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As-Suwayda (Süveyda)

Place in Syria (Suriye) province. Present-day country: Syria.

14 officials are recorded serving in As-Suwayda (Süveyda), from 1881 to 1907 (AH 1299 to 1324), in 33 annual entries. The median of the 33 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1903/04 with 3 officials.

Officials serving
14
Annual entries1881 to 1907, AH 1299 to 1324
33
Year with most officials3 officials
1903/04
Median monthly salaryfrom 33 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1903/04 (AH 1321) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 20.
01231882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13203 in 1903/04Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, As-Suwayda (Süveyda)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1881/82 (AH 1299)222
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)212
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)111
1899/1900 (AH 1317)222
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)323
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1905/06 (AH 1323)313
1906/07 (AH 1324)222

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 33 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 489 kuruş.
01002003004005001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320475 kuruş in 1906/07As-Suwayda (Süveyda), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, As-Suwayda (Süveyda)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1881/822500500500500500
1882/832500500500500500
1883/842500500500500500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/882500500500500500
1888/891500500500500500
1889/902500500500500500
1890/911500500500500500
1891/921500500500500500
1893/941500500500500500
1899/19002450450425475500
1900/012500500500500500
1901/021500500500500500
1902/031500500500500500
1903/043450466.67450475475
1904/052475475462.5487.5450
1905/063500483.33475500475
1906/072475475462.5487.5450

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

6 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 8 officials.
Muhabere Memuru83. Müdür2Merkez Memuru2Memur1Nahiye Muduru1Posta Memuru11882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241 official2 officials

The 6 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, As-Suwayda (Süveyda)
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürMerkez MemuruMemurNahiye MuduruPosta Memuru
1881/8211
1882/8311
1883/842
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/882
1888/891
1889/9011
1890/911
1891/921
1893/941
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/021
1902/031
1903/0421
1904/052
1905/0621
1906/0711

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 6 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
As-Suwayda (Süveyda)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Sidon (Sayda)Aleppo (Halep)Damascus (Şam)Kazanlik4 officials1 official

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.
Aziz Mahmut EfendiMahmut EfendiAbdüllatif Lütfü Efendiİbrahim Rahmi EfendiHüseyin EfendiUnnamed official (0067_0247;…Hasan Hüsnü EfendiAhmet Şükrü EfendiMehmet Kemalettin EfendiAhmet Edip EfendiHaydar EfendiUnnamed official (0049_0030;…Emin Hikmet EfendiMehmet Şükrü Efendi1882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324Post 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 As-Suwayda (Süveyda)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mahmut Efendi1881 to 189211Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Sidon (Sayda)
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi1900 to 19044Merkez Memurucentral office official500Damascus (Şam)
Ahmet Edip Efendi1903 to 19063Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Aleppo (Halep)
Aziz Mahmut Efendi1881 to 18883Memurofficial500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1899 to 190123. Müdürdirector of the third grade500Lovech (Lofça)
Haydar Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Van
Abdüllatif Lütfü Efendi1883/841Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Sidon (Sayda)
Emin Hikmet Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Nablus
Hüseyin Efendi1893/9413. Müdürdirector of the third grade500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Rahmi Efendi1889/901Nahiye Muduru500Kazanlik
Mehmet Kemalettin Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1906/071Posta Memurupostal official450Kunfuda
Unnamed official (0049_0030; 57-58)1905/061Merkez Memurucentral office official500Niš (Niş)
Unnamed official (0067_0247; sayfa no:491)1899/19001Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (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.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Damascus (Şam)2
Acre (Akka)1
Al-Nabk (Nebek)1
Al-Salt (Salt)1
Bartın1
Havran1
Idlib (İdlib)1
Razlog (Razlık)1
Samos (Sisam)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 12.

Names, position and identifiers of As-Suwayda (Süveyda)
Place
Identifierl-97452a056b24e2cf
Spelling in the cataloguesuveyde
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceSyria (Suriye)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceSalt
PositionLatitude 32.708808, longitude 36.568511. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countrySyria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
As-SuwaydaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SüveydaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
SuveydeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
suveydeSpelling 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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