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Gaza (Gazze)

Place in Jerusalem (Kudüs) province. Present-day country: Palestine.

43 officials are recorded serving in Gaza (Gazze), from 1864 to 1911 (AH 1281 to 1329), in 129 annual entries. The median of the 129 recorded monthly salaries is 480 kuruş. The fullest year is 1870/71 with 5 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
43
Annual entries1864 to 1911, AH 1281 to 1329
129
Year with most officials5 officials
1870/71
Median monthly salaryfrom 129 recorded salaries
480 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1870/71 (AH 1287) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 48.
0123451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13255 in 1870/71Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Gaza (Gazze)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)222
1867/68 (AH 1284)202
1868/69 (AH 1285)323
1869/70 (AH 1286)323
1870/71 (AH 1287)525
1871/72 (AH 1288)212
1872/73 (AH 1289)222
1873/74 (AH 1290)202
1874/75 (AH 1291)313
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)212
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)434
1879/80 (AH 1297)414
1880/81 (AH 1298)313
1881/82 (AH 1299)313
1882/83 (AH 1300)303
1883/84 (AH 1301)323
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)212
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)424
1892/93 (AH 1310)303
1893/94 (AH 1311)313
1894/95 (AH 1312)313
1895/96 (AH 1313)414
1896/97 (AH 1314)525
1897/98 (AH 1315)505
1898/99 (AH 1316)505
1899/1900 (AH 1317)515
1900/01 (AH 1318)414
1901/02 (AH 1319)414
1902/03 (AH 1320)404
1903/04 (AH 1321)212
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1905/06 (AH 1323)333
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1908/09 (AH 1326)111
1909/10 (AH 1327)222
1910/11 (AH 1328)101
1911 (AH 1329)101

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 129 recorded monthly salaries is 480 kuruş, the mean 524 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 500 kuruş in 1899/1900Gaza (Gazze), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Gaza (Gazze)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/651576576576576625
1865/661576576576576650
1866/672660660630690600
1867/682600600600600600
1868/693480480480480600
1869/703400586.67380700600
1870/7154807044001,000600
1871/722652.5652.5551.25753.75550
1872/732375375337.5412.5550
1873/742375375337.5412.5500
1874/753450400375450535
1875/762450450450450530
1876/771600600600600575
1877/782500500450550560
18781600600600600600
1878/794550575475650600
1879/804475522.5380617.5500
1880/813570536.67425665500
1881/823320478.33317.5560500
1882/833450550425625500
1883/843400500350600500
1884/853400500350600500
1885/863400500350600500
1886/872550550425675500
1887/882600600500700500
1888/892600600500700500
1889/901800800800800500
1890/911800800800800500
1891/924500512.5437.5575500
1892/933500533.33375675500
1893/943500550400675500
1894/953500583.33450675500
1895/964450522.5385587.5500
1896/975500562400720500
1897/985500545400720500
1898/995500545400720500
1899/19005500515340720500
1900/014420463.75317.5566.25500
1901/024420463.75317.5566.25500
1902/034420463.75317.5566.25500
1903/042552.5552.5446.25658.75475
1904/052632.5632.5566.25698.75450
1905/063340380245495475
1906/072400400275525450
1908/091300300300300350
1909/102300300250350462.5
1910/111400400400400500
19111200200200200500

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 17 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti17Muhabere Memuru172. Müdür53. Müdür2Memur1Mübeyyiz1Muharrerat Memuru1Posta Memuru11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 officials

The 8 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, Gaza (Gazze)
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürMemurMübeyyizMuharrerat MemuruPosta Memuru
1864/651
1865/661
1866/672
1867/682
1868/6921
1869/70111
1870/71221
1871/7211
1872/7311
1873/7411
1874/7521
1875/762
1876/771
1877/7811
18781
1878/791111
1879/80121
1880/8121
1881/8221
1882/8321
1883/84111
1884/85111
1885/86111
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/8911
1889/901
1890/911
1891/9231
1892/9321
1893/9421
1894/9521
1895/96211
1896/97311
1897/98311
1898/99311
1899/1900221
1900/01211
1901/02121
1902/03121
1903/0411
1904/0511
1905/06111
1906/0711
1908/091
1909/1011
1910/111
19111

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 District (kaza) Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
Gaza (Gazze)1 born hereBeirut (Beyrut)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Sidon (Sayda)Jaffa (Yafa)Baghdad (Bağdat)7 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Nablus (2), Acre (Akka) (1), Adana (1), Baghdad (Bağdat) (1), Beersheba (Birüssebi) (1), Diyarbakır (1), Gaza (Gazze) (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Jaffa (Yafa) (1), Mosul (Musul) (1), Rashaya (Raşeya) (1), Selimiye (1) and 1 further place of service.

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

43 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.
1431868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

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

Officials of Gaza (Gazze)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdullah Efendi1872 to 1896252. Müdürdirector of the second grade450 to 850Beirut (Beyrut)
Karnik Efendi1891 to 190110Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Musa Efendi1896 to 19037Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications340Nazareth (Nasıra)
Mişel Melahme Efendi1893 to 190552. Müdürdirector of the second grade300 to 765Beirut (Beyrut)
Mişel Mihail Nahle(?) Efendi1895 to 19005Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)340 to 720Jaffa (Yafa)
Rodrigez Efendi1866 to 18715Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications240 to 720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf Timur Efendi1894 to 18995Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400Sidon (Sayda)
Münip Efendi1883 to 18874Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications300Beirut (Beyrut)
Anton Abud Efendi1900 to 19033Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Sidon (Sayda)
Corci Asaf Efendi1880 to 18833Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications280 to 400Haifa (Hayfa)
Habib Efendi1872 to 18753Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Sidon (Sayda)
Halil Habib Efendi1883 to 18863Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Jerusalem (Kudüs)
Hızır Abbas Efendi1878 to 188132. Müdürdirector of the second grade760 to 800Beirut (Beyrut)
Ahmet İzzet Bey1869 to 187122. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Izmir (İzmir)
Corci Efendi1874 to 18762Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications450Beirut (Beyrut)
Fransuva Efendi1888 to 18922Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400 to 500Lubnan
Habip Efendi1881 to 18832Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications315 to 450Jaffa (Yafa)
Hasan Rıza Efendi1909 to 19112Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sidon (Sayda)
Karabet Efendi1866 to 18682Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1878 to 18802Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Nasrettin Efendi1909 to 19112Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence200Gaza (Gazze)
Mıgırdıç Kirkoryan1870 to 18722Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications855 to 1,400Sivas
Ramiz Efendi1869 to 18712Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Zeki Efendi1905 to 19072Mübeyyizfair-copy clerk150Baghdad (Bağdat)
Tahir Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Kirkuk (Kerkük)
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Officials of Gaza (Gazze), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Tertine Efendi1864 to 18662Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications576Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmed Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sidon (Sayda)
Aziz Mahmut Efendi1878/791Memurofficial500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Behçet Cenavi Efendi1903/041Posta Memurupostal official340Nazareth (Nasıra)
Dençoylu Hayler Efendi1905/0613. Müdürdirector of the third grade650Trabzon
Fetullah Nuri Efendi1870/711Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Aleppo (Halep)
Kamil Efendi1871/721Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mahmut Avni Efendi1879/801Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Nablus
Mehmed Hızır Efendi1887/881Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mehmet Hasan Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1905/061Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications340Nablus
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Jaffa (Yafa)
Selim Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Sidon (Sayda)
Yanko Efendi1868/691Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications480Gelibolu
Ziya Efendi1906/0713. Müdürdirector of the third grade650Amasya
Unnamed official (0100_0023; 43)1896 to 190152. Müdürdirector of the second grade765 to 850Beirut (Beyrut)
Unnamed official (0086_0162: 319)1891 to 18932Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications250Tripoli (Trablusşam)

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

3 officials of the collection were born here. 1 of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Hafiz Mehmet Rustu Efendi 1867 to 1895, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Mihail Saba Efendi 1878 to 1904, Rashaya (Raşeya)
  3. Mehmet Nasrettin Efendi 1906 to 1911, Beersheba (Birüssebi)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)9
Damascus (Şam)5
Jerusalem (Kudüs)4
Acre (Akka)2
Antalya2
Jaffa (Yafa)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Baalbek1
Bekaa1
Chania (Hanya)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 20.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)5
Jaffa (Yafa)4
Acre (Akka)3
Jerusalem (Kudüs)3
Nablus2
Acara-i sufla1
Adana1
Altun Kupri (Altınköprü)1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Beersheba (Birüssebi)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 21.

Names, position and identifiers of Gaza (Gazze)
Place
Identifierl-c50c3bea5f10060d
Spelling in the cataloguegazze
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceJerusalem (Kudüs) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencekudus
PositionLatitude 31.51822, longitude 34.465555. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryPalestine
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
GazaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
GazzeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
GazzeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
gazzeSpelling 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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