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Place

Biga

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Biga province. Present-day country: Turkey.

16 officials are recorded serving in Biga, from 1868 to 1903 (AH 1285 to 1320), in 66 annual entries. The median of the 66 recorded monthly salaries is 684 kuruş. The fullest year is 1888/89 with 4 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
16
Annual entries1868 to 1903, AH 1285 to 1320
66
Year with most officials4 officials
1888/89
Median monthly salaryfrom 66 recorded salaries
684 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1888/89 (AH 1306) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 29.
012341868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13204 in 1888/89Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Biga
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1868/69 (AH 1285)333
1869/70 (AH 1286)313
1870/71 (AH 1287)202
1871/72 (AH 1288)202
1872/73 (AH 1289)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)212
1881/82 (AH 1299)313
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)111
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)323
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)424
1889/90 (AH 1307)404
1890/91 (AH 1308)404
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)313
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1895/96 (AH 1313)424
1896/97 (AH 1314)303
1897/98 (AH 1315)313
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)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 66 recorded monthly salaries is 684 kuruş, the mean 571 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320684 kuruş in 1902/03Biga, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Biga
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1868/693800666.67500900600
1869/703800600500800600
1870/712500500350650600
1871/722480480340620550
1872/732525525362.5687.5550
1879/801760760760760500
1880/812680680640720500
1881/823600553.33450680500
1882/831760760760760500
1883/841760760760760500
1884/851760760760760500
1885/861760760760760500
1886/873600500370680500
1887/882680680640720500
1888/894500475.5335.5640500
1889/904500475.5335.5640500
1890/914500475.5335.5640500
1891/923600500.67371680500
1892/933700570475730500
1893/943700620550730500
1894/953700620550730500
1895/964450515400565500
1896/973400494.67400542500
1897/983500528450592500
1898/991684684684684500
1899/19001684684684684500
1900/011684684684684500
1901/021684684684684500
1902/031684684684684500

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

8 job titles on record. The most frequent is 2. Müdür, held by 3 officials.
2. Müdür3Memur3Muhabere Memuru33. Sınıf Polis Komiseri2Defter-i Hakani Kalemi2Musillik23. Müdür1Korucu11869/70AH 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 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, Biga
Year2. MüdürMemurMuhabere Memuru3. Sınıf Polis KomiseriDefter-i Hakani KalemiMusillik3. MüdürKorucu
1868/69111
1869/70111
1870/7111
1871/7211
1872/7311
1879/801
1880/8111
1881/8221
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/87111
1887/8811
1888/891111
1889/901111
1890/911111
1891/92111
1892/93111
1893/94111
1894/95111
1895/961111
1896/97111
1897/98111
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/031

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 8 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
Biga1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)BartınDiyarbakırGeliboluIzmir (İzmir)6 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 11, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Bartın1
Biga1this place
Bursa1
Diyarbakır1
Gelibolu1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Korçë (Görice)1
Rize1
Shumen (Şumnu)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Beyoğlu (1), Biga (1), Erzincan (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), İzmit (1), Semsekeyn (1), Vize (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

16 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.
Ahmed Sadık EfendiMehmet Pertev EfendiEmrullah EfendiMehmet Haşim EfendiOsman Nuri EfendiEnver EfendiSüleyman Zühdü EfendiMuharrem BeyHüseyin Sabri EfendiAziz Mahmud EfendiMustafa sevki EfendiMehmet Tahsin EfendiRıfat EfendiMehmet Agah EfendiHaci ismail Hakki EfendiÖmer Lütfi 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

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

Officials of Biga
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Muharrem Bey1883 to 190320Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office684 to 760Korçë (Görice)
Aziz Mahmud Efendi1886 to 18959Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Rıfat Efendi1892 to 18986Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Emrullah Efendi1868 to 18735Memurofficial200Biga
Mehmet Haşim Efendi1869 to 187342. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760 to 850Gelibolu
Mehmet Tahsin Efendi1888 to 18924Musillik142Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1879 to 18834Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760Izmir (İzmir)
Mustafa sevki Efendi1888 to 189133. Sınıf Polis Komiseripolice commissioner, third class400Rize
Enver Efendi1880 to 18822Memurofficial600Skopje (Üsküp)
Haci ismail Hakki Efendi1895 to 189723. Sınıf Polis Komiseripolice commissioner, third class400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Pertev Efendi1868 to 18702Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmed Sadık Efendi1868/6912. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Sabri Efendi1886/871Musillik140Bursa
Mehmet Agah Efendi1895/9613. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)500Shumen (Şumnu)
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1897/981Korucu500Diyarbakır
Süleyman Zühdü Efendi1881/821Memurofficial300Bartın

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. Emrullah Efendi 1868 to 1907, Beyoğlu
  2. Hüseyin Efendi 1884 to 1888, Vize
  3. Mahmut Kâmil Efendi 1906/07, Semsekeyn

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Bozdoğan1
Edremit1
Elazığ1
Karamürsel1
Kastamonu1
Mecca (Mekke)1
Mostar1
Prizren1

The 10 places with most officials, of 14.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Bursa1
Chios (Sakız)1
Eskişehir1
Gelibolu1
Karadeniz Ereğli1
Korçë (Görice)1
Kozani (Kozana)1
Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık)1
Silifke1
Çanakkale1

The 10 places with most officials, of 11.

Names, position and identifiers of Biga
Place
Identifierl-a80df9a44e823ff1
Spelling in the cataloguebiga
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceBiga
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBiga
PositionLatitude 40.226433, longitude 27.243827. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BigaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BigaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BigaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
bigaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Tuncel (2019), 46 entries, 2 probably and 1 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları

AHMET TUNCEL (2019), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Bigalı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
AHMET CEMALETTİN BEYPDF 54, 55Named in the work only
EMRULLAH EFENDİPDF 55, 56, 57Probably Emrullah Efendi
MUSTAFA TEVFİK EFENDİPDF 57, 58, 59Named in the work only
TAZVUR EFENDİPDF 59, 60Named in the work only
HASAN FEHMİ EFENDİPDF 61, 62Named in the work only
HASAN RÜŞDÜ EFENDİPDF 62, 63, 64Named in the work only
MEHMED NAZIM EFENDİPDF 64Named in the work only
AHMED NECİP EFENDİPDF 64, 65, 66Named in the work only
HÜSEYİN HÜSNÜ EFENDİPDF 66Named in the work only
AHMED EFENDİPDF 66, 67Named in the work only
MEHMED CEMAL EFENDİPDF 67, 68Named in the work only
İSMAİL HAKKI EFENDİPDF 68Named in the work only
MAHMUD EFENDİPDF 68, 69Named in the work only
HÜSEYİN EFENDİPDF 69Probably Hüseyin Efendi
YAHYA SEZAİ BEYPDF 69, 70, 71Named in the work only
ALİ GALİP EFENDİPDF 71Named in the work only
İSMAİL HAKKI EFENDİPDF 72Named in the work only
HÜSEYİN EFENDİPDF 98, 99Possibly Hüseyin Efendi

28 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.