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Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

Place in Aleppo (Halep) province. Present-day country: Turkey.

26 officials are recorded serving in Şanlıurfa (Urfa), from 1873 to 1910 (AH 1290 to 1327), in 93 annual entries. The median of the 93 recorded monthly salaries is 684 kuruş. The fullest year is 1880/81 with 5 officials. 8 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
26
Annual entries1873 to 1910, AH 1290 to 1327
93
Year with most officials5 officials
1880/81
Median monthly salaryfrom 93 recorded salaries
684 kuruş
Officials born here
8
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1880/81 (AH 1298) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 37.
0123451873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13255 in 1880/81Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)111
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)323
1879/80 (AH 1297)313
1880/81 (AH 1298)525
1881/82 (AH 1299)303
1882/83 (AH 1300)303
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)313
1885/86 (AH 1303)404
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)212
1893/94 (AH 1311)313
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1895/96 (AH 1313)424
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)313
1898/99 (AH 1316)303
1899/1900 (AH 1317)303
1900/01 (AH 1318)313
1901/02 (AH 1319)424
1902/03 (AH 1320)525
1903/04 (AH 1321)404
1904/05 (AH 1322)323
1905/06 (AH 1323)202
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)111
1909/10 (AH 1327)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 93 recorded monthly salaries is 684 kuruş, the mean 643 kuruş.
02004006008001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 400 kuruş in 1902/03Şanlıurfa (Urfa), 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, Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1873/741400400400400500
1875/761950950950950530
1876/772675675537.5812.5575
1877/781400400400400560
18781400400400400600
1878/793400583.33400675600
1879/8037608805701,130500
1880/815760736380800500
1881/823380473.33310590500
1882/833380473.33310590500
1883/842310310275345500
1884/853380406.67310490500
1885/864490832.5372.5950500
1886/872490490435545500
1887/881800800800800500
1888/892600600500700500
1889/902600600500700500
1890/912600600500700500
1891/921800800800800500
1892/932650650475825500
1893/9431,000833.336501,100500
1894/9531,000833.336501,100500
1895/9648808156451,050500
1896/974792741588945500
1897/983684661.33542792500
1898/993684661.33542792500
1899/19003684661.33542792500
1900/013684661.33542792500
1901/024542596400738500
1902/035400556.8400684500
1903/044542596400738475
1904/053684661.33542792450
1905/062792792738846475
1906/072492492396588450
1907/0811,0001,0001,0001,000300
1908/091300300300300350
1909/101150150150150462.5

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

12 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 8 officials.
Muhabere Memuru8Posta Memuru62. Müdür5Defter-i Hakani Kalemi31. Müdür13. Müdür1Asar 2. Kitabeti1Asar 3. Kitabeti11873/74AH 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 13241908/09AH 13261 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, Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
YearMuhabere MemuruPosta Memuru2. MüdürDefter-i Hakani Kalemi1. Müdür3. MüdürAsar 2. KitabetiAsar 3. Kitabeti
1873/74
1875/761
1876/7711
1877/781
18781
1878/79111
1879/8011
1880/811111
1881/82111
1882/83111
1883/8411
1884/85111
1885/86111
1886/8711
1887/881
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/921
1892/9311
1893/94111
1894/95111
1895/961111
1896/97121
1897/98111
1898/99111
1899/1900111
1900/01111
1901/021111
1902/032111
1903/041111
1904/05111
1905/0611
1906/0711
1907/081
1908/091
1909/10

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 12 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
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)2 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)DiyarbakırHarputAgriboz8 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 12, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
Aleppo (Halep)4
Diyarbakır3
Harput2
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)2this place
Agriboz1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Burhaniye1
Kastamonu1
Mardin1
Where the officials born here were serving
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)2 serving hereAleppo (Halep)DiyarbakırAğrı (Karakilise)AmasyaBaghdad (Bağdat)4 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 24, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Aleppo (Halep)4
Diyarbakır2
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)2this place
Ağrı (Karakilise)1
Amasya1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Basra1
Beykoz1
Beyoğlu1
Birecik1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

26 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.
1261873/74AH 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 13241908/09AH 1326Post 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

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

Officials of Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Mehdi Efendi1884 to 1901172. Müdürdirector of the second grade600 to 1,000Diyarbakır
Hafiz Suleyman Efendi1895 to 190813Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office684 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Sefik Efendi1880 to 18866Asar 3. Kitabeti240 to 350Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1878 to 18835Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1893 to 189741. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,080 to 1,200Agriboz
Mehmet Vahit Sıtkı Efendi1876 to 18794Posta Memurupostal official400Aleppo (Halep)
Mustafa Efendi1883 to 18874Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Kastamonu
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1879 to 18863Asar Muduru1,500 to 2,000Harput
Karabet Fikri Efendi1892 to 18953Posta Memurupostal official300Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi1897 to 19003Posta Memurupostal official400Harput
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1878 to 18813Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1880 to 188332. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Sivas
Salih Hayri Efendi1901 to 190432. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Sitki Efendi1875 to 18772Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cemil Remzi Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Aleppo (Halep)
Fuat Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Lütfi Efendi1900 to 19022Posta Memurupostal official400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
MEHMET HAYRİ EFENDİ1902 to 19042Posta Memurupostal official400Diyarbakır
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1904 to 190622. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1895 to 18972Posta Memurupostal official300Aleppo (Halep)
Abdülkadir Zihni Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Hurşit Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Faik Efendi1873/741Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şeyh Musa Efendi1909/101Mülazımcandidate official (the word also means lieutenant)150Mardin
Unnamed official (0067_0234; sayfa no:465)1888 to 18913Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Diyarbakır
Show the other 1 official
Officials of Şanlıurfa (Urfa), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Unnamed official (0156_0130;257)1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Burhaniye

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

8 officials of the collection were born here. 2 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Kadri Efendi 1872 to 1907, Diyarbakır
  2. Mehmet Mazhar Efendi 1866 to 1893, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Ali Sefik Efendi 1880 to 1906, Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
  4. İBRAHİM HALİL EFENDİ 1901 to 1905, Sivas
  5. Karabet Fikri Efendi 1892 to 1895, Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
  6. Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi 1905 to 1907, Ağrı (Karakilise)
  7. ABDULLAH VEHBİ EFENDİ 1903/04, Aleppo (Halep)
  8. Mehmet Nuri Efendi 1908/09, Štip (İştip)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Aleppo (Halep)2
Diyarbakır2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Burdur1
Devebagirtan1
Gaziantep (Antep)1
Havran1
Idlib (İdlib)1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Kozan1

The 10 places with most officials, of 12.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Aleppo (Halep)3
Gaziantep (Antep)2
Adana1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Kozan1
Malatya1
Niš (Niş)1
Semsekeyn1

The 10 places with most officials, of 14.

Names, position and identifiers of Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Place
Identifierl-aa9e78b1605551f3
Spelling in the catalogueurfa
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceAleppo (Halep) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceUrfa
PositionLatitude 37.164296, longitude 38.79187. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
ŞanlıurfaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
ŞanlıurfaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
UrfaOtherOther nameEditor
UrfaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
urfaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register names this place in its title: Okulu (2015), 18 entries, none linked to an official of this collection.

Meşihat Arşivi belgeleri ışığında Urfa sancağı uleması(1850-1923)

MEHMET FATİN OKULU (2015), Thesis. The title names this place (Urfa sancağı uleması).

Entries of Meşihat Arşivi belgeleri ışığında Urfa sancağı uleması(1850-1923)
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Abbas Vasık Efendi (1409)125PDF 39, 40; printed 30, 31Named in the work only
Abdurrahman Halis Efendi (4439)131PDF 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47; printed 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38Named in the work only
Abdulkadir Efendi (2194)140PDF 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59; printed 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50Named in the work only
Abdullatif Cemalettin Efendi (1624)PDF 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; printed 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57Named in the work only
Bekir Sıtkı Efendi (1684)PDF 66, 67, 68, 69; printed 57, 58, 59, 60Named in the work only
Bekir Sıtkı Efendi (1646)158PDF 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75; printed 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66Named in the work only
Halil Haki Efendi (4205)161PDF 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81; printed 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72Named in the work only
Hüseyin Efendi (2146)165PDF 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87; printed 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78Named in the work only
Mehmet Emin Efendi (1483)PDF 87, 88, 89; printed 78, 79, 80Named in the work only
Mehmet Emin Efendi (1619)169PDF 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95; printed 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86Named in the work only
Mehmet Nasih Efendi (299)172PDF 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105; printed 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96Named in the work only
Mehmet Sadık Efendi (1228)176PDF 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111; printed 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102Named in the work only
Mehmet Şefik Efendi (1667)180PDF 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117; printed 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108Named in the work only
Mustafa Faik Efendi (1668)183PDF 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122; printed 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113Named in the work only
Müslim Efendi (1630)185PDF 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129; printed 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120Named in the work only

3 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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