Place
Varna
Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.
37 officials are recorded serving in Varna, from 1854 to 1910 (AH 1271 to 1327), in 93 annual entries. The median of the 93 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1877/78 with 12 officials. 15 officials of the collection were born here.
- Officials serving
- 37
- Annual entries1854 to 1910, AH 1271 to 1327
- 93
- Year with most officials12 officials
- 1877/78
- Median monthly salaryfrom 93 recorded salaries
- 500 kuruş
- Officials born here
- 15
Officials on record each year
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Officials on record | First recorded | Annual entries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1854/55 (AH 1271) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1856/57 (AH 1273) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1857/58 (AH 1274) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1861/62 (AH 1278) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1862/63 (AH 1279) | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 12 | 4 | 12 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 same numbers as a table
| Year | Recorded salaries | Median | Mean | Lower quartile | Upper quartile | Median of the whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854/55 | 1 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 400 |
| 1856/57 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 375 |
| 1857/58 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 475 |
| 1861/62 | 3 | 500 | 833.33 | 450 | 1,050 | 600 |
| 1862/63 | 5 | 550 | 640 | 500 | 750 | 500 |
| 1863/64 | 4 | 525 | 612.5 | 475 | 662.5 | 500 |
| 1864/65 | 4 | 525 | 612.5 | 475 | 662.5 | 625 |
| 1866/67 | 1 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 600 |
| 1867/68 | 2 | 390 | 390 | 385 | 395 | 600 |
| 1868/69 | 4 | 450 | 575 | 350 | 675 | 600 |
| 1869/70 | 5 | 500 | 736 | 480 | 500 | 600 |
| 1870/71 | 4 | 400 | 400 | 275 | 525 | 600 |
| 1871/72 | 5 | 500 | 469 | 455 | 570 | 550 |
| 1872/73 | 5 | 455 | 407 | 200 | 570 | 550 |
| 1873/74 | 3 | 570 | 463.33 | 385 | 595 | 500 |
| 1874/75 | 5 | 385 | 431 | 380 | 570 | 535 |
| 1875/76 | 6 | 450 | 475.83 | 388.75 | 552.5 | 530 |
| 1876/77 | 9 | 400 | 509.44 | 400 | 500 | 575 |
| 1877/78 | 12 | 500 | 525 | 400 | 600 | 560 |
| 1878 | 7 | 750 | 714.29 | 625 | 750 | 600 |
| 1878/79 | 2 | 625 | 625 | 562.5 | 687.5 | 600 |
| 1906/07 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 450 |
| 1907/08 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 300 |
| 1908/09 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 350 |
| 1909/10 | 1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 462.5 |
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
The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Muhabere Memuru | 1. Müdür | 2. Müdür | Bascavus | Müdür | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Çavuş | Duhan Memuru |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854/55 | ||||||||
| 1856/57 | 1 | |||||||
| 1857/58 | ||||||||
| 1861/62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1862/63 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1863/64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1864/65 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1866/67 | 1 | |||||||
| 1867/68 | 1 | |||||||
| 1868/69 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1869/70 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1870/71 | 3 | |||||||
| 1871/72 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1872/73 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1873/74 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1874/75 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 1875/76 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 1876/77 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1877/78 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1878 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 1878/79 | 2 | |||||||
| 1906/07 | 1 | |||||||
| 1907/08 | 1 | |||||||
| 1908/09 | 1 | |||||||
| 1909/10 | 1 |
Jobs and their officials, all years
All 16 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.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place Office or region
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 17 | |
| Varna | 6 | this place |
| Burgas (Burgaz) | 2 | |
| Ruse (Rusçuk) | 2 | |
| Bursa | 1 | |
| Diyarbakır | 1 | |
| Edirne | 1 | |
| Ioannina (Yanya) | 1 | |
| Kütahya | 1 | |
| Loma | 1 |
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 7 | |
| Varna | 6 | this place |
| Edirne | 3 | |
| Beyoğlu | 2 | |
| Constanța (Köstence) | 2 | |
| Hudavendigar | 2 | |
| Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) | 1 | in the small map |
| Al-Aziziyah (Aziziye) | 1 | |
| Al-Faw (Fav) | 1 | in the small map |
| Ayaş | 1 |
One row per official, one cell per recorded year
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
37 officials, the one with most annual entries here first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.
| Official | Years here | Annual entries | Main title here | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Şemsettin Efendi | 1870 to 1878 | 8 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 570 to 600 | Varna |
| İbrahim Ethem Efendi | 1868 to 1875 | 7 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 200 | Ruse (Rusçuk) |
| Mehmet Sait Efend | 1871 to 1878 | 7 | Bascavus | 500 to 620 | Varna |
| Mehmed Şevki Efendi | 1874 to 1879 | 6 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 385 to 500 | Ruse (Rusçuk) |
| Mehmet Emin Efendi | 1861 to 1867 | 5 | Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade) | 450 to 500 | Varna |
| Salih Kazım Efendi | 1861 to 1878 | 5 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 400 to 750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Seyyit Ahmet Naci Efendi | 1867 to 1872 | 5 | Posta Memurupostal official | 400 to 500 | Varna |
| Mehmet Nuri Efendi | 1874 to 1878 | 4 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 380 to 600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Yusuf Cemal Efendi | 1906 to 1910 | 4 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 700 | Kütahya |
| Ahmet Rıfat Efendi | 1856 to 1870 | 3 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 500 to 2,000 | Varna |
| İsmail Efendi | 1862 to 1865 | 3 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 550 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Bey | 1876 to 1878 | 3 | Seyyar Memurtravelling official | 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Emin Efendi | 1870 to 1873 | 3 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 300 to 455 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Tevfik Efendi | 1875 to 1878 | 3 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 400 | Burgas (Burgaz) |
| Şahin Kirkor Efendi | 1862 to 1865 | 3 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications | 1,000 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Halis Efendi | 1878 to 1879 | 2 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Salih Rıfat Efendi | 1876 to 1878 | 2 | Duhan Memuru | 150 | Varna |
| Abdulkerim Fehmi Efendi | 1875/76 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 500 | Diyarbakır |
| Ahmet Refik Efendi | 1869/70 | 1 | Tahrirat Kalemicorrespondence office | 500 | Ioannina (Yanya) |
| Ahmet Tevfik Efendi | 1867/68 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 380 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ali Rıza Efendi | 1868/69 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 400 | Omurtag (Osmanpazarı) |
| Ali Rıza Efendi | 1878 | 1 | 2. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head) | 750 | Loma |
| Bagdik Maksut Efendi | 1877/78 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| İsmail Nuri Efendi | 1878 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmed Raşid Efendi | 1878 | 1 | 2. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head) | 1,000 | Tekirdağ |
Show the other 12 officials
| Official | Years here | Annual entries | Main title here | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmed Salim Efendi | 1869/70 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 480 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Akif Efendi | 1877/78 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 400 | Thessaloniki (Selanik) |
| Mehmet Efendi | 1877/78 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Kamil Bey | 1876/77 | 1 | 1. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head) | 1,250 | Bursa |
| Mehmet Sami Efendi | 1876/77 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 400 | Burgas (Burgaz) |
| Mehmet Tevfik Efendi | 1878 | 1 | Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator) | 750 | Niš (Niş) |
| Mıgırdiç Acemyan | 1862/63 | 1 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications | 750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Agah Efendi | 1861/62 | 1 | Müdürdirector | 1,600 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Cevdet Efendi | 1872/73 | 1 | Memurofficial | 190 | Edirne |
| Mustafa Efendi | 1854/55 | 1 | Telgraf Insaa Idaresi | 1,500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa İsmet Efendi | 1868/69 | 1 | 1. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head) | 1,200 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Tevfik Efendi | 1877/78 | 1 | Ittihat Posta Memuru | 1,000 | Istanbul (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
15 officials of the collection were born here. 6 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.
- Mehmet Sait Efend 1864 to 1905, Trabzon
- Ahmet Rıfat Efendi 1855 to 1887, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Osman Hilmi Efendi 1879 to 1912, Yeni camii postanesi
- Şemsettin Efendi 1866 to 1898, Varna
- Süleyman Akif Efendi 1880 to 1900, Bursa
- Ali Ramiz Efendi 1893 to 1906, Bandırma
- Mehmet Şerif Efendi 1889 to 1901, Muradiye (Bargiri)
- Ahmet Fevzi Efendi 1901 to 1910, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- İbrahim Zeki Efendi 1897 to 1905, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Mehmet Emin Efendi 1860 to 1869, Varna
- Abdullah Agah Efendi 1901 to 1907, Çanakkale
- Salih Rıfat Efendi 1876 to 1896, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Seyyit Ahmet Naci Efendi 1867 to 1872, Varna
- Hasan Efendi 1909/10, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Unnamed official (0089_0155:305) 1892 to 1906, Beyoğlu
Where the same officials are also recorded
| Place | Officials |
|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3 |
| Ruse (Rusçuk) | 3 |
| Ankara | 2 |
| Edirne | 2 |
| Keşan | 2 |
| Shumen (Şumnu) | 2 |
| Van | 2 |
| Balıkesir | 1 |
| Berat | 1 |
| Constanța (Köstence) | 1 |
The 10 places with most officials, of 29.
| Place | Officials |
|---|---|
| Ruse (Rusçuk) | 5 |
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2 |
| Shumen (Şumnu) | 2 |
| Tekirdağ | 2 |
| Amasya | 1 |
| Babadag (Babadağ) | 1 |
| Bethlehem (Beytüllahim) | 1 |
| Beyoğlu | 1 |
| Beşiktaş | 1 |
| Constanța (Köstence) | 1 |
The 10 places with most officials, of 24.
Names, position and identifiers of Varna
| Identifier | l-96ab93fedca0b66f |
|---|---|
| Spelling in the catalogue | varna |
| Name | Name matched |
| Kind of place | Seat of a sancak |
| Province | Danube (Tuna) |
| How the province was chosen | the administrative reference names this province |
| Sancak in the administrative reference | Varna |
| Position | Latitude 43.205128, longitude 27.9177. Position agreed between the records and the reference |
| Present-day country | Bulgaria |
| Name | Language | Kind of name | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | English | Preferred name | Editor |
| Varna | Turkish | Preferred name | Editor |
| Varna | Spelling in the records | Other name | Annual records |
| varna | Spelling in the records | Other name | Annual records |
Named in works about this place
One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Özhan (2024), 99 entries, 11 probably and 0 possibly officials of this collection.
Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN (2024), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Varnalı).
| Name as printed | Pages | Official of the collection |
|---|---|---|
| ABDULLAH AGÂH EFENDİ | PDF 53, 54 | Probably Abdullah Agah Efendi |
| AHMED FEVZİ EFENDİ | PDF 65, 66 | Probably Ahmet Fevzi Efendi |
| AHMED RIFAT EFENDİ | PDF 68, 69, 70 | Probably Ahmet Rıfat Efendi |
| ALİ RAMİZ EFENDİ | PDF 80, 81 | Probably Ali Ramiz Efendi |
| HASAN EFENDİ | PDF 91, 92 | Probably Hasan Efendi |
| İBRAHİM ZEKİ EFENDİ | PDF 121 | Probably İbrahim Zeki Efendi |
| MEHMED EMİN EFENDİ | PDF 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142 | Probably Mehmet Emin Efendi |
| MEHMED ŞERİF EFENDİ | PDF 162, 163 | Probably Mehmet Şerif Efendi |
| OSMAN HİLMİ EFENDİ | PDF 188, 189, 190 | Probably Osman Hilmi Efendi |
| SALİH RIFAT EFENDİ | PDF 201 | Probably Salih Rıfat Efendi |
89 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.