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Samos (Sisam)

Place in Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province. Present-day country: Greece.

12 officials are recorded serving in Samos (Sisam), from 1880 to 1909 (AH 1298 to 1326), in 40 annual entries. The median of the 40 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş. The fullest year is 1898/99 with 3 officials.

Officials serving
12
Annual entries1880 to 1909, AH 1298 to 1326
40
Year with most officials3 officials
1898/99
Median monthly salaryfrom 40 recorded salaries
1,000 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1898/99 (AH 1316) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.
01231882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1898/99Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Samos (Sisam)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)111
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)212
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)111
1895/96 (AH 1313)212
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)323
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)212
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)212
1904/05 (AH 1322)202
1905/06 (AH 1323)202
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)212
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 40 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, the mean 811 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325800 kuruş in 1908/09Samos (Sisam), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Samos (Sisam)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1880/8111,0001,0001,0001,000500
1882/8311,0001,0001,0001,000500
1883/8411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1884/8511,0001,0001,0001,000500
1885/8611,0001,0001,0001,000500
1886/8711,0001,0001,0001,000500
1887/8811,0001,0001,0001,000500
1888/8911,0001,0001,0001,000500
1889/9011,0001,0001,0001,000500
1890/9111,0001,0001,0001,000500
1891/9211,0001,0001,0001,000500
1892/932750750625875500
1893/942750750625875500
1894/9511,0001,0001,0001,000500
1895/962650650575725500
1896/971720720720720500
1898/993500623.33375810500
1899/19002810810655965500
1900/012785785617.5952.5500
1901/022785785617.5952.5500
1902/032785785617.5952.5500
1903/042785785617.5952.5475
1904/052785785617.5952.5450
1905/062785785617.5952.5475
1906/071450450450450450
1907/082625625537.5712.5300
1908/091800800800800350

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

3 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti, held by 5 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti52. Müdür4Muhabere Memuru31880/81AH 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 official

The 3 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, Samos (Sisam)
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. MüdürMuhabere Memuru
1880/811
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1891/921
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/951
1895/9611
1896/971
1898/99111
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/0211
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/0511
1905/0611
1906/071
1907/0811
1908/091

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 3 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
Samos (Sisam)Istanbul (Dersaadet)SivasAydınDeir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)Diyarbakır2 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

12 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.
Ohannes Gazazyan EfendiMıgırdıç KirkoryanVartan EfendiYosef Sava EfendiYorgi EfendiKostantin EfendiUnnamed official (0067_0247;…Hüseyin Kemal EfendiAbdullatif EfendiMühtedi Mehmet İrfan EfendiHasan Rifat EfendiMehmet Emin Efendi1880/81AH 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 entry

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

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

Officials of Samos (Sisam)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mıgırdıç Kirkoryan1882 to 1894122. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Sivas
Ohannes Gazazyan Efendi1880 to 1906112. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 1,120Diyarbakır
Hasan Rifat Efendi1903 to 19085Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Kuşadası
Mehmet Emin Efendi1907 to 190922. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Aydın
Mühtedi Mehmet İrfan Efendi1901 to 19032Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vartan Efendi1892 to 18942Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Izmir (İzmir)
Abdullatif Efendi1900/011Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications450Kazanlak (Kızanlık)
Hüseyin Kemal Efendi1899/19001Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Heraklion (Kandiye)
Kostantin Efendi1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Yorgi Efendi1895/961Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Sivas
Yosef Sava Efendi1894/9512. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)
Unnamed official (0067_0247; sayfa no:491)1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Istanbul (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.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
As-Suwayda (Süveyda)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Ersekë (Kolonya)1
Jaffa (Yafa)1
Jerusalem (Kudüs)1
Konya1
Kuşadası1
Mytilene (Midilli)1
Papulo1
Thasos (Taşoz)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 11.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Izmir (İzmir)5
Aydın1
Beyoğlu1
Dikili1
Geyve1
Kuşadası1
Melnik (Menlik)1
Suriye1
Names, position and identifiers of Samos (Sisam)
Place
Identifierl-ae33d21c07e1926d
Spelling in the cataloguesisam
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceArchipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceCezairi bahri sefid
PositionLatitude 37.754111, longitude 26.978774. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SamosEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SisamTurkishPreferred nameEditor
sisamSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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