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Place

Bijelo Polje (Akova)

Place in Kosovo (Kosova) province. Present-day country: Montenegro.

5 officials are recorded serving in Bijelo Polje (Akova). Şefkat Bedros Efendi is recorded as Kaymakam here in 1869/70 (AH 1286), with 1,500 kuruş a month. Born in Tokat. Mehmet Nusret Efendi is recorded as 3. Müdür here from 1886 to 1899, with 540 to 600 kuruş a month. Born in Travnik. Abdurrahman Hilmi Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1898/99, with 500 kuruş a month. Born in Sjenica (Seniçe). Mehmet Neşet Efendi is recorded as 3. Müdür here in 1899/1900, with 500 kuruş a month. Yusuf Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1902/03, with 150 kuruş a month. Born in Travnik. 2 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
5
Annual entries1869 to 1903, AH 1286 to 1320
17
Year with most officials2 officials
1898/99
Median monthly salaryfrom 17 recorded salaries
600 kuruş
Officials born here
2

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

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Travnik (2), Sjenica (Seniçe) (1), Tokat (1).

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Peja (İpek) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Bijelo Polje (Akova)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Nusret Efendi1886 to 1899133. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540 to 600Travnik
Abdurrahman Hilmi Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Sjenica (Seniçe)
Mehmet Neşet Efendi1899/190013. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)500
Şefkat Bedros Efendi1869/701Kaymakamdistrict governor1,500Tokat
Yusuf Efendi1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Travnik

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

2 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. Mehmet Midhat Efendi 1905 to 1908, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Adem Hilmi Efendi 1908/09, Peja (İpek)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Ivaylovgrad (Ortaköy)1
Leskovik1
Peja (İpek)1
Pristina (Priştine)1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Kosova1
Skopje (Üsküp)1
Names, position and identifiers of Bijelo Polje (Akova)
Place
Identifierl-cd54c432a720cfde
Spelling in the catalogueakova
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceKosovo (Kosova)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencesenice
PositionLatitude 43.043388, longitude 19.773245. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryMontenegro
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
AkovaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
Bijelo PoljeEnglishPreferred nameEditor
AkovaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
akovaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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