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Place

Bergama

Place in Aydın province. Present-day country: Turkey.

9 officials are recorded serving in Bergama, from 1863 to 1897 (AH 1280 to 1314), in 45 annual entries. The median of the 45 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş. The fullest year is 1872/73 with 2 officials. 7 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
9
Annual entries1863 to 1897, AH 1280 to 1314
45
Year with most officials2 officials
1872/73
Median monthly salaryfrom 45 recorded salaries
600 kuruş
Officials born here
7
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1872/73 (AH 1289) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 34.
0121863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13102 in 1872/73Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Bergama
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1863/64 (AH 1280)111
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)111
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)101
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)212
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)202
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)111
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)212
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)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 45 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş, the mean 725 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 1310540 kuruş in 1896/97Bergama, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Bergama
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1863/6412,0002,0002,0002,000500
1864/6512,0002,0002,0002,000625
1865/6611,2001,2001,2001,200650
1866/6711,0001,0001,0001,000600
1867/6811,0001,0001,0001,000600
1868/6911,0001,0001,0001,000600
1869/7011,0001,0001,0001,000600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/721800800800800550
1872/7321,4001,4001,1001,700550
1873/741800800800800500
1874/751800800800800535
1875/761800800800800530
1876/772735735702.5767.5575
1877/782700700650750560
18781800800800800600
1878/791800800800800600
1879/801600600600600500
1881/821400400400400500
1882/831400400400400500
1883/841400400400400500
1884/851400400400400500
1885/861400400400400500
1886/871400400400400500
1887/881400400400400500
1888/892500500450550500
1889/902500500450550500
1890/912500500450550500
1891/922500500450550500
1892/932500500450550500
1893/942500500450550500
1894/952500500450550500
1895/962500500450550500
1896/971540540540540500

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 2. Müdür, held by 3 officials.
2. Müdür33. Müdür3Muhabere Memuru2Asar Nezareti1Muhasebe Kalemi1Niyabet11863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141 official2 officials

The 6 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, Bergama
Year2. Müdür3. MüdürMuhabere MemuruAsar NezaretiMuhasebe KalemiNiyabet
1863/641
1864/651
1865/661
1866/671
1867/681
1868/691
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/7311
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/772
1877/7811
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/9211
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/9511
1895/9611
1896/971

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)

Where the officials serving here were born
Bergama3 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)KazanlikMardin4 officials1 official

All 4 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Bergama3this place
Kazanlik1
Mardin1
Where the officials born here were serving
Bergama3 serving hereAydınBuldanBursaHayraboluHeraklion (Kandiye)Further places2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 15, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Bergama3this place
Aydın2
Buldan1
Bursa1
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)1in the small map
Hayrabolu1
Heraklion (Kandiye)1
Himarë (Himara)1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1

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.
Mehmet sukru EfendiHacı Mehmet Ali EfendiAli Afif EfendiMustafa Necip Beyİbrahim Rahmi EfendiHalil Kemal EfendiArtin Noris EfendiMustafa EfendiMehmet Necip Bey1863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314Post and Telegraph entryEntry of another institution

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 Bergama
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Afif Efendi1871 to 1880102. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)600 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Artin Noris Efendi1884 to 18939Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bergama
Mustafa Efendi1888 to 189793. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Mehmet Ali Efendi1865 to 187162. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil Kemal Efendi1881 to 18843Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bergama
Mehmet Necip Bey1893 to 18963Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office400Bergama
İbrahim Rahmi Efendi1876 to 187822. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)600 to 670Kazanlik
Mehmet sukru Efendi1863 to 18652Niyabet2,000Mardin
Mustafa Necip Bey1872/731Asar Nezareti2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

7 officials of the collection were born here. 3 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Halil Kemal Efendi 1879 to 1906, Buldan
  2. Artin Noris Efendi 1884 to 1906, Bergama
  3. Hafız Halil Efendi 1874 to 1892, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  4. Mustafa Hulusi Efendi 1895 to 1899, Nablus
  5. Mehmet Necip Bey 1893 to 1896, Bergama
  6. Mehmet Rüşdi Efendi 1903 to 1908, Prilep (Pirlepe)
  7. Ali Saib Efendi 1907/08, Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Buldan1
Gelibolu1
Hayrabolu1
Manisa1
Mosul (Musul)1
Seyitgazi1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Alaşehir1
Aydın1
Enez (İnoz)1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Seddülbahir1
Shumen (Şumnu)1
Names, position and identifiers of Bergama
Place
Identifierl-e35f4a4a6f39c7cf
Spelling in the cataloguebergama
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceAydın
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceizmir
PositionLatitude 39.122553, longitude 27.176596. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BergamaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BergamaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BergamaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
bergamaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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