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Place

Ma'an (Maan)

Place in Syria (Suriye) province. Present-day country: Jordan.

7 officials are recorded serving in Ma'an (Maan), from 1893 to 1909 (AH 1311 to 1326), in 14 annual entries. The median of the 14 recorded monthly salaries is 800 kuruş. The fullest year is 1905/06 with 3 officials.

Officials serving
7
Annual entries1893 to 1909, AH 1311 to 1326
14
Year with most officials3 officials
1905/06
Median monthly salaryfrom 14 recorded salaries
800 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1905/06 (AH 1323) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 11.
01231893/94AH 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 13263 in 1905/06Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Ma'an (Maan)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1893/94 (AH 1311)111
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)111
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1908/09 (AH 1326)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

4 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 4 officials.
Muhabere Memuru42. Müdür3Muhasebe Kalemi1Seyyar Memur11893/94AH 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 13261 official2 officials

The 4 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, Ma'an (Maan)
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürMuhasebe KalemiSeyyar Memur
1893/941
1894/951
1895/961
1896/971
1897/981
1900/011
1901/021
1903/041
1904/0511
1905/0621
1908/091

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 4 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
Ma'an (Maan)MalatyaIstanbul (Dersaadet)Izmir (İzmir)Jerusalem (Kudüs)Pomorie (Ahyolu)2 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

7 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.
Ali Rıza EfendiAhmet EfendiMehmet Celal EfendiMehmet Tevfik EfendiAli Avni EfendiMehmet Rasih EfendiAbdülaziz Efendi1893/94AH 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 1326Post and Telegraph entry

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

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

Officials of Ma'an (Maan)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Rıza Efendi1893 to 18985Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office720 to 800Pomorie (Ahyolu)
Ahmet Efendi1900 to 190222. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Malatya
Mehmet Celal Efendi1903 to 19052Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800 to 1,000Tirebolu
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,000Jerusalem (Kudüs)
Abdülaziz Efendi1908/091Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official500Izmir (İzmir)
Ali Avni Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Malatya
Mehmet Rasih Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (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.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Al-Karak (Kerek)1
Hicaz1
Sana'a (Sana)1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Baalbek2
El-ahza1
Hama1
Homs (Humus)1
Tufeyle1
Names, position and identifiers of Ma'an (Maan)
Place
Identifierl-c35e4a8b5a513b13
Spelling in the cataloguemaan
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceSyria (Suriye)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceMaan
PositionLatitude 30.19783, longitude 35.729913. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryJordan
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
Ma'anEnglishPreferred nameEditor
MaanTurkishPreferred nameEditor
maanSpelling 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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