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Place

Büyükada

Place in Istanbul (Dersaadet) province. Present-day country: Turkey. Other names: Prinkipo.

19 officials are recorded serving in Büyükada, from 1874 to 1908 (AH 1291 to 1325), in 51 annual entries. The median of the 51 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1898/99 with 4 officials.

Officials serving
19
Annual entries1874 to 1908, AH 1291 to 1325
51
Year with most officials4 officials
1898/99
Median monthly salaryfrom 51 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1898/99 (AH 1316) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 25.
012341878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1898/99Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Büyükada
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1877/78 (AH 1294)111
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)111
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)212
1891/92 (AH 1309)313
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)313
1894/95 (AH 1312)212
1895/96 (AH 1313)313
1896/97 (AH 1314)212
1897/98 (AH 1315)212
1898/99 (AH 1316)434
1899/1900 (AH 1317)313
1900/01 (AH 1318)313
1901/02 (AH 1319)303
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)111
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)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 51 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 396 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325250 kuruş in 1907/08Büyükada, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Büyükada
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1874/7511,1001,1001,1001,100535
1877/781300300300300560
18781300300300300600
1878/791300300300300600
1887/881600600600600500
1888/892450450375525500
1889/902450450375525500
1890/912350350325375500
1891/923300333.33300350500
1892/932350350325375500
1893/943400366.67350400500
1894/952325325287.5362.5500
1895/963300283.33225350500
1896/972375375337.5412.5500
1897/982375375337.5412.5500
1898/994425425400450500
1899/19003400400325475500
1900/013400396.67300495500
1901/023400396.67300495500
1902/032495495447.5542.5500
1903/042545545472.5617.5475
1904/051250250250250450
1905/063250396.67250470475
1906/071250250250250450
1907/081250250250250300

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

6 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 10 officials.
Muhabere Memuru10Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti72. Müdür23. Müdür1Başmemur1Merkez Memuru11875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241 official3 officials

The 6 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Büyükada
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. Müdür3. MüdürBaşmemurMerkez Memuru
1874/751
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1887/881
1888/892
1889/902
1890/912
1891/923
1892/9311
1893/9421
1894/952
1895/9621
1896/972
1897/9811
1898/9922
1899/190021
1900/01111
1901/02111
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/051
1905/06111
1906/071
1907/081

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 6 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
BüyükadaIstanbul (Dersaadet)BilecikArapgirAyastefanosBalchik (Balçık)6 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 13, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Bilecik2
Arapgir1
Ayastefanos1
Balchik (Balçık)1
Bursa1
Ceyhan (Hamidiye)1
Korfa1
Măcin (Maçin)1
Sana'a (Sana)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

19 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.
Esperdiyon Diloti EfendiKostantin KotoviliMehmet Sadık EfendiAhmet Tevfik EfendiYusuf Mişon EfendiAhmet Refik EfendiUnnamed official (0087_0099,1…Yakozak Polanis EfendiNesim Salamon EfendiMehmet Şevket EfendiYorgi EfendiUnnamed official (0085_0150:…Ali Galip EfendiMehmet Salih EfendiMehmet Adil EfendiBehor Mois EfendiOhannes EfendiSabit Kigork EfendiDavid Nesim Efendi1875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324Post 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

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

Officials of Büyükada
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1888 to 18989Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 450Ayastefanos
Ali Galip Efendi1898 to 190463. Müdürdirector of the third grade450 to 690Shumen (Şumnu)
Mehmet Salih Efendi1898 to 19046Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400Ceyhan (Hamidiye)
Ahmet Refik Efendi1891 to 18994Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications300 to 450Măcin (Maçin)
David Nesim Efendi1905 to 19083Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kostantin Kotovili1877 to 18793Merkez Memurucentral office official300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sadık Efendi1887 to 18903Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yakozak Polanis Efendi1894 to 19063Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 300Urla
Yusuf Mişon Efendi1890 to 18933Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Serres (Siroz)
Behor Mois Efendi1900 to 19022Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Esperdiyon Diloti Efendi1874/751Başmemurchief official1,100Korfa
Mehmet Adil Efendi1899/19001Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Arapgir
Nesim Salamon Efendi1895/961Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ohannes Efendi1904/051Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications250Bilecik
Sabit Kigork Efendi1905/0612. Müdürdirector of the second grade690Bilecik
Yorgi Efendi1897/981Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications300Bursa
Unnamed official (0085_0150: 295)1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sana'a (Sana)
Unnamed official (0087_0099,195.)1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Balchik (Balçık)

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Beyoğlu6
Heybeliada4
Haydarpaşa3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Elassona (Alasonya)1
Erenköy1
Gebze1
Konya1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
Heybeliada5
Beyoğlu3
Gelibolu1
Yalova1
Names, position and identifiers of Büyükada
Place
Identifierl-d69aad0d56907983
Spelling in the cataloguebuyukada
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceIstanbul (Dersaadet) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDersaadet
PositionLatitude 40.85252, longitude 29.121438. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BüyükadaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BüyükadaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
PrinkipoOtherOther nameEditor
buyukadaSpelling 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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