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Place

Benghazi (Bingazi)

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Benghazi (Bingazi) province. Present-day country: Libya.

8 officials are recorded serving in Benghazi (Bingazi), from 1890 to 1910 (AH 1308 to 1327), in 19 annual entries. The median of the 19 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1904/05 with 3 officials. 1 official of the collection was born here.

Officials serving
8
Annual entries1890 to 1910, AH 1308 to 1327
19
Year with most officials3 officials
1904/05
Median monthly salaryfrom 19 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
1
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1904/05 (AH 1322) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 14.
01231890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13273 in 1904/05Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Benghazi (Bingazi)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1896/97 (AH 1314)222
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)323
1905/06 (AH 1323)313
1907/08 (AH 1325)111
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)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.

Jobs each year

6 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 3 officials.
Muhabere Memuru31. Müdür12. Sınıf Polis Komiseri1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1Posta Memuru1Zabit Memuru11890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261 official2 officials

The 6 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, Benghazi (Bingazi)
YearMuhabere Memuru1. Müdür2. Sınıf Polis KomiseriMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPosta MemuruZabit Memuru
1890/911
1896/9711
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041
1904/05111
1905/0621
1907/081
1908/091
1909/101

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 6 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

Where the officials serving here were born
Benghazi (Bingazi)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Chania (Hanya)Crete (Girit)GeliboluTrabzon4 officials1 official

All 5 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Chania (Hanya)1
Crete (Girit)1
Gelibolu1
Trabzon1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

8 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.
Hafız Yusuf Hüsamettin EfendiMehmet Zühtü EfendiMehmet Behçet EfendiMEHMET MUHYİTTİN EFENDİMehmet Tevfik EfendiMehmet Rauf EfendiArif BeyHasan Fehmi Efendi1890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326Post 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

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

Officials of Benghazi (Bingazi)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Behçet Efendi1896 to 19059Posta Memurupostal official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Arif Bey1907 to 190922. Sınıf Polis Komiseripolice commissioner, second class500Chania (Hanya)
MEHMET MUHYİTTİN EFENDİ1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1904 to 190621. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,500Gelibolu
Hafız Yusuf Hüsamettin Efendi1890/911Zabit Memuru300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Fehmi Efendi1909/101Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Crete (Girit)
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)225Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Zühtü Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Trabzon

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

1 official of the collection was 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. Mustafa Talat Efendi 1894 to 1904, Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Derna (Derne)1
Jaffa (Yafa)1
Orgata1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)2
Bolu1
Edremit1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Kırıkkale1
Names, position and identifiers of Benghazi (Bingazi)
Place
Identifierl-c071130fced4465c
Spelling in the cataloguebingazi
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceBenghazi (Bingazi) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBingazi
PositionLatitude 32.12854, longitude 20.086881. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLibya
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BenghaziEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BingaziTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BingaziSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
bingaziSpelling 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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