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Place

Muş

Place in Bitlis province. Present-day country: Turkey.

41 officials are recorded serving in Muş, from 1866 to 1911 (AH 1283 to 1329), in 122 annual entries. The median of the 122 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1898/99 with 6 officials. 2 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
41
Annual entries1866 to 1911, AH 1283 to 1329
122
Year with most officials6 officials
1898/99
Median monthly salaryfrom 122 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
2
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1898/99 (AH 1316) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 42.
02461868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13256 in 1898/99Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Muş
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1866/67 (AH 1283)222
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1869/70 (AH 1286)222
1870/71 (AH 1287)202
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)212
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)111
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)212
1880/81 (AH 1298)424
1881/82 (AH 1299)303
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)313
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)525
1887/88 (AH 1305)424
1888/89 (AH 1306)515
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)313
1892/93 (AH 1310)323
1893/94 (AH 1311)424
1894/95 (AH 1312)545
1895/96 (AH 1313)535
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)414
1898/99 (AH 1316)646
1899/1900 (AH 1317)505
1900/01 (AH 1318)505
1901/02 (AH 1319)515
1902/03 (AH 1320)616
1903/04 (AH 1321)414
1904/05 (AH 1322)313
1905/06 (AH 1323)313
1906/07 (AH 1324)111
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 122 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 598 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 400 kuruş in 1902/03Muş, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Muş
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1866/672700700550850600
1867/681400400400400600
1869/7021,0001,0001,0001,000600
1870/7121,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/721800800800800550
1872/7311,0001,0001,0001,000550
1873/741950950950950500
1874/751950950950950535
1875/762700700575825530
1876/771950950950950575
1877/781950950950950560
18781950950950950600
1878/791950950950950600
1879/802780780770790500
1880/814570580380770500
1881/823760646.67570780500
1882/832570570475665500
1883/842570570475665500
1884/853380506.67380570500
1885/863380506.67380570500
1886/8753801,550380760500
1887/884570580380770500
1888/895380504380760500
1889/902590590485695500
1890/913380520380590500
1891/923400526.67390600500
1892/933400526.67390600500
1893/944390445335500500
1894/955500490350500500
1895/965400476380500500
1896/974450500395555500
1897/984450500395555500
1898/996400470400475500
1899/19005400484400500500
1900/015400484400500500
1901/025400472400500500
1902/036400460400475500
1903/044400425400425475
1904/053400366.67350400450
1905/063400433.33400450475
1906/071750750750750450
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

8 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 25 officials.
Muhabere Memuru252. Müdür7Defter-i Hakani Kalemi2Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2Posta Memuru23. Müdür13. Sınıf Polis Komiseri1Mutasarrif11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official4 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, Muş
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürDefter-i Hakani KalemiMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPosta Memuru3. Müdür3. Sınıf Polis KomiseriMutasarrif
1866/6711
1867/681
1869/702
1870/712
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1875/7611
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/8011
1880/811111
1881/82111
1882/8311
1883/8411
1884/8521
1885/8621
1886/87311
1887/88211
1888/89311
1889/9011
1890/9121
1891/92111
1892/9321
1893/94211
1894/95311
1895/96311
1896/97211
1897/9831
1898/99411
1899/1900311
1900/01311
1901/02311
1902/03411
1903/0431
1904/053
1905/063
1906/071
19111

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
MuşErzurumIstanbul (Dersaadet)BitlisVanKars7 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 20, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Erzurum7
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Bitlis4
Van4
Kars3
Diyarbakır2
Kemaliye (Eğin)2
Trabzon2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Bitola (Manastır)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Diyarbakır (1), Gönen (1), Thessaloniki (Selanik) (1), Tirana (Tiran) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

41 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.
1411868/69AH 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

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

Officials of Muş
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Mazlum Efendi1880 to 189212Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
omer Vasfi Efendi1878 to 188912Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760 to 950Kemaliye (Eğin)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1879 to 190392. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 800Erzurum
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1898 to 19068Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Bitola (Manastır)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1898 to 19068Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Muğla
Mehmet Habip Efendi1887 to 189472. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Erzurum
Mehmet Salih Efendi1871 to 18787Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office800 to 1,000Gerede
Mustafa Şevki Efendi1898 to 190463. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)500Trabzon
Esat Efendi1894 to 18984Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Van
İbrahim Efendi1894 to 19014Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 400Van
Ali Rıza Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Sivas
Hamdi Efendi1894 to 189732. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 800Kars
Osman Nuri Efendi1884 to 18873Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Gümüşhane
Hüseyin Efendi1892 to 18942Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Erzurum
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)340Siirt
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1866 to 18682Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Trabzon
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1887 to 18892Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Erzurum
İbrahim Fikri Efendi1890 to 18952Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 500Bitlis
İsmail Vasıf Efendi1895 to 18972Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nakib Efendi1869 to 187122. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nakip Efendi1869 to 187122. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülbaki Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bitlis
Abdülmecid Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Van
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi1893/941Posta Memurupostal official400Van
Arif Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Erzurum
Show the other 16 officials
Officials of Muş, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hacı Kâmil Efendi1866/6712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Vidin
Hüseyin İlhami Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Kars
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Kemaliye (Eğin)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Erzurum
Kostaki Vasfi Efendi1894/951Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications350Diyarbakır
Mehmet Behçet Lami Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Yozgat
Mehmet Besim Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Bitlis
Mehmet Hasim Efendi1891/9213. Sınıf Polis Komiseripolice commissioner, third class400Erzurum
Mehmet Necati Efendi1906/0712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)750Kars
Mehmet sukru Efendi1886/871Mutasarrif5,850Mardin
Mustafa Efendi19111Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi1880/811Posta Memurupostal official380Kemah
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1886/871Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Aleppo (Halep)
Ömer Fevzi Efendi1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1888/891Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Diyarbakır
Unnamed official (0067_00226; sayfa no:449)1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bitlis

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

2 officials of the collection were born here. None of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Osman Nuri Efendi 1903 to 1906, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  2. İbrahim Edhem Efendi 1908/09, Diyarbakır

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Bitlis3
Malazgirt3
Denizli2
Erzincan2
Erzurum2
Gaziantep (Antep)2
Van2
Adilcevaz1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Ankara1

The 10 places with most officials, of 25.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Bitlis4
Başkale3
Erzurum3
Diyarbakır2
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)2
Erzincan2
Malazgirt2
Siirt2
Sivas2
Adilcevaz1

The 10 places with most officials, of 25.

Names, position and identifiers of Muş
Place
Identifierl-b49b6976120c927c
Spelling in the cataloguemus
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceBitlis province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceMus
PositionLatitude 38.73473, longitude 41.490759. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
MuşEnglishPreferred nameEditor
MuşTurkishPreferred nameEditor
MusSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
musSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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