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Place

Ayvalık

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

41 officials are recorded serving in Ayvalık, from 1865 to 1907 (AH 1282 to 1324), in 129 annual entries. The median of the 129 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş. The fullest year is 1866/67 with 5 officials. 1 official of the collection was born here.

Officials serving
41
Annual entries1865 to 1907, AH 1282 to 1324
129
Year with most officials5 officials
1866/67
Median monthly salaryfrom 129 recorded salaries
540 kuruş
Officials born here
1
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1866/67 (AH 1283) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 43.
0123451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13205 in 1866/67Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Ayvalık
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1865/66 (AH 1282)222
1866/67 (AH 1283)545
1867/68 (AH 1284)303
1868/69 (AH 1285)434
1869/70 (AH 1286)303
1870/71 (AH 1287)202
1871/72 (AH 1288)202
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)202
1874/75 (AH 1291)303
1875/76 (AH 1292)303
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)222
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)313
1879/80 (AH 1297)303
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)212
1885/86 (AH 1303)313
1886/87 (AH 1304)303
1887/88 (AH 1305)303
1888/89 (AH 1306)313
1889/90 (AH 1307)323
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)424
1892/93 (AH 1310)303
1893/94 (AH 1311)424
1894/95 (AH 1312)424
1895/96 (AH 1313)414
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)414
1898/99 (AH 1316)323
1899/1900 (AH 1317)545
1900/01 (AH 1318)515
1901/02 (AH 1319)424
1902/03 (AH 1320)404
1903/04 (AH 1321)525
1904/05 (AH 1322)434
1905/06 (AH 1323)414
1906/07 (AH 1324)101

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 129 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, the mean 558 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Median 500 kuruş in 1903/04Ayvalık, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Ayvalık
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1865/6621,0381,0388071,269650
1866/675576710.4576720600
1867/683720800600960600
1868/694600700400900600
1869/703400666.67400800600
1870/7128008006001,000600
1871/722690690535845550
1872/731380380380380550
1873/742785785677.5892.5500
1874/753760776.67665880535
1875/763760776.67665880530
1876/772800800800800575
1877/7821,9001,9001,3502,450560
18781800800800800600
1878/793800660590800600
1879/803600526.67490600500
1880/812490490435545500
1881/822490490435545500
1882/831600600600600500
1883/841600600600600500
1884/852490490435545500
1885/863380406.67310490500
1886/873380406.67310490500
1887/883380406.67310490500
1888/893380453.33380490500
1889/903380453.33380490500
1890/913380453.33380490500
1891/924490490380600500
1892/933600526.67490600500
1893/944490425315600500
1894/954490425315600500
1895/964472.5416.25288.75600500
1896/974422.5376.25288.75510500
1897/984442.5386.25288.75540500
1898/993540523.33470585500
1899/19005550544540600500
1900/015550516400600500
1901/024450450400500500
1902/034450450400500500
1903/045500438400500475
1904/054350387.5287.5450450
1905/064350372.5287.5435475
1906/071540540540540450

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

11 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 22 officials.
Muhabere Memuru223. Müdür7Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti52. Müdür4Başmemur21. Müdür1Asar Nezareti1Başmuhabere Memuru11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official3 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, Ayvalık
YearMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. MüdürBaşmemur1. MüdürAsar NezaretiBaşmuhabere Memuru
1865/6611
1866/672111
1867/68111
1868/69112
1869/70111
1870/7111
1871/7211
1872/731
1873/7411
1874/75111
1875/76111
1876/7711
1877/7811
18781
1878/79111
1879/80111
1880/8111
1881/8211
1882/831
1883/841
1884/8511
1885/8611
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/8921
1889/9021
1890/9121
1891/92211
1892/93111
1893/94111
1894/9521
1895/9621
1896/9721
1897/98111
1898/99111
1899/1900112
1900/01211
1901/0231
1902/0331
1903/0432
1904/0531
1905/0631
1906/071

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 11 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
AyvalıkIstanbul (Dersaadet)Chania (Hanya)ÇorluArapgirBolu18 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 22, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)18
Chania (Hanya)2
Çorlu2
Arapgir1
Bolu1
Burdur1
Burgas (Burgaz)1
Çanakkale1
Hersek1
Izmir (İzmir)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Al-Faw (Fav) (1), Basra (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

41 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.
1411865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 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

41 officials, the one with most annual entries here first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Ayvalık
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
John Vitali Efendi1868 to 189926Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400 to 800Izmir (İzmir)
İbrahim Agah Efendi1868 to 187782. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nebil Efendi1868 to 18768Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 570Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Kemalettin Efendi1900 to 19066Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Asım Efendi1884 to 18895Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Fevzi Efendi1893 to 18985Posta Memurupostal official120Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Zühtü Efendi1899 to 19034Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kırkağaç
Hafız Hasan Suphi Efendi1878 to 18824Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1877 to 188042. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)600 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Faik Efendi1889 to 18934Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmed İzzet Efendi1894 to 18973Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500 to 600Karnobat (Karinabad)
Ali Afif Efendi1866 to 18693Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)576 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Aziz Mahmud Efendi1898 to 190133. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)630Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ethem Efendi1865 to 186832. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,200 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Avni Efendi1885 to 18883Memurofficial240Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1901 to 190433. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)500Mytilene (Midilli)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)345Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Neşet Agop Tokluyan Yakop Efendi1891 to 189433. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600Arapgir
Ahmet Hidayet efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Çanakkale
Hasan Fahri Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Hersek
İbrahim Cevat Efendi1899 to 19012Merkez Memurucentral office official540 to 600Chania (Hanya)
İsmail Zühdü Bey1866 to 18682Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480 to 576Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mühtedi Mehmet İrfan Efendi1905 to 190723. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Bolu
Ahmet Feyzi Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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Officials of Ayvalık, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Hayri Efendi1890/911Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Atnaşyadi Efendi1904/051Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Leskovik
Hasan Basri Efendi1897/9813. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Keşan
Hasan Neşet Efendi1899/19001Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Niš (Niş)
Hazım Rasim Efendi1865/661Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)576Tekirdağ
İsmail Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Burgas (Burgaz)
Kirkor Kakmaciyan Efendi1903/0413. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kostantin Kotovili1866/671Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Asaf Bey1877/781Asar Nezareti3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rasim Efendi1866/671Başmemurchief official720Silivri
Mehmet Sezai Efendi1889/901Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Safranbolu
Mehmet Talat Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Rhodes (Rodos)
Mustafa Kamil Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Çorlu
Unnamed official (0049_0042; 81)1901 to 19043Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Çorlu
Unnamed official (0067_0248; sayfa no:493)1899 to 19012Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications550Chania (Hanya)
Unnamed official (0065_0158; 313)1888/891Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Burdur

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

1 official of the collection was 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. İspridyon Yavi Efendi 1877 to 1899, Al-Faw (Fav)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Edremit3
Izmir (İzmir)2
Çanakkale2
Al-Faw (Fav)1
Aydın1
Babrotin1
Bafra1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Bursa1
Dikili1

The 10 places with most officials, of 29.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Edremit4
Izmir (İzmir)3
Chios (Sakız)2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Mytilene (Midilli)2
Nazilli2
Ardos1
Bandırma1
Bartın1
Bursa1

The 10 places with most officials, of 30.

Names, position and identifiers of Ayvalık
Place
Identifierl-9ffe524ac53edcc5
Spelling in the catalogueayvalik
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceBalıkesir province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceKaresi
PositionLatitude 39.320035, longitude 26.694641. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
AyvalıkEnglishPreferred nameEditor
AyvalıkTurkishPreferred nameEditor
AyvalikSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
ayvalikSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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