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Edessa (Vodina)

Place in Thessaloniki (Selanik) province. Present-day country: Greece.

9 officials are recorded serving in Edessa (Vodina), from 1866 to 1909 (AH 1283 to 1326), in 23 annual entries. The median of the 23 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş. The fullest year is 1891/92 with 2 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
9
Annual entries1866 to 1909, AH 1283 to 1326
23
Year with most officials2 officials
1891/92
Median monthly salaryfrom 23 recorded salaries
540 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1891/92 (AH 1309) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 21.
0121868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13252 in 1891/92Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Edessa (Vodina)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1866/67 (AH 1283)111
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)111
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)111
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)111
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 23 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, the mean 547 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325250 kuruş in 1908/09Edessa (Vodina), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Edessa (Vodina)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1866/671300300300300600
1867/681250250250250600
1871/721475475475475550
1872/731475475475475550
1873/741475475475475500
1876/771530530530530575
1877/781600600600600560
18781600600600600600
1878/791600600600600600
1879/801500500500500500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/841500500500500500
1890/911800800800800500
1891/922800800800800500
1892/932800800800800500
1894/951600600600600500
1895/961600600600600500
1896/971540540540540500
1897/981540540540540500
1905/061250250250250475
1908/091250250250250350

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

3 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 7 officials.
Muhabere Memuru73. Müdür1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official

The 3 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Edessa (Vodina)
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
1866/671
1867/681
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1882/831
1883/841
1890/911
1891/9211
1892/9311
1894/951
1895/961
1896/971
1897/981
1905/061
1908/091

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 3 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
Edessa (Vodina)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Thessaloniki (Selanik)Bihać (Bihke)Ioannina (Yanya)Karacabey (Mihaliç)BahcesarayFurther places2 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Razlog (Razlık) (2), Avrathisar (1), Elassona (Alasonya) (1), Giannitsa (Yenice-i Vardar) (1), Kurveles (1), Kuzukoy (1), Ohrid (Ohri) (1), Serres (Siroz) (1), Thessaloniki (Selanik) (1), Yayabogazi (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

9 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.
Hasan Tahsin EfendiAli Galip EfendiMustafa Necip EfendiAhmet Niyazi Efendiİshak Nisyon Amon Efendiİshak Nisyon Amon EfendiHafız Mehmet Müslim EfendiSüleyman Niyazi EfendiMehmet Tevfik Efendi1868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post and Telegraph entry

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

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

Officials of Edessa (Vodina)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mustafa Necip Efendi1871 to 18808Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475 to 600Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Hafız Mehmet Müslim Efendi1894 to 189843. Müdürdirector of the third grade540 to 600Ioannina (Yanya)
İshak Nisyon Amon Efendi1890 to 18933Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Niyazi Efendi1882 to 18842Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Bihać (Bihke)
İshak Nisyon Amon Efendi1891 to 18932Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Galip Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Bahcesaray
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1866/671Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Karacabey (Mihaliç)
Süleyman Niyazi Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Vardar

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

3 officials of the collection were born here. None of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Hasan Rasim Efendi 1883 to 1898, Kuzukoy
  2. Ahmet Rüşti Efendi 1902 to 1909, Avrathisar
  3. Abdurrahim Efendi 1902 to 1907, Giannitsa (Yenice-i Vardar)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Thessaloniki (Selanik)3
Beyoğlu2
Gracko1
Serres (Siroz)1
Tirebit1
Names, position and identifiers of Edessa (Vodina)
Place
Identifierl-925db96955575014
Spelling in the cataloguevodina
NameName verified
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceThessaloniki (Selanik) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceSelanik
PositionLatitude 40.80087, longitude 22.049345. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
EdessaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
VodinaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
VodinaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
vodinaSpelling 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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