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Tripoli (Trablusşam)

Place in Beirut (Beyrut) province. Present-day country: Lebanon.

34 officials are recorded serving in Tripoli (Trablusşam), from 1861 to 1911 (AH 1278 to 1329), in 110 annual entries. The median of the 110 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1893/94 with 8 officials. 11 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
34
Annual entries1861 to 1911, AH 1278 to 1329
110
Year with most officials8 officials
1893/94
Median monthly salaryfrom 110 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
11
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1893/94 (AH 1311) with 8 officials. Years with an annual entry: 42.
024681863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13258 in 1893/94Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Tripoli (Trablusşam)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)111
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)212
1876/77 (AH 1293)111
1877/78 (AH 1294)212
1878 (AH 1295)323
1878/79 (AH 1296)303
1879/80 (AH 1297)303
1880/81 (AH 1298)424
1881/82 (AH 1299)212
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)202
1886/87 (AH 1304)212
1887/88 (AH 1305)424
1888/89 (AH 1306)303
1889/90 (AH 1307)525
1890/91 (AH 1308)505
1891/92 (AH 1309)505
1892/93 (AH 1310)525
1893/94 (AH 1311)838
1894/95 (AH 1312)505
1895/96 (AH 1313)626
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1898/99 (AH 1316)313
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)212
1902/03 (AH 1320)111
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)424
1905/06 (AH 1323)303
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)212
1911 (AH 1329)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 110 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 536 kuruş.
02004006001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 350 kuruş in 1895/96Tripoli (Trablusşam), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Tripoli (Trablusşam)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/621500500500500600
1863/6411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1864/6511,2001,2001,2001,200625
1865/6611,2001,2001,2001,200650
1867/681400400400400600
1874/751700700700700535
1875/762540540460620530
1876/771300300300300575
1877/782350350325375560
18783300333.33300350600
1878/793300333.33300350600
1879/803285316.67285332.5500
1880/814380388.75308.75460500
1881/822655655602.5707.5500
1882/831760760760760500
1883/8421,1301,1309451,315500
1884/8521,1301,1309451,315500
1885/8621,1301,1309451,315500
1886/8721,1301,1309451,315500
1887/884655802.5512.5945500
1888/893550570475655500
1889/905550592400760500
1890/915550592400760500
1891/925550592400760500
1892/935400480300550500
1893/948300410.62300437.5500
1894/955300430300400500
1895/966350433.33300550500
1896/974470501.25375596.25500
1897/982350350325375500
1898/993300350300375500
1899/19002420420380460500
1900/011340340340340500
1901/022320320310330500
1902/031300300300300500
1903/041300300300300475
1904/054377.5513.75356.25535450
1905/063300483.33225650475
1906/072225225187.5262.5450
1907/081150150150150300
1908/092662.5662.5406.25918.75350
19111400400400400500

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

13 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 13 officials.
Muhabere Memuru13Posta Memuru6Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti42. Müdür2Memur2Rusumat Muduru2Defter-i Hakani Kalemi1Istimator Muavini11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 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, Tripoli (Trablusşam)
YearMuhabere MemuruPosta MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. MüdürMemurRusumat MuduruDefter-i Hakani KalemiIstimator Muavini
1861/621
1863/641
1864/651
1865/661
1867/681
1874/751
1875/7611
1876/771
1877/782
18783
1878/793
1879/803
1880/81211
1881/8211
1882/831
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/8611
1886/8711
1887/881111
1888/89111
1889/90311
1890/91311
1891/92311
1892/9332
1893/94312
1894/9531
1895/96211
1896/9721
1897/9811
1898/99111
1899/190011
1900/011
1901/0211
1902/031
1903/041
1904/05121
1905/0611
1906/071
1907/08
1908/091
1911

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 13 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 Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Tripoli (Trablusşam)4 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Beirut (Beyrut)Latakia (Lazkiye)Sidon (Sayda)Aksaray7 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 18, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Beirut (Beyrut)4
Tripoli (Trablusşam)4this place
Latakia (Lazkiye)3
Sidon (Sayda)3
Aksaray1
Bosna1
Damascus (Şam)1
Erzurum1
Hama1
Where the officials born here were serving
Tripoli (Trablusşam)4 serving hereBeirut (Beyrut)Jerusalem (Kudüs)Damascus (Şam)Gaza (Gazze)İskenderunIbb (İbb)YemenFurther places6 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 24, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beirut (Beyrut)6
Tripoli (Trablusşam)4this place
Jerusalem (Kudüs)3
Damascus (Şam)2
Gaza (Gazze)2
İskenderun2
Acre (Akka)1
Adana1
Al-Salt (Salt)1
Alaşehir1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

34 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.
1341863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

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

Officials of Tripoli (Trablusşam)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1874 to 1892132. Müdürdirector of the second grade700 to 760Beirut (Beyrut)
Şevket Efendi1889 to 189910Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1889 to 18978Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)765 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Çaker Efendi1892 to 19027Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications300 to 340Aksaray
Pedrus Kandela Efendi1887 to 18947Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications550Mosul (Musul)
Hacı Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1895 to 19095Nakliye Memurutransport official150Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mehmet Abid Efendi1887 to 18925Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mehmet Efendi1876 to 18805Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 300Sidon (Sayda)
Abraham Efendi1893 to 18974Mukayyitregistry clerk300Latakia (Lazkiye)
Hanna Afif Efendi1892 to 19054Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 375Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Kayser Ferid Efendi1878 to 18814Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Lubnan
Mahmut Hamdi Efendi1878 to 18814Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 380Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mehmet Zekeriya Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Kilis
Ali Nevzad Bey1883 to 18863Rusumat Muduru1,500Erzurum
İbrahim Agah Efendi1863 to 186632. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1904 to 19062Memurofficial1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Andon Tosunyan Efendi1895 to 18972Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Haci Tahsin Efendi1886 to 18882Rusumat Muduru1,500Trabzon
Abdulgani Efendi1880/811Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office700Damascus (Şam)
Abdülkadir Hifzi Efendi1904/051Posta Memurupostal official380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülmecit Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Beirut (Beyrut)
Behçet Cenavi Efendi1901/021Posta Memurupostal official300Nazareth (Nasıra)
Corci Efendi1881/821Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications550Beirut (Beyrut)
Hüsnü Efendi1899/19001Posta Memurupostal official500Sivas
Mahmut Nedim Efendi19111Nafia Kitabeti400Tripoli (Trablusşam)
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Officials of Tripoli (Trablusşam), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Rıza Efendi1908/091Istimator Muavini1,175Jaffa (Yafa)
Mustafa Bahri Efendi1861/621Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi1893/941Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence285Sidon (Sayda)
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1898/991Posta Memurupostal official300Ruse (Rusçuk)
Selim Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sidon (Sayda)
Vasıf Bey1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Hama
Yakup Efendi1880/811Memurofficial95Latakia (Lazkiye)
Yusuf Ziya Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Bosna
Unnamed official (0067_00228; sayfa no:453)1893 to 18963Posta Memurupostal official300Beirut (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.

Officials born here

11 officials of the collection were born here. 4 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Kamil Efendi 1869 to 1900, Beirut (Beyrut)
  2. Mehmet Fevzi Efendi 1886 to 1905, Jerusalem (Kudüs)
  3. İlyas Raci Efendi 1880 to 1897, İskenderun
  4. Mahmut Hamdi Efendi 1878 to 1892, Beirut (Beyrut)
  5. Mehmet Said Efendi 1893 to 1906, Yemen
  6. Cebrail Efendi 1890 to 1901, Misir
  7. Hanna Afif Efendi 1891 to 1905, Tripoli (Trablusşam)
  8. Hacı Ahmet Hilmi Efendi 1895 to 1909, Tripoli (Trablusşam)
  9. Mahmut Nedim Efendi 1906 to 1911, Beirut (Beyrut)
  10. Mehmet Enis Efendi 1901 to 1905, Beirut (Beyrut)
  11. Unnamed official (0086_0162: 319) 1891 to 1901, Damascus (Şam)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)7
Latakia (Lazkiye)3
Acre (Akka)2
Adana1
Arsuz1
Damascus (Şam)1
Eskişehir1
Gaza (Gazze)1
Gelibolu1
Haskovo (Hasköy)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 19.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)6
Acre (Akka)5
Damascus (Şam)2
Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Latakia (Lazkiye)2
Adana1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Erzurum1
Kos (İstanköy)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 16.

Names, position and identifiers of Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Place
Identifierl-ae1fbc6f54bd834b
Spelling in the cataloguetrablussam
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceBeirut (Beyrut) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceTrablussam
PositionLatitude 34.438401, longitude 35.835014. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLebanon
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
TrablusşamTurkishPreferred nameEditor
TripoliEnglishPreferred nameEditor
TrablussamSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
trablussamSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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

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