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Place

Baalbek

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

11 officials are recorded serving in Baalbek, from 1869 to 1904 (AH 1286 to 1321), in 41 annual entries. The median of the 41 recorded monthly salaries is 750 kuruş. The fullest year is 1881/82 with 2 officials.

Officials serving
11
Annual entries1869 to 1904, AH 1286 to 1321
41
Year with most officials2 officials
1881/82
Median monthly salaryfrom 41 recorded salaries
750 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1881/82 (AH 1299) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 33.
0121873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13202 in 1881/82Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Baalbek
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)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
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)222
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)202
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)212
1893/94 (AH 1311)111
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)212
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)111
1901/02 (AH 1319)111
1902/03 (AH 1320)111
1903/04 (AH 1321)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 41 recorded monthly salaries is 750 kuruş, the mean 725 kuruş.
02004006008001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320640 kuruş in 1903/04Baalbek, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Baalbek
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1869/701800800800800600
1870/711800800800800600
1871/721760760760760550
1872/731760760760760550
1873/741760760760760500
1874/751760760760760535
1875/761760760760760530
1876/771800800800800575
1877/781800800800800560
18781800800800800600
1878/791800800800800600
1879/801600600600600500
1880/811600600600600500
1881/822750750750750500
1882/832750750750750500
1883/842750750750750500
1884/852750750750750500
1885/862750750750750500
1886/872750750750750500
1888/891760760760760500
1891/921800800800800500
1892/932650650575725500
1893/941800800800800500
1894/951800800800800500
1895/961800800800800500
1896/971720720720720500
1897/981720720720720500
1898/992560560480640500
1899/19001720720720720500
1900/011500500500500500
1901/021640640640640500
1902/031600600600600500
1903/041640640640640475

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

4 job titles on record. The most frequent is 2. Müdür, held by 5 officials.
2. Müdür53. Müdür4Muhabere Memuru2Agnam Kalemi11869/70AH 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 13201 official2 officials

The 4 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, Baalbek
Year2. Müdür3. MüdürMuhabere MemuruAgnam Kalemi
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/811
1881/822
1882/832
1883/842
1884/852
1885/862
1886/872
1888/891
1891/921
1892/9311
1893/941
1894/951
1895/961
1896/971
1897/981
1898/9911
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 4 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)

Where the officials serving here were born
BaalbekBeirut (Beyrut)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)HamaJaffa (Yafa)2 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

11 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.
Unnamed official (0100_0023;…Mehmet Nakib EfendiMehmet Nakip EfendiHızır Abbas EfendiAli Rıza EfendiAhmet EfendiMehmet Selim EfendiMehmet Şükrü EfendiHasan Salih EfendiMehmet Hamdi EfendiMustafa Asım Efendi1869/70AH 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 1320Post 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

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

Officials of Baalbek
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Efendi1893 to 190072. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 800Malatya
Mehmet Nakib Efendi1881 to 188762. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nakip Efendi1881 to 188762. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hızır Abbas Efendi1888 to 189332. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760 to 800Beirut (Beyrut)
Ali Rıza Efendi1892/931Agnam Kalemi500Pomorie (Ahyolu)
Hasan Salih Efendi1901/0213. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)640Manisa
Mehmet Hamdi Efendi1902/0313. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Mehmet Selim Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Hama
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Jaffa (Yafa)
Mustafa Asım Efendi1903/0413. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)640Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
Unnamed official (0100_0023; 43)1869 to 1881132. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)600 to 800Beirut (Beyrut)

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

Names, position and identifiers of Baalbek
Place
Identifierl-a247d5ce4c764063
Spelling in the cataloguebaalbek
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceSyria (Suriye)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencesam
PositionLatitude 34.008239, longitude 36.215502. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLebanon
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BaalbekEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BaalbekTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BaalbekSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
baalbekSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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