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Place

Sidon (Sayda)

Place in Beirut (Beyrut) province. Present-day country: Lebanon.

14 officials are recorded serving in Sidon (Sayda), from 1851 to 1907 (AH 1268 to 1324), in 65 annual entries. The median of the 65 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1904/05 with 4 officials. 20 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
14
Annual entries1851 to 1907, AH 1268 to 1324
65
Year with most officials4 officials
1904/05
Median monthly salaryfrom 65 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
20
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1904/05 (AH 1322) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 43.
012341853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13204 in 1904/05Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Sidon (Sayda)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1851/52 (AH 1268)111
1852/53 (AH 1269)101
1853/54 (AH 1270)101
1854/55 (AH 1271)101
1855/56 (AH 1272)101
1856/57 (AH 1273)101
1857/58 (AH 1274)101
1858/59 (AH 1275)101
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)222
1881/82 (AH 1299)212
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)212
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)313
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)313
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)212
1903/04 (AH 1321)313
1904/05 (AH 1322)414
1905/06 (AH 1323)404
1906/07 (AH 1324)202

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 65 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 521 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0002,5001853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320675 kuruş in 1906/07Sidon (Sayda), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Sidon (Sayda)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1851/521150150150150282.5
1852/531250250250250350
1853/541250250250250400
1854/551250250250250400
1855/561250250250250450
1856/571250250250250375
1857/581300300300300475
1858/591300300300300500
1859/601300300300300500
1863/6411,4401,4401,4401,440500
1869/7012,5002,5002,5002,500600
1870/711800800800800600
1871/721760760760760550
1872/731760760760760550
1874/751760760760760535
1875/761760760760760530
1880/812397.5397.5358.75436.25500
1881/822417.5417.5388.75446.25500
1882/832417.5417.5388.75446.25500
1883/842437.5437.5418.75456.25500
1884/8529509506751,225500
1885/861400400400400500
1886/871400400400400500
1887/881400400400400500
1888/891400400400400500
1889/901400400400400500
1890/911400400400400500
1891/922271271206.5335.5500
1892/933400430.67271575500
1893/943400430.67271575500
1894/951400400400400500
1895/963700648.33597.5725500
1896/971495495495495500
1897/981495495495495500
1898/991495495495495500
1899/19001495495495495500
1900/011495495495495500
1901/021495495495495500
1902/032397.5397.5348.75446.25500
1903/043300348.33225447.5475
1904/054447.5561.25262.5746.25450
1905/064447.5561.25262.5746.25475
1906/072675675412.5937.5450

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 2. Müdür, held by 4 officials.
2. Müdür4Muhabere Memuru4Meclis Kitabeti1Müfettiş1Muharrerat Memuru1Posta Memuru1Reji Muduru1Rüsumat Memuru11853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official2 officials

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, Sidon (Sayda)
Year2. MüdürMuhabere MemuruMeclis KitabetiMüfettişMuharrerat MemuruPosta MemuruReji MuduruRüsumat Memuru
1851/521
1852/531
1853/541
1854/551
1855/561
1856/571
1857/581
1858/591
1859/601
1863/641
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1874/751
1875/761
1880/8111
1881/8211
1882/8311
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1891/9211
1892/93111
1893/94111
1894/951
1895/96111
1896/971
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/032
1903/0421
1904/05121
1905/06121
1906/0711

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) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Sidon (Sayda)4 born hereBeirut (Beyrut)Istanbul (Dersaadet)SafranboluTripoli (Trablusşam)Tuna4 officials1 official

All 7 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beirut (Beyrut)4
Sidon (Sayda)4this place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Lubnan1
Safranbolu1
Tripoli (Trablusşam)1
Tuna1
Where the officials born here were serving
Sidon (Sayda)4 serving hereBeirut (Beyrut)Gaza (Gazze)Jaffa (Yafa)Damascus (Şam)AdanaCebeli garibiFurther placesBajil (Bacil)Further places13 officials1 official

Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Baniyas (Banyas) (1) and Batumi (Batum) (1).

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 47, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beirut (Beyrut)13
Acre (Akka)7
Gaza (Gazze)6
Jaffa (Yafa)6
Damascus (Şam)4
Sidon (Sayda)4this place
Tripoli (Trablusşam)3
Tyre (Sur)3
Adana2
As-Suwayda (Süveyda)2

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

14 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.
Abdürrahim EfendiMehmed Şevket BeySusa Selim Nikoli EfendiHızır Abbas EfendiKaysar EfendiAbdülmecit EfendiResit Efendiİbrahim Sarim BeyMehmet Fevzi EfendiMehmet Necip EfendiMehmet Tevfik EfendiTahor EfendiAhmet Hilmi EfendiMustafa Ferid Efendi1853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Post 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

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

Officials of Sidon (Sayda)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Resit Efendi1881 to 189615Rüsumat Memurucustoms official360 to 700Sidon (Sayda)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1895 to 190611Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)495 to 595Beirut (Beyrut)
Abdürrahim Efendi1851 to 18609Meclis Kitabeticouncil clerkship150 to 300Sidon (Sayda)
Hızır Abbas Efendi1870 to 187652. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760 to 800Beirut (Beyrut)
Abdülmecit Efendi1880 to 18844Posta Memurupostal official475Beirut (Beyrut)
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1903 to 19074Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence150Sidon (Sayda)
Tahor Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Sidon (Sayda)
Mehmet Fevzi Efendi1891 to 18943Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)142Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1892 to 189632. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)750Tuna
Mustafa Ferid Efendi1904 to 190732. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Sarim Bey1884/851Reji Muduru1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kaysar Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Lubnan
Mehmed Şevket Bey1863/6412. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,440Safranbolu
Susa Selim Nikoli Efendi1869/701Müfettişinspector2,500Beirut (Beyrut)

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

20 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. Abdürrahim Efendi 1851 to 1902, Beirut (Beyrut)
  2. Kasım Tevfik Efendi 1867 to 1903, Tyre (Sur)
  3. Muhittin Sırrı Bey 1876 to 1909, Jableh (Cebele)
  4. Selim Efendi 1867 to 1897, Haifa (Hayfa)
  5. Mahmut Efendi 1876 to 1901, As-Suwayda (Süveyda)
  6. Resit Efendi 1870 to 1896, Sidon (Sayda)
  7. Habib Efendi 1869 to 1894, Acre (Akka)
  8. Mustafa Efendi 1887 to 1909, Antakya
  9. Ahmed Efendi 1876 to 1896, Jaffa (Yafa)
  10. Mehmet Efendi 1876 to 1893, Beirut (Beyrut)
  11. Abdüllatif Lütfü Efendi 1882 to 1899, Beirut (Beyrut)
  12. Mehmet Aziz Efendi 1888 to 1905, Cebeli garibi
  13. Abdullah Hıtar Efendi 1890 to 1901, Tiberias (Taberiye)
  14. Yusuf Timur Efendi 1892 to 1903, Gaza (Gazze)
  15. Ahmet Hilmi Efendi 1903 to 1909, Sidon (Sayda)
  16. Tahor Efendi 1902 to 1906, Sidon (Sayda)
  17. Anton Abud Efendi 1900 to 1903, Gaza (Gazze)
  18. Hasan Rıza Efendi 1909 to 1911, Gaza (Gazze)
  19. İbrahim Hilmi Efendi 1880 to 1882, Beirut (Beyrut)
  20. Unnamed official (0157_0180; 355) 1898 to 1910, Jaffa (Yafa)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Names, position and identifiers of Sidon (Sayda)
Place
Identifierl-9195dc3ec8053a95
Spelling in the cataloguesayda
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceBeirut (Beyrut) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBeyrut
PositionLatitude 33.557507, longitude 35.373269. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLebanon
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SaydaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
SidonEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SaydaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
saydaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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