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Place

Al-Qurnah (Kurna)

Place in Basra province. Present-day country: Iraq.

4 officials are recorded serving in Al-Qurnah (Kurna). İsmail Hakkı Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 1882/83 (AH 1300), with 760 kuruş a month. Born in Kirkuk (Kerkük). Hacı Ömer Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here from 1883 to 1891, with 760 kuruş a month. Born in Diyarbakır. Abdülmuttalip Muhlis Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1887 to 1889, with 380 kuruş a month. Born in Baghdad (Bağdat). Mehdi Fevzi Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here from 1899 to 1903, with 684 kuruş a month. Born in Baghdad (Bağdat).

Officials serving
4
Annual entries1882 to 1903, AH 1300 to 1320
15
Year with most officials2 officials
1887/88
Median monthly salaryfrom 15 recorded salaries
760 kuruş

This place has too few annual entries for charts. For officials, salaries and jobs in the region seeBasra province.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Baghdad (Bağdat) (2), Diyarbakır (1), Kirkuk (Kerkük) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Al-Qurnah (Kurna)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hacı Ömer Efendi1883 to 189182. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760Diyarbakır
Mehdi Fevzi Efendi1899 to 190342. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)684Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdülmuttalip Muhlis Efendi1887 to 18892Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Baghdad (Bağdat)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1882/8312. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760Kirkuk (Kerkük)

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
Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Imdadiye1
Samawah (Semave)1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Al-Shatrah (Şatra)1
Hillah (Hille)1
Imdadiye1
Miqdadiyah (Şehriban)1
Names, position and identifiers of Al-Qurnah (Kurna)
Place
Identifierl-b0c0930af519f200
Spelling in the cataloguekurna
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceBasra province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencebasra
PositionLatitude 31.017806, longitude 47.42707. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryIraq
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
Al-QurnahEnglishPreferred nameEditor
KurnaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
KurnaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
kurnaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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