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Place

Balchik (Balçık)

Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.

2 officials are recorded serving in Balchik (Balçık). Ahmet Hamdi Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 1872/73 (AH 1289), with 760 kuruş a month. Born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki). İbrahim Hakkı Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 1878, with 800 kuruş a month. Born in Pleven (Plevne). 5 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
2
Annual entries1872 to 1878, AH 1289 to 1295
2
Median monthly salaryfrom 2 recorded salaries
780 kuruş
Officials born here
5

This place has too few annual entries for charts. For officials, salaries and jobs in the region seeDanube (Tuna) province.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Pleven (Plevne) (1), Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) (1).

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (2), Beyoğlu (1), Burgas (Burgaz) (1), Büyükada (1), Edirne (1), Karadeniz Ereğli (1), Kütahya (1), Sirkeci (1), Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) (1), Svishtov (Ziştovi) (1), Yambol (Yanbolu) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Balchik (Balçık)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1872/7312. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi187812. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Pleven (Plevne)

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

5 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. Ahmet Necip Efendi 1869 to 1895, Karadeniz Ereğli
  2. Süleyman Sadık Efendi 1895 to 1906, Beyoğlu
  3. Ahmet Refik Efendi 1904 to 1908, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  4. İsmail Fuad Efendi 1907/08, Kütahya
  5. Unnamed official (0087_0099,195.) 1892 to 1900, Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Livno (İhlivne) (1), Melnik (Menlik) (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Akşehir (1), Shumen (Şumnu) (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Balchik (Balçık)
Place
Identifierl-c435f356f1a3dbb4
Spelling in the cataloguebalcik
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencevarna
PositionLatitude 43.431494, longitude 28.161465. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BalchikEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BalçıkTurkishPreferred nameEditor
balcikSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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