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Place

Safed

Place in Beirut (Beyrut) province. Present-day country: Israel.

5 officials are recorded serving in Safed. Corci Efendi is recorded as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti here in 1882/83 (AH 1300), with 600 kuruş a month. Born in Beirut (Beyrut). Mustafa Hayrettin Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1883 to 1887, with 150 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. Kayser Ferid Efendi is recorded as Başmuhabere Memuru here from 1884 to 1892, with 600 kuruş a month. Born in Lubnan. Vanis Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1892 to 1899, with 675 to 750 kuruş a month. Born in Damascus (Şam). Abdullah Hıtar Efendi is recorded as 3. Müdür here from 1899 to 1901, with 550 kuruş a month. Born in Sidon (Sayda).

Officials serving
5
Annual entries1882 to 1901, AH 1300 to 1318
22
Year with most officials2 officials
1884/85
Median monthly salaryfrom 22 recorded salaries
600 kuruş
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 22 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş, the mean 551 kuruş.
02004006008001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318550 kuruş in 1900/01Safed, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Safed
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1882/831600600600600500
1883/841150150150150500
1884/852375375262.5487.5500
1885/862375375262.5487.5500
1886/872375375262.5487.5500
1887/881600600600600500
1888/891600600600600500
1889/901600600600600500
1890/911600600600600500
1891/921600600600600500
1892/931750750750750500
1893/941750750750750500
1894/951750750750750500
1895/961750750750750500
1896/971675675675675500
1897/981675675675675500
1898/991675675675675500
1899/19001550550550550500
1900/011550550550550500

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.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Beirut (Beyrut) (1), Damascus (Şam) (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Lubnan (1), Sidon (Sayda) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Safed
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Kayser Ferid Efendi1884 to 18928Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official600Lubnan
Vanis Efendi1892 to 18997Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)675 to 750Damascus (Şam)
Mustafa Hayrettin Efendi1883 to 18874Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Hıtar Efendi1899 to 190123. Müdürdirector of the third grade550Sidon (Sayda)
Corci Efendi1882/831Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Beirut (Beyrut)

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
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Nablus1
Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Acre (Akka)1
Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)1
Nazareth (Nasıra)1
Tripoli (Trablusşam)1
Names, position and identifiers of Safed
Place
Identifierl-dde00e0c345aca61
Spelling in the cataloguesafed
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceBeirut (Beyrut) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceAkka
PositionLatitude 32.964013, longitude 35.497144. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryIsrael
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SafedEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SafedTurkishPreferred nameEditor
safedSpelling 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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