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Place

Harput

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

20 officials are recorded serving in Harput, from 1859 to 1910 (AH 1276 to 1327), in 70 annual entries. The median of the 70 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1863/64 with 3 officials. 27 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
20
Annual entries1859 to 1910, AH 1276 to 1327
70
Year with most officials3 officials
1863/64
Median monthly salaryfrom 70 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
27
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1863/64 (AH 1280) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 43.
01231863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1863/64Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Harput
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1859/60 (AH 1276)222
1860/61 (AH 1277)212
1861/62 (AH 1278)202
1862/63 (AH 1279)202
1863/64 (AH 1280)323
1864/65 (AH 1281)202
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)323
1879/80 (AH 1297)303
1880/81 (AH 1298)303
1881/82 (AH 1299)303
1882/83 (AH 1300)323
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)212
1885/86 (AH 1303)202
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)323
1902/03 (AH 1320)111
1907/08 (AH 1325)111
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 70 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 542 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325540 kuruş in 1909/10Harput, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Harput
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1859/602300300275325500
1860/612275275237.5312.5500
1861/622275275237.5312.5600
1862/632250250225275500
1863/643500766.674001,000500
1864/6529909906451,335625
1865/6611,6801,6801,6801,680650
1866/6711,6801,6801,6801,680600
1868/691400400400400600
1870/7111,2001,2001,2001,200600
1871/7211,0901,0901,0901,090550
1872/7311,0901,0901,0901,090550
1874/751355355355355535
1875/761355355355355530
1876/771400400400400575
1877/781400400400400560
18781400400400400600
1878/793400633.33350800600
1879/803380553.33330690500
1880/813380553.33330690500
1881/823380553.33330690500
1882/833380386.67380390500
1883/842500500450550500
1884/852500500450550500
1885/862450450425475500
1886/872450450425475500
1887/882450450425475500
1888/892450450425475500
1889/902500500450550500
1890/912500500450550500
1891/921400400400400500
1892/931400400400400500
1893/941400400400400500
1894/951400400400400500
1896/971540540540540500
1897/981540540540540500
1898/991540540540540500
1899/19001540540540540500
1900/013540486.67460540500
1902/031380380380380500
1907/081300300300300300
1908/091300300300300350
1909/101540540540540462.5

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

10 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 11 officials.
Muhabere Memuru111. Müdür33. Müdür32. Müdür2Çavuş2Başmüdür Kitabeti1Merkez Memuru1Müdür11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 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, Harput
YearMuhabere Memuru1. Müdür3. Müdür2. MüdürÇavuşBaşmüdür KitabetiMerkez MemuruMüdür
1859/601
1860/612
1861/622
1862/6311
1863/6421
1864/6511
1865/661
1866/671
1868/691
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/79111
1879/80111
1880/81111
1881/82111
1882/832
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/862
1886/872
1887/882
1888/892
1889/902
1890/912
1891/921
1892/931
1893/941
1894/951
1896/971
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/0112
1902/031
1907/081
1908/091
1909/101

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 10 titles. Over all years an official is counted once under each title. A title with a page of its own is a link.

  1. Muhabere Memuru 11
  2. 1. Müdür 3
  3. 3. Müdür 3
  4. 2. Müdür 2
  5. Çavuş 2
  6. Başmüdür Kitabeti 1
  7. Merkez Memuru 1
  8. Müdür 1
  9. Posta Memuru 1
  10. Zabita Kitabeti 1

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
Harput4 born hereDiyarbakırSivasArapgirBitlisIstanbul (Dersaadet)3 officials1 official

All 10 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Harput4this place
Diyarbakır3
Sivas3
Arapgir2
Bitlis2
Kemaliye (Eğin)2
Elazığ1
Ergani1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Malatya1
Where the officials born here were serving
Harput4 serving hereDiyarbakırAleppo (Halep)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Damascus (Şam)AydınMecca (Mekke)TaizFurther placesMisrataFurther places8 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 83, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Diyarbakır8
Aleppo (Halep)4
Elazığ4
Harput4this place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Damascus (Şam)3
Erzurum3
Adana2
Aydın2
Beirut (Beyrut)2

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

20 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.
Ahmet Hamdi EfendiHüseyin Hüsnü EfendiEsad EfendiMustafa Sabri EfendiKadri EfendiMehmet Mehdi EfendiAli Rıza EfendiMehmet Akif EfendiMahmut Raşit EfendiNikogos Fethi Efendiİbrahim İlhami EfendiMihail Fehmi EfendiMehmet Vehbi EfendiOsman Nuri EfendiMehmet Hilmi EfendiMehmet Ali EfendiMehmet Şevket EfendiAbdullah Avni EfendiMehmet Fahri EfendiMEHMET RÜŞTÜ EFENDİ1863/64AH 12801868/69AH 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

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

Officials of Harput
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Akif Efendi1874 to 189115Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)355 to 600Bitlis
Mihail Fehmi Efendi1882 to 189513Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Diyarbakır
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1859 to 18656Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade)300 to 350Bitlis
Mehmet Hilmi Efendi1896 to 190153. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Kemaliye (Eğin)
Nikogos Fethi Efendi1878 to 18835Merkez Memurucentral office official280 to 380Elazığ
Kadri Efendi1863 to 18674Müdürdirector1,500 to 1,680Sivas
Mahmut Raşit Efendi1878 to 188242. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000 to 1,200Harput
Ali Rıza Efendi1870 to 187332. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,090 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Esad Efendi1860 to 18633Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade)200Harput
Mehmet Fahri Efendi1907 to 19092Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Harput
Abdullah Avni Efendi1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Malatya
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1859/601Zabita Kitabeti250Harput
İbrahim İlhami Efendi1882/831Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Diyarbakır
Mehmet Ali Efendi1900/0113. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Ergani
Mehmet Mehdi Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Diyarbakır
MEHMET RÜŞTÜ EFENDİ1909/101Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540Arapgir
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Arapgir
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi1883/841Başmüdür Kitabeticlerkship of the chief director's office600Sivas
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1863/641Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Sivas
Osman Nuri Efendi1884/8513. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Kemaliye (Eğin)

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

27 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. Mahmut Raşit Efendi 1860 to 1899, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  2. Mustafa Cudi Efendi 1870 to 1903, Suriye
  3. Abdullah Efendi 1861 to 1894, Basra
  4. Ahmet Hamdi Efendi 1859 to 1888, Adana
  5. Esad Efendi 1860 to 1895, Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
  6. Mehmet Şükrü Efendi 1875 to 1903, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  7. Mustafa Atıf Efendi 1879 to 1906, Fatsa
  8. Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi 1882 to 1908, Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)
  9. Ali Galip Efendi 1890 to 1912, Diyarbakır
  10. Cemal Efendi 1874 to 1896, Diyarbakır
  11. Abdurarhim Rahmi Efendi 1883 to 1906, Elazığ
  12. Mustafa Efendi 1860 to 1882, Beyoğlu
  13. Ahmet Emin Efendi 1880 to 1901, Damascus (Şam)
  14. Mehmed Ziya Eefendi 1884 to 1898, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  15. Yusuf Efendi 1888 to 1901, Erzurum
  16. Mehmet Naim Efendi 1895 to 1906, Ankara
  17. Mehmet Tevfik Efendi 1878 to 1889, Van
  18. Hafız Mehmet Şükrü Efendi 1901 to 1906, Budak
  19. Yasef Recai Efendi 1902 to 1907, Diyarbakır
  20. Mehmet Fahri Efendi 1907 to 1910, Harput
  21. Ali Rıza Efendi 1907 to 1909, Diyarbakır
  22. İsmail Hakkı Efendi 1892 to 1894, Mecca (Mekke)
  23. BEKİR SITKI EFENDİ 1903/04, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  24. Hafiz Abdurrahman Rahmi Efendi 1880/81
  25. Unnamed official (0067_0244; sayfa no:485) 1890 to 1906, Diyarbakır
  26. Unnamed official (0086_0156:307) 1895 to 1907, Dersim
  27. Unnamed official (0067_0238; sayfa no:473) 1892 to 1905, Damascus (Şam)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Diyarbakır2
Elazığ2
Adıyaman (Hısnımansur)1
Arapgir1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Dersim1
Erzincan1
Erzurum1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Malatya1

The 10 places with most officials, of 16.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Diyarbakır3
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Batman1
Elazığ1
Ergani1
Malatya1
Malviz1
Ovacık1
Palu1
Sivas1

The 10 places with most officials, of 13.

Names, position and identifiers of Harput
Place
Identifierl-91b6138bf8f2c1b3
Spelling in the catalogueharput
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceMamuretülaziz
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceElazig
PositionLatitude 38.715489, longitude 39.228404. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
HarputEnglishPreferred nameEditor
HarputTurkishPreferred nameEditor
HarputSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
harputSpelling 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: Mutluay (2018), 177 entries, 15 probably and 25 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

ENES MUTLUAY (2018), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Harputlu).

Entries of Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Yasef Recai EfendiPDF 71, 72Probably Yasef Recai Efendi
Ali Rıza EfendiPDF 73, 74Probably Ali Rıza Efendi
Mehmet Fahri EfendiPDF 85, 86Probably Mehmet Fahri Efendi
Mehmed Zülfikar EfendiPDF 104, 105, 106Probably Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi
Abdullah EfendiPDF 132, 133, 134Probably Abdullah Efendi
Ali Galip EfendiPDF 151, 152, 153Probably Ali Galip Efendi
Cemal EfendiPDF 156, 157, 158Probably Cemal Efendi
Esad EfendiPDF 158, 159, 160Probably Esad Efendi
Mehmed Naim EfendiPDF 204, 205Probably Mehmet Naim Efendi

168 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.