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Place

Rumelihisarı

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

15 officials are recorded serving in Rumelihisarı, from 1857 to 1910 (AH 1274 to 1327), in 82 annual entries. The median of the 82 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1897/98 with 5 officials.

Officials serving
15
Annual entries1857 to 1910, AH 1274 to 1327
82
Year with most officials5 officials
1897/98
Median monthly salaryfrom 82 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1897/98 (AH 1315) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 37.
0123451858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13255 in 1897/98Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Rumelihisarı
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1857/58 (AH 1274)111
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)222
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)202
1878 (AH 1295)202
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)202
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)111
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)111
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)111
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1891/92 (AH 1309)313
1892/93 (AH 1310)424
1893/94 (AH 1311)404
1894/95 (AH 1312)404
1895/96 (AH 1313)404
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)515
1898/99 (AH 1316)404
1899/1900 (AH 1317)404
1900/01 (AH 1318)404
1901/02 (AH 1319)303
1902/03 (AH 1320)303
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)202
1905/06 (AH 1323)202
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 82 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 456 kuruş.
01002003004005001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 250 kuruş in 1897/98Rumelihisarı, 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, Rumelihisarı
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1857/581400400400400475
1864/651400400400400625
1868/691750750750750600
1874/752360360252.5467.5535
1875/762485485440530530
1876/772450450375525575
1877/782450450375525560
18782450450375525600
1878/791600600600600600
1879/802750750625875500
1880/812750750625875500
1881/822750750625875500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/841500500500500500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/881500500500500500
1888/891500500500500500
1889/901150150150150500
1890/911700700700700500
1891/923150333.33150425500
1892/934250350212.5387.5500
1893/944250350212.5387.5500
1894/954250350212.5387.5500
1895/964250350212.5387.5500
1896/974250325212.5362.5500
1897/985250380250600500
1898/994250345220375500
1899/19004260350220390500
1900/014400450325525500
1901/023500583.33425700500
1902/033500583.33425700500
1903/042625625487.5762.5475
1904/052625625487.5762.5450
1905/062650650525775475
1909/101350350350350462.5

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

4 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 11 officials.
Muhabere Memuru11Memur42. Müdür2Seyyar Memur11858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 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, Rumelihisarı
YearMuhabere MemuruMemur2. MüdürSeyyar Memur
1857/581
1864/651
1868/691
1874/752
1875/762
1876/7711
1877/7811
187811
1878/791
1879/8011
1880/8111
1881/8211
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1891/9221
1892/9331
1893/9431
1894/9531
1895/9631
1896/9731
1897/98311
1898/9931
1899/190031
1900/0131
1901/0221
1902/0321
1903/0411
1904/0511
1905/0611
1909/101

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)

Where the officials serving here were born
RumelihisarıIstanbul (Dersaadet)GeliboluKonyaSamokov (Samakov)Taşköprü11 officials1 official

All 5 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)11
Gelibolu1
Konya1
Samokov (Samakov)1
Taşköprü1

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 Rumelihisarı
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1890 to 1906162. Müdürdirector of the second grade700 to 900Gelibolu
Hasan Tevfik Efendi1892 to 190614Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Efendi1874 to 190313Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)145 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hakkı Efendi1874 to 18829Memurofficial500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sadık Efendi1892 to 19019Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)100 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Cemal Efendi1882 to 18875Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Osman Nuri Efendi1868 to 188242. Müdürdirector of the second grade750 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1876 to 18783Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Fehmi Efendi1887 to 18892Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Tevfik Efendi1889 to 18922Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hayri Efendi1909/101Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Nafiz Efendi1857/581Memurofficial400Taşköprü
Mehmet Hayri Bey1864/651Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Hilmi Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Konya
Solomon Efendi1897/981Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official600Samokov (Samakov)

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

Names, position and identifiers of Rumelihisarı
Place
Identifierl-8fc387d5e21f09c9
Spelling in the cataloguerumelihisari
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceIstanbul (Dersaadet) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDersaadet
PositionLatitude 41.085316, longitude 29.056164. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
RumelihisarıEnglishPreferred nameEditor
RumelihisarıTurkishPreferred nameEditor
rumelihisariSpelling 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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