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Antakya

Place in Aleppo (Halep) province. Present-day country: Turkey. Other names: Antioch.

25 officials are recorded serving in Antakya, from 1868 to 1911 (AH 1285 to 1329), in 60 annual entries. The median of the 60 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş. The fullest year is 1888/89 with 3 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
25
Annual entries1868 to 1911, AH 1285 to 1329
60
Year with most officials3 officials
1888/89
Median monthly salaryfrom 60 recorded salaries
600 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1888/89 (AH 1306) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 35.
01231868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1888/89Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Antakya
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)222
1884/85 (AH 1302)111
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)333
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)222
1893/94 (AH 1311)212
1894/95 (AH 1312)323
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)313
1897/98 (AH 1315)212
1898/99 (AH 1316)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)313
1900/01 (AH 1318)303
1901/02 (AH 1319)202
1902/03 (AH 1320)212
1903/04 (AH 1321)212
1904/05 (AH 1322)323
1905/06 (AH 1323)303
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1911 (AH 1329)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 60 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş, the mean 650 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0002,5001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325400 kuruş in 1911Antakya, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Antakya
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1868/691400400400400600
1870/7112,5002,5002,5002,500600
1871/7212,5002,5002,5002,500550
1873/741380380380380500
1874/751380380380380535
1875/761380380380380530
1876/771400400400400575
1877/781400400400400560
18781400400400400600
1883/842425425337.5512.5500
1884/851600600600600500
1885/861600600600600500
1886/871600600600600500
1887/881600600600600500
1888/893600666.67600700500
1889/901800800800800500
1890/911800800800800500
1891/922600600500700500
1892/932600600500700500
1893/942600600500700500
1894/953500566.67450650500
1895/962650650575725500
1896/973500506.67400610500
1897/982690690495885500
1898/992690690495885500
1899/19003350576.67325715500
1900/013350576.67325715500
1901/022690690495885500
1902/032470470385555500
1903/042470470385555475
1904/053640663.33495820450
1905/063640663.33495820475
1906/072700700550850450
1907/0811,0001,0001,0001,000300
19111400400400400500

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 Muhabere Memuru, held by 13 officials.
Muhabere Memuru132. Müdür43. Müdür2Posta Memuru2Başmemur1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1Muharrerat Memuru1Niyabet11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official2 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, Antakya
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürPosta MemuruBaşmemurMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuharrerat MemuruNiyabet
1868/691
1870/711
1871/721
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1883/8411
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/89111
1889/901
1890/911
1891/9211
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/9521
1895/9611
1896/97111
1897/9811
1898/9911
1899/1900111
1900/01111
1901/0211
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/05111
1905/06111
1906/0711
1907/081
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
AntakyaAleppo (Halep)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Baghdad (Bağdat)DiyarbakırHarput8 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 15, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Aleppo (Halep)8
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Diyarbakır1
Harput1
Ibradi1
Kemah1
Kula1
Manisa1
Niğde1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Aleppo (Halep) (2), Abha (1), Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) (1), Anamur (1), Az Zaydiyah (Zeydiye) (1), Basra (1), Kifri (Salahiye) (1), Minchail (1), Osmaniye (1), Taiz (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

25 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.
1251868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

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

Officials of Antakya
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mustafa Efendi1896 to 19037Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence300Sidon (Sayda)
İzzet Efendi1892 to 189752. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 800Niğde
Mehmet Rahmi Efendi1897 to 190252. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,080Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1874 to 18785Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Aleppo (Halep)
Hasan Salih Efendi1902 to 190643. Müdürdirector of the third grade640Manisa
Mehmet Vahit Sıtkı Efendi1888 to 189242. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Aleppo (Halep)
Yusuf Vasfi Efendi1904 to 190842. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Aleppo (Halep)
Esad Efendi1884 to 18873Başmemurchief official600Harput
Yakup Cemalettin Efendi1894 to 18973Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Kula
İsmail Efendi1883 to 188823. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1870 to 18722Niyabet2,500Ibradi
Mustafa Vehbi Efendi1899 to 19012Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Mümtaz Efendi19111Posta Memurupostal official400Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Rüşdi Efendi1903/041Posta Memurupostal official300Aleppo (Halep)
Artin Mahir Efendi1888/891Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Diyarbakır
Mehmet Ali Bey1888/891Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Cudi Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Faik Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sivas
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1873/741Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Kemah
Mustafa Safvet Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Pleven (Plevne)
Nuri Fehmi Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Aleppo (Halep)
Osman Saib Efendi1883/841Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Yozgat
Yusuf Cemil Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (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.

Officials born here

3 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. Mustafa Efendi 1878 to 1907, Abha
  2. Ziya Efendi 1883 to 1894, Osmaniye
  3. Elyas Efendi 1906/07, Aleppo (Halep)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)4
Zor3
Aleppo (Halep)2
Bahsavis1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Damascus (Şam)1
Denizli1
Erzincan1
Jeddah (Cidde)1
Kirkuk (Kerkük)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 18.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Aleppo (Halep)3
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)2
Silifke2
Tarsus2
Adana1
Baalbek1
Boyabat1
Ezine1
Gaziantep (Antep)1
Havran1

The 10 places with most officials, of 17.

Names, position and identifiers of Antakya
Place
Identifierl-c67c4e24347b0b65
Spelling in the catalogueantakya
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceAleppo (Halep) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencehalep
PositionLatitude 36.207282, longitude 36.167547. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
AntakyaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
AntakyaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
AntiochOtherOther nameEditor
AntakyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
antakyaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Çetin (2015), 84 entries, 2 probably and 0 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909

NAZİR ÇETİN (2015), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Antakyalı).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Abdullah Sabri EfendiPDF 136, 137, 138, 139Named in the work only
Abdurrahman EfendiPDF 139, 140, 141Named in the work only
Abdulbaki Kemal EfendiPDF 141, 142Named in the work only
Abdülgani EfendiPDF 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147Named in the work only
Abdülnafi EfendiPDF 147, 148Named in the work only
Ahmed Fehim EfendiPDF 148, 149Named in the work only
Ahmed Hamdi EfendiPDF 149, 150Named in the work only
Ahmed Naci EfendiPDF 150Named in the work only
Ahmed Nihad EfendiPDF 150, 151Named in the work only
Ahmed RüĢtü EfendiPDF 151, 152Named in the work only
Ali EfendiPDF 152, 153, 154, 155Named in the work only
Ali Rıza EfendiPDF 155, 156Named in the work only
Bahaddin EfendiPDF 156Named in the work only
Burhaneddin EfendiPDF 156, 157Named in the work only
Ferid EfendiPDF 157, 158Named in the work only
Hacı Hüseyin EfendiPDF 158, 159Named in the work only
Hakkı EfendiPDF 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165Named in the work only
Mustafa EfendiPDF 212, 213Probably Mustafa Efendi
Ziya EfendiPDF 228, 229Probably Ziya Efendi

65 more entries are onthe page of the work.

A probable or possible link is made by fixed rules from the name, the birthplace, the birth year and the archive reference. It is not confirmed.

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

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