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Place

Kos (İstanköy)

Place in Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province. Present-day country: Greece.

3 officials are recorded serving in Kos (İstanköy). ibrahim Hakki Efendi is recorded as Defter-i Hakani Kalemi here from 1871 to 1874 (AH 1288 to 1290), with 500 to 1,000 kuruş a month. Born in Kafkasya. Ali Nevzad Bey is recorded as Rüsumat Memuru here in 1882/83, with 800 kuruş a month. Born in Erzurum. HÜSEYİN AVNİ EFENDİ is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1899 to 1904, with 540 kuruş a month. Born in Chania (Hanya). 1 official of the collection was born here.

Officials serving
3
Annual entries1871 to 1904, AH 1288 to 1321
9
Median monthly salaryfrom 9 recorded salaries
540 kuruş
Officials born here
1

This place has too few annual entries for charts. For officials, salaries and jobs in the region seeArchipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Chania (Hanya) (1), Erzurum (1), Kafkasya (1).

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Thessaloniki (Selanik) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Kos (İstanköy)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
HÜSEYİN AVNİ EFENDİ1899 to 19045Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540Chania (Hanya)
ibrahim Hakki Efendi1871 to 18743Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office500 to 1,000Kafkasya
Ali Nevzad Bey1882/831Rüsumat Memurucustoms official800Erzurum

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

1 official of the collection was 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. Hüseyin Rasim Efendi 1888 to 1908, Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Tripoli (Trablusşam) (1), Çanakkale (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Crete (Girit) (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Kos (İstanköy)
Place
Identifierl-ddacbf046e1a53b7
Spelling in the catalogueistankoy
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceArchipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencerodos
PositionLatitude 36.833897, longitude 27.152381. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
KosEnglishPreferred nameEditor
İstanköyTurkishPreferred nameEditor
istankoySpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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