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Basra

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Basra province. Present-day country: Iraq.

74 officials are recorded serving in Basra, from 1862 to 1911 (AH 1279 to 1328), in 268 annual entries. The median of the 268 recorded monthly salaries is 750 kuruş. The fullest year is 1896/97 with 12 officials. 2 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
74
Annual entries1862 to 1911, AH 1279 to 1328
268
Year with most officials12 officials
1896/97
Median monthly salaryfrom 268 recorded salaries
750 kuruş
Officials born here
2
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1896/97 (AH 1314) with 12 officials. Years with an annual entry: 50.
0246810121863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132512 in 1896/97Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Basra
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1862/63 (AH 1279)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)323
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)313
1867/68 (AH 1284)202
1868/69 (AH 1285)303
1869/70 (AH 1286)323
1870/71 (AH 1287)212
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)323
1873/74 (AH 1290)212
1874/75 (AH 1291)313
1875/76 (AH 1292)303
1876/77 (AH 1293)434
1877/78 (AH 1294)636
1878 (AH 1295)616
1878/79 (AH 1296)626
1879/80 (AH 1297)515
1880/81 (AH 1298)626
1881/82 (AH 1299)515
1882/83 (AH 1300)515
1883/84 (AH 1301)626
1884/85 (AH 1302)616
1885/86 (AH 1303)616
1886/87 (AH 1304)818
1887/88 (AH 1305)616
1888/89 (AH 1306)717
1889/90 (AH 1307)737
1890/91 (AH 1308)606
1891/92 (AH 1309)515
1892/93 (AH 1310)10510
1893/94 (AH 1311)11311
1894/95 (AH 1312)919
1895/96 (AH 1313)929
1896/97 (AH 1314)12212
1897/98 (AH 1315)11311
1898/99 (AH 1316)808
1899/1900 (AH 1317)979
1900/01 (AH 1318)606
1901/02 (AH 1319)505
1902/03 (AH 1320)505
1903/04 (AH 1321)828
1904/05 (AH 1322)727
1905/06 (AH 1323)626
1906/07 (AH 1324)868
1907/08 (AH 1325)616
1908/09 (AH 1326)414
1909/10 (AH 1327)101
1910/11 (AH 1328)212

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 268 recorded monthly salaries is 750 kuruş, the mean 891 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 350 kuruş in 1907/08Basra, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Basra
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1862/6311,5001,5001,5001,500500
1863/6411,5001,5001,5001,500500
1864/6532,0001,966.671,7502,200625
1865/6612,6402,6402,6402,640650
1866/6731,2501,4501,0751,725600
1867/6821,5501,5501,2251,875600
1868/6931,2501,4501,0751,725600
1869/7031,2001,433.331,0501,700600
1870/7123,1003,1002,6503,550600
1871/7211,4251,4251,4251,425550
1872/7332,8002,5752,112.53,150550
1873/742962.5962.5731.251,193.75500
1874/7531,0009757501,212.5535
1875/7631,0009757501,212.5530
1876/774800850725925575
1877/7868001,0006501,175560
187869001,083.338001,225600
1878/7968801,026.676401,225600
1879/8051,2001,1277601,200500
1880/816760960.83617.51,090500
1881/8257609875001,200500
1882/8357609875001,200500
1883/846760928.33621.25940500
1884/856760929.17546.251,090500
1885/866760990.83752.51,090500
1886/8789801,393.12757.51,400500
1887/8868801,030.83752.51,150500
1888/897760983.576251,200500
1889/907760962.145501,200500
1890/916680938.33577.51,090500
1891/925600901575760500
1892/9310600714.5577.5760500
1893/9411475585.45400680500
1894/959570626.67475760500
1895/969475687.22475760500
1896/9712541.5642.92456.25684500
1897/9811475616.91400639500
1898/998553.5743.25456.25783500
1899/19009700756.67430800500
1900/016775875562.51,100500
1901/025750810500800500
1902/035750810500800500
1903/048600712.5475800475
1904/057500528.57450650450
1905/066500641.67500687.5475
1906/078400378.12300462.5450
1907/086350354.17300437.5300
1908/094300306.25268.75337.5350
1909/101175175175175462.5
1910/112400400400400500

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

18 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 40 officials.
Muhabere Memuru40Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti131. Müdür92. Müdür4Müfettiş3Başmuhabere Memuru2Defter-i Hakani Kalemi2Memur21863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official6 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Basra
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1. Müdür2. MüdürMüfettişBaşmuhabere MemuruDefter-i Hakani KalemiMemur
1862/631
1863/641
1864/6521
1865/66
1866/671
1867/681
1868/691
1869/7011
1870/711
1871/721
1872/7311
1873/7411
1874/75111
1875/76111
1876/7721
1877/782111
1878211
1878/79221
1879/801121
1880/813111
1881/822111
1882/832111
1883/84311
1884/853111
1885/862211
1886/872221
1887/882111
1888/893111
1889/903111
1890/913111
1891/92311
1892/93622
1893/94631
1894/95531
1895/964311
1896/9763111
1897/986311
1898/993311
1899/19005211
1900/012211
1901/02221
1902/03221
1903/04521
1904/05331
1905/062211
1906/0753
1907/0842
1908/094
1909/101
1910/112

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
Basra2 born hereBaghdad (Bağdat)Mosul (Musul)Istanbul (Dersaadet)DiyarbakırKirkuk (Kerkük)BosnaChania (Hanya)Further placesKirimFurther places24 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 28, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Baghdad (Bağdat)24
Mosul (Musul)10
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Diyarbakır3
Kirkuk (Kerkük)3
Basra2this place
Mardin2
Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Amarah (Amare)1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Baghdad (Bağdat) (2), Basra (2), Amarah (Amare) (1), Ramadi (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

74 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.
1741863/64AH 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

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

Officials of Basra
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İbrahim Sabri Efendi1869 to 189516Muhabere Memuru600 to 900Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdullah Efendi1864 to 187612Müdür1,425 to 2,640Harput
Ali Saib Bey1880 to 190412Defter-i Hakani Kalemi1,800 to 2,000Hillah (Hille)
İspridyon Yavi Efendi1885 to 189911Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti684 to 760Ayvalık
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1884 to 189410Muhabere Memuru380 to 570Basra
Salih Naci Efendi1889 to 189910Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti594 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Nafiz Efendi1883 to 18929Defter-i Hakani Kalemi2,000Burdur
Mihran Efendi1878 to 18879Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti760Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Doryan Efendi1874 to 188991. Müdür1,000 to 1,200Mosul (Musul)
Abdurrezak Bey Efendi1892 to 18997Muhabere Memuru380 to 475Basra
İlyas Cercis Efendi1899 to 19067Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500 to 750Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1897 to 19077Muhabere Memuru400 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Tavik Besim Efendi1876 to 18877Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru800 to 1,200Baghdad (Bağdat)
İbrahim Efendi1893 to 18996Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Naum Salaho Efendi1899 to 19056Muhabere Memuru800Mosul (Musul)
Abdurrezzak Efendi1892 to 18995Muhabere Memuru400 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ali Faik Efendi1866 to 18905Başmuhabere Memuru900 to 1,200Kirim
Artanis Hurşit Efendi1899 to 19045Muhabere Memuru200Baghdad (Bağdat)
Kigork Efendi1878 to 18835Muhabere Memuru475 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Remzi Efendi1899 to 19055Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti750 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bezui Toma Efendi1892 to 190441. Müdür700 to 1,200Mosul (Musul)
Hasan Efendi1873 to 18774Muhabere Memuru500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Nikola Colini Efendi1877 to 18804Müfettiş2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf İstiko Efendi1876 to 18794Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1,300Mosul (Musul)
Abdürrezzak Efendi1894 to 18973Başmuhabere Memuru570 to 760Baghdad (Bağdat)
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Officials of Basra, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1892 to 18953Muhabere Memuru475Kirkuk (Kerkük)
İbrahim Kâmil Efendi1862 to 186531. Müdür1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İlyas Hayri Efendi1906 to 19093Muhabere Memuru300Amarah (Amare)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1877 to 18793Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Menaşe Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memuru240Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mıgırdıç Efendi1889 to 189331. Müdür1,200Diyarbakır
Mühtedi Mehmet Nuri Efendi1882 to 18853Muhabere Memuru475Baghdad (Bağdat)
Muhyiddin Nuri Efendi1864 to 18693Tahrirat Kalemi1,250 to 2,000Sivas
Tevfik Efendi1905 to 19083Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Mardin
Abbas Hilmi Efendi1907 to 19092Muhabere Memuru450Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdülaziz Hikmet Efendi1892 to 19062Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ahmet Fehmi Efendi1878 to 18792Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1,000Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Habib Efendi1906 to 19082Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Mosul (Musul)
İhsan Lütfü Efendi1899 to 190121. Müdür1,200
İsak Yosef Efendi1904 to 19062Memur200 to 300Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mahmut Hilmioğlu Efendi1903 to 19052Muhabere Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1897 to 189922. Müdür1,080Erzurum
Münşi Efendi1896 to 18982Muhabere Memuru200Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mustafa İzzet Efendi1895 to 18972Muhabere Memuru475 to 570Çemişgezek
Neşet Efendi1889 to 18912Muhabere Memuru500Mardin
Salih Zeki Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memuru300Yakube
Ahmet Efendi1872/731Müfettiş2,800Arapgir
Artin Aram Efendi1870/711Müfettiş4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memuru800Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Fazlullah Efendi1906/071Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hacı Mehmet Reşit Efendi1879/8011. Müdür1,200Baghdad (Bağdat)
İbrahim Efendi1888/891Muhabere Memuru500Bosna
Mahmut Nihat Efendi1905/0611. Müdür1,300Chania (Hanya)
Mehdi Fevzi Efendi1881/821Muhabere Memuru475Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmed Muhlis Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memuru575Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Besim Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memuru430Bitlis
Mehmet Cevad Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memuru400Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)
Mehmet Fuat Paşa1887/881Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1,000Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1877/7812. Müdür800Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Mazhar Efendi1872/731Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskani3,500Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memuru700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Said Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru450Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Salih Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memuru570Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1883/841Muhabere Memuru575Aleppo (Halep)
Mustafa Vasfi Efendi1886/871Defterdar4,000Diyarbakır
Nikola Efendi1910/111Muhabere Memuru400Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)
Nikolaki Haris Efendi1869/701Memur1,200Mytilene (Midilli)
Sıvacıyan Agop Efendi1896/9712. Müdür1,080Diyarbakır
SÜLEYMAN FAİK EFENDİ1908/091Muhabere Memuru300Mosul (Musul)
YORGİ JORJ ESBİYADİ EFENDİ1903/041Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf Sabanlı Efendi1904/051Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Mosul (Musul)
Ziya Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memuru400Antakya
Unnamed official (188-57-56)1906 to 19115Muhabere Memuru175 to 400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Unnamed official (0087_0093, sayfa no:183.)1893 to 18974Muhabere Memuru400 to 513Elbistan

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. 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 1883 to 1907, Basra
  2. Abdurrezak Bey Efendi 1891 to 1904, Basra

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Baghdad (Bağdat)12
Mosul (Musul)7
Al-Faw (Fav)5
Kirkuk (Kerkük)5
Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)2
Amarah (Amare)2
Karbala (Kerbela)2
Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)2
Necid2
Adana1

The 10 places with most officials, of 33.

Names, position and identifiers of Basra
Place
Identifierl-b6a3df8ad16ab20e
Spelling in the cataloguebasra
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceBasra province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBasra
PositionLatitude 30.536736, longitude 47.77732. Reference position
Present-day countryIraq
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BasraEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BasraTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BasraSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
basraSpelling 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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