
1872/73111
1873/7411
1874/75111
1875/761111
1876/771
1877/782
1878/791
1896/971
1897/981

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
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)4 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Shumen (Şumnu)ÇorumKorçë (Görice)Plovdiv (Filibe)6 officials1 official

Where the officials born here were serving
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)4 serving hereThessaloniki (Selanik)AnkaraBeyoğluChios (Sakız)Damascus (Şam)Further placesHicazMisirFurther places, smaller scale3 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

16 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.
Şahin Kirkor EfendiMahmut Faik EfendiMustafa Sıdkı EfendiAhmet Lutfu EfendiMustafa Tıfli EfendiAhmet semsettin EfendiMehmet Şakir EfendiHüsnü EfendiAhmet Kâşif EfendiMehmed Salim EfendiHaci Mehmet Sezayi BeyHüsnü Efendiİbrahim Fehmi EfendiMustafa Raif EfendiHasan Tahsin EfendiMuharrem Lütfi Efendi1861/62AH 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 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314Post 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

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

Officials of Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Lutfu Efendi1865 to 187611Cinayet Baskitabeti400 to 760Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Ahmet Kâşif Efendi1871 to 18765Memurofficial150Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Mahmut Faik Efendi1861 to 18654Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Haci Mehmet Sezayi Bey1874 to 18773Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüsnü Efendi1869 to 18712Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Salim Efendi1872 to 18752Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muharrem Lütfi Efendi1896 to 18982Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 400Korçë (Görice)
Mustafa Sıdkı Efendi1864 to 18662Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet semsettin Efendi1869/701Mutasarrif2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1878/791Merkez Memurucentral office official750Plovdiv (Filibe)
Hüsnü Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Shumen (Şumnu)
İbrahim Fehmi Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Svishtov (Ziştovi)
Mehmet Şakir Efendi1869/701Posta Memurupostal official250Çorum
Mustafa Raif Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Shumen (Şumnu)
Mustafa Tıfli Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Şahin Kirkor Efendi1861/621Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications750Istanbul (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

18 officials of the collection were born here. 4 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Mustafa Tıfli Efendi 1868 to 1907, Hudavendigar
  2. Ahmet Lutfu Efendi 1865 to 1898, Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
  3. Mustafa Enver Efendi 1877 to 1903, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  4. Ahmet Kâşif Efendi 1871 to 1907, Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
  5. Hafiz ibrahim Nefʻî Efendi 1885 to 1907, Izmir (İzmir)
  6. Mahmut Faik Efendi 1861 to 1890, Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
  7. Yusuf Agah Efendi 1884 to 1903, Nazilli
  8. Abdülhalil Efendi 1876 to 1904, Eskişehir
  9. Hüseyin Ratıf Efendi 1894 to 1906, Mentese
  10. Mehmet Ali Efendi 1894 to 1906, Aleppo (Halep)
  11. Ali Haydar Efendi 1894 to 1904, Edirne
  12. Mehmet Hamdi Efendi 1893 to 1905, Aleppo (Halep)
  13. İbrahim Hakkı Efendi 1894 to 1907, Beyoğlu
  14. İsmail Hakkı Efendi 1900 to 1906, Kaklık
  15. İbrahim Ethem Efendi 1899 to 1903, Hınıs
  16. MEHMED YAŞAR EFENDİ 1904 to 1906, Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
  17. Mustafa Zeki Efendi 1894/95, Ertugrul
  18. Unnamed official (0007_0146; 289) 1878 to 1897, Çatalca

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Ruse (Rusçuk)2
Akşehir1
Amasya1
Beyoğlu1
Edirne1
Erciş1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Ortakoy1
Pirot (Şehirköy)1
Pleven (Plevne)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 13.

Names, position and identifiers of Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Place
Identifierl-8da4bb1c7b003160
Spelling in the cataloguetirnova
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceTirnova
PositionLatitude 43.077227, longitude 25.618382. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
TırnovaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
Veliko TarnovoEnglishPreferred nameEditor
TirnovaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
tirnovaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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