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Place

Lom

Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.

5 officials are recorded serving in Lom. Haci Hafiz ismail Efendi is recorded as Sandık Emaneti here in 21 annual entries between 1846/47 (AH 1263) and 1867/68, with 60 to 500 kuruş a month. Born here. Ahmet Rifat Efendi is recorded as Memur here in 3 annual entries between 1858/59 and 1861/62, with 500 kuruş a month. Born in Ruse (Rusçuk). Mustafa Agah Efendi is recorded as 1. Müdür here in 1858/59, with 1,500 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. Ali Rıza Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1867/68, with 400 kuruş a month. Born in Omurtag (Osmanpazarı). Ali Rıza Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1871/72, with 380 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
5
Annual entries1846 to 1872, AH 1263 to 1288
27
Year with most officials3 officials
1858/59
Median monthly salaryfrom 27 recorded salaries
300 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 27 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş, the mean 343 kuruş.
01002003004005001847/48AH 12641849/50AH 12661851/52AH 12681853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 1288380 kuruş in 1871/72Lom, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Lom
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1846/47160606060300
1847/48160606060250
1848/49160606060300
1849/501100100100100250
1850/511100100100100175
1851/521200200200200282.5
1852/531200200200200350
1853/541300300300300400
1854/551300300300300400
1855/561300300300300450
1856/571300300300300375
1857/581300300300300475
1858/593500766.674001,000500
1859/601300300300300500
1860/612375375312.5437.5500
1861/622375375312.5437.5600
1863/641250250250250500
1864/651500500500500625
1865/661500500500500650
1866/671420420420420600
1867/682410410405415600
1871/721380380380380550

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.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (2), Lom (1), Omurtag (Osmanpazarı) (1), Ruse (Rusçuk) (1).

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Aydın (2), Acre (Akka) (1), Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) (1), Balat (1), Bihać (Bihke) (1), Diyarbakır (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Jaffa (Yafa) (1), Jenin (Cenin) (1), Lom (1), Nazilli (1), Söke (1) and 3 further places of service.

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Lom
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Haci Hafiz ismail Efendi1846 to 186821Sandık Emaneticustody of the cash chest60 to 500Lom
Ahmet Rifat Efendi1858 to 18623Memurofficial500Ruse (Rusçuk)
Ali Rıza Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)
Ali Rıza Efendi1871/721Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Agah Efendi1858/5911. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,500Istanbul (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

3 officials of the collection were born here. 1 of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Haci Hafiz ismail Efendi 1846 to 1892, Lom
  2. Mehmet Yahya Efendi 1885 to 1910, Tiberias (Taberiye)
  3. Ahmet Tevfik Efendi 1887 to 1906, Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Ruse (Rusçuk)1
Shumen (Şumnu)1
Tekirdağ1
Varna1
Vidin1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Svishtov (Ziştovi)2
Niš (Niş)1
Names, position and identifiers of Lom
Place
Identifierl-a2833b7dfbf72b74
Spelling in the cataloguelom
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencevidin
PositionLatitude 43.817966, longitude 23.239433. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
LomEnglishPreferred nameEditor
LomTurkishPreferred nameEditor
LomSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
lomSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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