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Place

Misir

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Egypt (Mısır) province. Present-day country: Egypt.

13 officials are recorded serving in Misir, from 1881 to 1909 (AH 1299 to 1326), in 59 annual entries. The median of the 59 recorded monthly salaries is 1,250 kuruş. The fullest year is 1886/87 with 3 officials. 4 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
13
Annual entries1881 to 1909, AH 1299 to 1326
59
Year with most officials3 officials
1886/87
Median monthly salaryfrom 59 recorded salaries
1,250 kuruş
Officials born here
4
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1886/87 (AH 1304) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 25.
01231882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1886/87Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Misir
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1883/84 (AH 1301)222
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)202
1886/87 (AH 1304)313
1887/88 (AH 1305)313
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)313
1892/93 (AH 1310)303
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1895/96 (AH 1313)303
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1898/99 (AH 1316)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)202
1900/01 (AH 1318)313
1901/02 (AH 1319)313
1902/03 (AH 1320)303
1903/04 (AH 1321)313
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)222
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.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 59 recorded monthly salaries is 1,250 kuruş, the mean 1,165 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251,000 kuruş in 1908/09Misir, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Misir
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1881/8211,0001,0001,0001,000500
1883/8421,1251,1251,062.51,187.5500
1884/8521,1251,1251,062.51,187.5500
1885/8621,3751,3751,312.51,437.5500
1886/8731,2501,333.331,2501,375500
1887/8831,2501,333.331,2501,375500
1888/8921,2501,2501,2501,250500
1889/9021,2501,2501,2501,250500
1890/9131,2501,7001,2501,925500
1891/9231,2501,066.679751,250500
1892/9331,2501,066.679751,250500
1893/9431,2501,066.679751,250500
1894/9531,2501,1001,0251,250500
1895/9631,2501,2501,1251,375500
1896/9721,1251,1251,012.51,237.5500
1897/9821,1251,1251,012.51,237.5500
1898/9921,1251,1251,012.51,237.5500
1899/190021,1251,1251,012.51,237.5500
1900/0139009908101,125500
1901/0239009908101,125500
1902/0339009908101,125500
1903/0437201,3905851,860475
1904/051900900900900450
1906/072875875812.5937.5450
1908/0911,0001,0001,0001,000350

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 Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti, held by 4 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti4Muhabere Memuru4Memur2Başmemur1Başmüdür1Mesalihi Basmemur1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru1Seyyar Memur11882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261 official2 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, Misir
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuhabere MemuruMemurBaşmemurBaşmüdürMesalihi BasmemurMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruSeyyar Memur
1881/821
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/8611
1886/8721
1887/88111
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/91111
1891/9221
1892/9321
1893/9421
1894/9521
1895/9621
1896/9711
1897/9811
1898/9911
1899/190011
1900/0121
1901/02111
1902/03111
1903/04111
1904/051
1906/0711
1908/091

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

Where the officials serving here were born
MisirIstanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)Beirut (Beyrut)BursaIzmir (İzmir)Further places5 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (3), Aydın (1), Baghdad (Bağdat) (1), Beyoğlu (1), Haba (1), Mytilene (Midilli) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

13 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.
Unnamed official (0007_0146;…Mehmet Tahir EfendiAli Haydar EfendiHalil Habib EfendiUnnamed official (0067_0243;…Emil EfendiCebrail EfendiVedi EfendiMehmet Rıza EfendiMehmet Süreyya EfendiMehmet Niyazi EfendiMustafa Şekip EfendiJozef Fori Efendi1882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 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

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

Officials of Misir
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Halil Habib Efendi1886 to 190418Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,250 to 3,000Jerusalem (Kudüs)
Cebrail Efendi1891 to 190110Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications700 to 1,000Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Ali Haydar Efendi1883 to 18885Memurofficial1,250 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rıza Efendi1901 to 19054Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)720 to 900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1883 to 18874Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,000 to 1,250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vedi Efendi1900 to 19033Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications720 to 900Beirut (Beyrut)
Emil Efendi1890/911Başmüdürchief director2,600Aleppo (Halep)
Jozef Fori Efendi1908/091Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications1,000Izmir (İzmir)
Mehmet Niyazi Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Trabzon
Mehmet Süreyya Efendi1903/041Memurofficial450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Şekip Efendi1906/071Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.)1887 to 18969Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,250Bursa
Unnamed official (0007_0146; 289)1881/821Seyyar Memurtravelling official1,000Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

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

4 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. Antuvan İbrahim Keldani Efendi 1857 to 1885, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Mehmet Ebugarar Efendi 1866 to 1882, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Mahmut Bey 1890 to 1904, Aydın
  4. Unnamed official (51_39; 73.) 1892/93, Haba

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Beyoğlu3
Jerusalem (Kudüs)1
Louros (Loros)1
Names, position and identifiers of Misir
Place
Identifierl-c3e9f88ebb5bf4a3
Spelling in the cataloguemisir
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceEgypt (Mısır)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceMisir
PositionLatitude 30.027651, longitude 31.248645. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryEgypt
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
misirSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records
MisirSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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