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Place

Bolu

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

20 officials are recorded serving in Bolu, from 1867 to 1908 (AH 1284 to 1325), in 86 annual entries. The median of the 86 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1895/96 with 5 officials. 14 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
20
Annual entries1867 to 1908, AH 1284 to 1325
86
Year with most officials5 officials
1895/96
Median monthly salaryfrom 86 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
14
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1895/96 (AH 1313) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 39.
0123451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13255 in 1895/96Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Bolu
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)212
1872/73 (AH 1289)212
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)222
1877/78 (AH 1294)202
1878 (AH 1295)202
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)202
1880/81 (AH 1298)313
1881/82 (AH 1299)303
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)212
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)313
1888/89 (AH 1306)303
1889/90 (AH 1307)303
1890/91 (AH 1308)303
1891/92 (AH 1309)414
1892/93 (AH 1310)212
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)424
1895/96 (AH 1313)525
1896/97 (AH 1314)303
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1898/99 (AH 1316)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)202
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1901/02 (AH 1319)202
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)222
1905/06 (AH 1323)212
1906/07 (AH 1324)111
1907/08 (AH 1325)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 86 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 612 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 400 kuruş in 1895/96Bolu, 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, Bolu
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1867/681800800800800600
1869/701400400400400600
1870/711400400400400600
1871/7221,5751,575987.52,162.5550
1872/732500500450550550
1873/741400400400400500
1876/772675675512.5837.5575
1877/782700700550850560
18782700700550850600
1878/792700700550850600
1879/802590590485695500
1880/813800993.335901,300500
1881/823800993.335901,300500
1882/832590590485695500
1883/842590590485695500
1884/852590590485695500
1885/862590590485695500
1886/872590590485695500
1887/883380488.33332.5590500
1888/893380488.33332.5590500
1889/903380488.33332.5590500
1890/913380488.33332.5590500
1891/924332.5413.75261.25485500
1892/932590590485695500
1893/942590590485695500
1894/954390490380500500
1895/965400696400800500
1896/973400500390560500
1897/982560560480640500
1898/992560560480640500
1899/19002560560480640500
1900/012560560480640500
1901/022560560480640500
1902/032560560480640500
1903/042560560480640475
1904/052550550465635450
1905/062550550465635475
1906/071800800800800450
1907/081250250250250300

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

7 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 12 officials.
Muhabere Memuru122. Müdür43. Müdür1Memur1Müfettiş1Muhendis Kalemi1Sancak Muhasebecisi11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 officials

The 7 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, Bolu
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürMemurMüfettişMuhendis KalemiSancak Muhasebecisi
1867/681
1869/701
1870/711
1871/7211
1872/7311
1873/741
1876/7711
1877/7811
187811
1878/7911
1879/8011
1880/81111
1881/82111
1882/8311
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/8611
1886/8711
1887/8821
1888/8921
1889/9021
1890/9121
1891/9231
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/9531
1895/96311
1896/9721
1897/9811
1898/9911
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/0211
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/0511
1905/0611
1906/071
1907/081

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 7 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
Bolu2 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)BursaArapgirGöreleİneboluFurther places6 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 13, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Bolu2this place
Bursa2
Arapgir1
Görele1
İnebolu1
Kastamonu1
Lehistan1in the small map
Malatya1
Nicosia (Lefkoşa)1
Where the officials born here were serving
Bolu2 serving hereBartınIstanbul (Dersaadet)KastamonuAyvalıkAz Zaydiyah (Zeydiye)3 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 36, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Bartın3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Beyoğlu2
Bolu2this place
Gerede2
Kastamonu2
Adapazarı1
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)1
Ankara1
Ayvalık1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

20 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.

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

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

Officials of Bolu
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Salih Sabri Efendi1876 to 1904292. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 1,000Tekirdağ
Mehmet Faik Efendi1876 to 188510Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350 to 400Bolu
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1895 to 19049Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bursa
Ahmet Recai Efendi1885 to 18927Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Bursa
Ali Rıza Efendi1887 to 18925Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hilmi Efendi1869 to 18745Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Ürgüp
Ali Haydar Efendi1891 to 18974Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)190 to 380Bolu
Cafer Sadik Efendi1880 to 18822Sancak Muhasebecisi1,800Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
Hüseyin Şevki Efendi1892 to 18942Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Görele
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1904 to 190622. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Kastamonu
Mehmet Behçet Efendi1894 to 18962Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antonoviç Efendi1871/721Muhendis Kalemi2,750Lehistan
Hasan Cemal Efendi1895/961Müfettişinspector1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Malatya
İbrahim Zühdü Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250İnebolu
İsmail Efendi1872/7313. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1906/0712. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Arapgir
Mustafa Fehmi Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Sivas
Mustafa Şevket Efendi1867/6812. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Istanbul (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.

Officials born here

14 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. Ahmet Hamdi Efendi 1863 to 1894, Göynük
  2. Mehmet Faik Efendi 1876 to 1905, Düzce
  3. Mehmet Raşit Efendi 1877 to 1905, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  4. Ahmet Efendi 1882 to 1907, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  5. Mehmet Necip Efendi 1880 to 1898, Sana'a (Sana)
  6. Ömer Fuad Efendi 1872 to 1883, Bartın
  7. Ali Haydar Efendi 1891 to 1897, Bolu
  8. Ali Osman Efendi 1897 to 1903, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  9. Hüseyin Şemsettin Efendi 1879 to 1890, Adapazarı
  10. Hüseyin Atıf Efendi 1905 to 1908, Salipazari
  11. Mehmet Emin Efendi 1909 to 1911, Kastamonu
  12. Hasan Efendi 1908 to 1910, Beyoğlu
  13. Mehmet Emin Efendi 1909 to 1911, Kastamonu
  14. Mustafa Ferit Efendi 1896 to 1898, Karadeniz Ereğli

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Ankara1
Benghazi (Bingazi)1
Beypazarı1
Bilecik1
Düzce1
Gerede1
Kalecik1
Kandıra1
Karadeniz Ereğli1
Mecitözü1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Ankara2
Düzce2
Amasya1
Ayvacık1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Bursa1
Karadeniz Ereğli1
Kastamonu1
Keşan1
Mecitözü1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Names, position and identifiers of Bolu
Place
Identifierl-b524e8b8ce2585e6
Spelling in the cataloguebolu
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceKastamonu province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencebolu
PositionLatitude 40.733024, longitude 31.610838. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BoluEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BoluTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BoluSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
boluSpelling 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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