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Place

Al-Khums (Hums)

Place in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) province. Present-day country: Libya.

9 officials are recorded serving in Al-Khums (Hums), from 1882 to 1909 (AH 1300 to 1326), in 26 annual entries. The median of the 26 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş. The fullest year is 1891/92 with 2 officials.

Officials serving
9
Annual entries1882 to 1909, AH 1300 to 1326
26
Year with most officials2 officials
1891/92
Median monthly salaryfrom 26 recorded salaries
1,000 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1891/92 (AH 1309) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 25.
0121882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13252 in 1891/92Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Al-Khums (Hums)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1882/83 (AH 1300)111
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)111
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)111
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)111
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)111
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 26 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, the mean 800 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325250 kuruş in 1908/09Al-Khums (Hums), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Al-Khums (Hums)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1882/8311,2001,2001,2001,200500
1883/8411,2001,2001,2001,200500
1884/8511,2001,2001,2001,200500
1885/8611,2001,2001,2001,200500
1886/8711,2001,2001,2001,200500
1887/8811,2001,2001,2001,200500
1888/8911,0001,0001,0001,000500
1889/9011,0001,0001,0001,000500
1890/9111,0001,0001,0001,000500
1891/922625625437.5812.5500
1892/9311,0001,0001,0001,000500
1893/9411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1894/9511,0001,0001,0001,000500
1895/9611,0001,0001,0001,000500
1896/971900900900900500
1897/981900900900900500
1898/991900900900900500
1899/19001900900900900500
1901/021250250250250500
1903/041250250250250475
1904/051250250250250450
1905/061250250250250475
1906/071250250250250450
1907/081250250250250300
1908/091250250250250350

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

3 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 6 officials.
Muhabere Memuru61. Müdür22. Müdür11882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261 official2 officials

The 3 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, Al-Khums (Hums)
YearMuhabere Memuru1. Müdür2. Müdür
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1891/922
1892/931
1893/941
1894/951
1895/961
1896/971
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1901/021
1903/041
1904/051
1905/061
1906/071
1907/081
1908/091

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 3 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 Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
Al-Khums (Hums)Tripoli (Trablusgarp)Istanbul (Dersaadet)BursaDiyarbakırKizilhisar3 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

9 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.
Garon EfendiMıgırdıç EfendiSalih Faik EfendiHacı Mehmet Arif EfendiMustafa Ziver EfendiAhmet Muhtar EfendiMehmet Halit EfendiSadık Şükrü EfendiMEHMET MUHTAR EFENDİ1882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326Post 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

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

Officials of Al-Khums (Hums)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Salih Faik Efendi1888 to 189810Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)900 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Garon Efendi1882 to 188641. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Sadık Şükrü Efendi1905 to 19083Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Mehmet Halit Efendi1903 to 19052Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Kizilhisar
Mıgırdıç Efendi1886 to 188821. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,200Diyarbakır
Mustafa Ziver Efendi1898 to 190022. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)900Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
Ahmet Muhtar Efendi1901/021Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Hacı Mehmet Arif Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Bursa
MEHMET MUHTAR EFENDİ1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Tripoli (Trablusgarp)

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
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)2
Basra1
Bebek1
Galata1
Niğde1
Siirt1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Bab-i vala1
Bebek1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Suakin (Sevakin)1
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)1
Zliten1
Names, position and identifiers of Al-Khums (Hums)
Place
Identifierl-e13971da01d6f6d5
Spelling in the cataloguehumus2
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceTripoli (Trablusgarp) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceHumus
PositionLatitude 32.657187, longitude 14.262931. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLibya
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
Al-KhumsEnglishPreferred nameEditor
HumsTurkishPreferred nameEditor
humus2Spelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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