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Place

Hicaz

Office or region in Hejaz (Hicaz) province. Present-day country: Saudi Arabia.

The records store Hicaz as a place. It is an office or a region, not a town. 33 officials are recorded serving in Hicaz, from 1881 to 1911 (AH 1299 to 1328), in 105 annual entries. The median of the 105 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş. The fullest year is 1900/01 with 8 officials.

Officials serving
33
Annual entries1881 to 1911, AH 1299 to 1328
105
Year with most officials8 officials
1900/01
Median monthly salaryfrom 105 recorded salaries
1,000 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1900/01 (AH 1318) with 8 officials. Years with an annual entry: 30.
024681882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13258 in 1900/01Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Hicaz
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)222
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)202
1886/87 (AH 1304)313
1887/88 (AH 1305)313
1888/89 (AH 1306)525
1889/90 (AH 1307)414
1890/91 (AH 1308)303
1891/92 (AH 1309)313
1892/93 (AH 1310)212
1893/94 (AH 1311)212
1894/95 (AH 1312)424
1895/96 (AH 1313)515
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)414
1898/99 (AH 1316)313
1899/1900 (AH 1317)414
1900/01 (AH 1318)848
1901/02 (AH 1319)717
1902/03 (AH 1320)838
1903/04 (AH 1321)616
1904/05 (AH 1322)525
1905/06 (AH 1323)303
1906/07 (AH 1324)424
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)212
1910/11 (AH 1328)212

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 105 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, the mean 1,491 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 800 kuruş in 1904/05Hicaz, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Hicaz
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1881/8212,2002,2002,2002,200500
1882/8322,5002,5002,4502,550500
1883/8421,7001,7001,2502,150500
1884/8521,7001,7001,2502,150500
1885/8621,7001,7001,2502,150500
1886/8732,5001,966.671,6502,550500
1887/8832,5002,033.331,7502,550500
1888/8951,0001,4307502,500500
1889/9042,0502,1251,3502,825500
1890/9131,5002,0001,2502,500500
1891/9231,0001,766.679002,250500
1892/9321,6501,6501,2252,075500
1893/9421,9001,9001,3502,450500
1894/9541,1501,5258001,875500
1895/9658001,3008001,500500
1896/9741,1101,4107201,800500
1897/9841,2501,4809301,800500
1898/9931,5001,6401,1102,100500
1899/190041,1101,3556651,800500
1900/0181,1501,2907801,575500
1901/0271,2001,357.149001,650500
1902/0389001,293.758001,750500
1903/0468001,033.33575950475
1904/0558001,1708001,000450
1905/0631,0001,5009001,850475
1906/0741,5001,512.5837.52,175450
1907/081500500500500300
1908/091600600600600350
1909/102600600550650462.5
1910/1121,7501,7501,1252,375500

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

16 job titles on record. The most frequent is Başmüdür, held by 7 officials.
Başmüdür7Muhabere Memuru6Müfettiş5Merkez Memuru42. Müdür2Başkomiser2Başmüdür Kitabeti2Memur21882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281 official3 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Hicaz
YearBaşmüdürMuhabere MemuruMüfettişMerkez Memuru2. MüdürBaşkomiserBaşmüdür KitabetiMemur
1881/821
1882/831
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/8611
1886/87111
1887/88111
1888/89111
1889/90211
1890/91111
1891/9212
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/951111
1895/961111
1896/97111
1897/9811
1898/9911
1899/1900111
1900/0121111
1901/021211
1902/0313111
1903/041211
1904/0511111
1905/06111
1906/07111
1907/08
1908/09
1909/101
1910/1111

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.

All years

Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
HicazIstanbul (Dersaadet)Jeddah (Cidde)Shumen (Şumnu)SivasAleppo (Halep)9 officials1 official

Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Cerkezistan (1).

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 22, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)9
Jeddah (Cidde)2
Shumen (Şumnu)2
Sivas2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Cerkezistan1no position recorded
Gerede1
Hersek1
Kastamonu1
Kemaliye (Eğin)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

33 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.
1331882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328Post 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

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

Officials of Hicaz
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hafız Hilmi Efendi1883 to 190612Başmüdürchief director800 to 2,700Cerkezistan
Mehmet Hilmi Efendi1898 to 19079Başmüdür Kitabeticlerkship of the chief director's office720 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Emil Efendi1882 to 18908Başmüdürchief director2,600Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Celalettin Efendi1902 to 19107Mevkuf Memuru250 to 700Gerede
Hacı Abdurrahim Muhsin Efendi1891 to 18987Merkez Memurucentral office official720 to 800Siirt
İbrahim Naci Bey1894 to 19017Başkomiserchief police commissioner1,500Niš (Niş)
Mehmed Şefik Efendi1892 to 19017Müdürdirector2,500 to 3,000Sivas
ALİ RIZA EFENDİ1900 to 19044Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Ürgüp
Abdülhalim Bey1889 to 18923Başmüdürchief director3,500Plovdiv (Filibe)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1899 to 19023Merkez Memurucentral office official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rasim Efendi1900 to 19033Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,500Shumen (Şumnu)
Mustafa Ferid Efendi1894 to 189732. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Safvet Efendi1888 to 18913Başkomiserchief police commissioner750 to 1,500Kirim
Ömer Hilmi Efendi1886 to 18893Müfettişinspector2,500Kemaliye (Eğin)
Yakup Cemalettin Efendi1901 to 19043Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hamza Bahaeddin Efendi1909 to 19112Başmüdür Kitabeticlerkship of the chief director's office500Jeddah (Cidde)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1893 to 18952Başmüdürchief director3,000Tulcea (Tulça)
Mahmut Hamdi Bey1900 to 19022Müfettişinspector1,800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1904 to 190622. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Sivas
Mustafa Ziver Efendi1887 to 18892Merkez Memurucentral office official1,000Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
Ahmet Efendi1902/031Müfettişinspector2,500Malatya
Ahmet Rüşdi Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Efendi1906/071Başmüdürchief director2,700Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Haci İbrahim Ethem Efendi1888/891Polispoliceman300Shumen (Şumnu)
Hafiz İbrahim Nefʻî Efendi1906/071Müfettişinspector2,000Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
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Officials of Hicaz, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1910/111Başmüdürchief director3,000Hersek
İsmail Efendi1903/041Sube Memuru500Jeddah (Cidde)
İsmail Fevzi Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Mecca (Mekke)
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Emin Nuri Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kastamonu
Mehmet Nazmi Efendi1897/981Maliye Kitabeti1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Neşe Bey1881/821Müfettişinspector2,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf Agâh Bey1882/831Müdürdirector2,400Serres (Siroz)

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 a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Edirne2
Konya2
Adana1
Bilecik1
Devrek1
Gramatik1
Hafire1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Izmir (İzmir)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 23.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Jeddah (Cidde)2
Taif2
Yemen2
Aydın1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Bursa1
Cayagzi1

The 10 places with most officials, of 21.

Names, position and identifiers of Hicaz
Place
Identifierl-a27885afbb2263b7
Spelling in the cataloguehicaz
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placeOffice or region
ProvinceHejaz (Hicaz)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceHicaz
PositionLatitude 21.41623, longitude 39.855247. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countrySaudi Arabia
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
hicazSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Kacıroğlu (2021), 196 entries, 1 probably and 0 possibly officials of this collection. No official of this collection has this place as recorded birthplace.

Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

BEYHAN KACIROĞLU (2021), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Hicazlı).

Entries of Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Abbas EfendiPDF 53, 54Named in the work only
Abbas Fevzi EfendiPDF 54Named in the work only
Abdulaziz EfendiPDF 54, 55, 56Named in the work only
Abdulkadir EfendiPDF 56, 57Named in the work only
Abdulkadir EfendiPDF 57Named in the work only
Abdulkadir EfendiPDF 57, 58Named in the work only
Abdulkadir ReĢid EfendiPDF 58, 59Named in the work only
Abdulkadir ReĢid EfendiPDF 59, 60, 61Named in the work only
Abdulkadir Rîfât EfendiPDF 61, 62, 63Named in the work only
Abdullah EfendiPDF 63, 64Named in the work only
Abdullah Kasım EfendiPDF 64, 65Named in the work only
Abdullah Sıdkı EfendiPDF 65, 66Named in the work only
Abdullah ġükrü EfendiPDF 66, 67Named in the work only
Abdullatif EfendiPDF 67, 68Named in the work only
Abdüllatif Subhi EfendiPDF 68, 69Named in the work only
Abdulmuttalib EfendiPDF 69, 70Named in the work only
Abdurrahim EfendiPDF 70Named in the work only
Abdurrahman Mekkî BeyPDF 70, 71Named in the work only
Abdurrahman Nureddin EfendiPDF 71, 72, 73Named in the work only
Mehmed Salih EfendiPDF 229, 230Probably Mehmet Salih Efendi

176 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.

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