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Kayseri

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

53 officials are recorded serving in Kayseri, from 1863 to 1910 (AH 1280 to 1327), in 178 annual entries. The median of the 178 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1905/06 with 8 officials. 23 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
53
Annual entries1863 to 1910, AH 1280 to 1327
178
Year with most officials8 officials
1905/06
Median monthly salaryfrom 178 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
23
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1905/06 (AH 1323) with 8 officials. Years with an annual entry: 44.
024681863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13258 in 1905/06Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Kayseri
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1863/64 (AH 1280)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)212
1870/71 (AH 1287)313
1871/72 (AH 1288)313
1872/73 (AH 1289)323
1873/74 (AH 1290)313
1874/75 (AH 1291)414
1875/76 (AH 1292)313
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)202
1878 (AH 1295)424
1878/79 (AH 1296)212
1879/80 (AH 1297)444
1880/81 (AH 1298)616
1881/82 (AH 1299)515
1882/83 (AH 1300)717
1883/84 (AH 1301)505
1884/85 (AH 1302)505
1885/86 (AH 1303)404
1886/87 (AH 1304)404
1887/88 (AH 1305)414
1888/89 (AH 1306)414
1889/90 (AH 1307)303
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)434
1893/94 (AH 1311)414
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1895/96 (AH 1313)545
1896/97 (AH 1314)515
1897/98 (AH 1315)505
1898/99 (AH 1316)505
1899/1900 (AH 1317)737
1900/01 (AH 1318)727
1901/02 (AH 1319)616
1902/03 (AH 1320)727
1903/04 (AH 1321)404
1904/05 (AH 1322)525
1905/06 (AH 1323)828
1906/07 (AH 1324)313
1907/08 (AH 1325)656
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)323

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 178 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 488 kuruş.
02004006001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 350 kuruş in 1907/08Kayseri, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Kayseri
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1863/641300300300300500
1868/6911,0001,0001,0001,000600
1869/702650650475825600
1870/713400566.67350700600
1871/723855678.33567.5877.5550
1872/733855701.67602.5877.5550
1873/743950951.67902.51,000500
1874/754902.5813.75741.25975535
1875/763855735627.5902.5530
1876/772675675537.5812.5575
1877/782700700550850560
18784775737.5550962.5600
1878/792700700550850600
1879/804430510380560500
1880/816430443.67380480500
1881/825600504.4380600500
1882/837380489.29380600500
1883/845380445380380500
1884/855380445380380500
1885/864380461.25356.25485500
1886/874380461.25356.25485500
1887/884380611.25356.25635500
1888/894380356.25356.25380500
1889/903380348.33332.5380500
1890/913380348.33332.5380500
1891/923380348.33332.5380500
1892/934512.5706.25456.25762.5500
1893/944475637.5350762.5500
1894/953400383.33300475500
1895/965400380400400500
1896/975400357285400500
1897/985400357285400500
1898/995400357285400500
1899/19007400357.14300400500
1900/017400371.43300450500
1901/026400383.33325475500
1902/037400565.71350700500
1903/044350450275525475
1904/055300410250400450
1905/068400412.5287.5425475
1906/073300283.33225350450
1907/086350333.33187.5475300
1908/091500500500500350
1909/103400550375650462.5

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

13 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 31 officials.
Muhabere Memuru312. Müdür8Posta Memuru4Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2Tatar22. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti1Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Riyaseti1Defter-i Hakani Kalemi11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official5 officials

The 8 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, Kayseri
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürPosta MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiTatar2. Bidayet Mahkemesi RiyasetiBidayet Mahkemesi Ceza RiyasetiDefter-i Hakani Kalemi
1863/64
1868/691
1869/7011
1870/7121
1871/7212
1872/7312
1873/742
1874/7512
1875/7612
1876/7711
1877/7811
18781111
1878/7911
1879/80211
1880/81212
1881/821112
1882/833112
1883/84311
1884/85311
1885/86211
1886/87211
1887/88211
1888/8931
1889/9021
1890/9121
1891/9221
1892/93211
1893/94211
1894/9521
1895/9641
1896/9732
1897/9832
1898/9932
1899/190052
1900/0142
1901/0232
1902/03212
1903/04112
1904/05212
1905/06512
1906/0721
1907/08312
1908/091
1909/1021

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 13 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
Kayseri7 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)YozgatNevşehirAnkaraÇankırı8 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 26, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
Yozgat8
Kayseri7this place
Nevşehir6
Ürgüp3
Ankara1
Çankırı1
Çemişgezek1
Damascus (Şam)1
Edirne1
Where the officials born here were serving
Kayseri7 serving hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)TarsusYozgatAnkaraİskenderunJeddah (Cidde)Leyt lisMocha (Muha)Further placesFurther places8 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 74, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
Kayseri7this place
Tarsus4
Yozgat4
Ankara3
İskenderun3
Acre (Akka)2
Adana2
Malatya2
Tokat2

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

53 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.
1531863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

53 officials, the one with most annual entries here first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Kayseri
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1892 to 190816Posta Memurupostal official400Kayseri
Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi1879 to 189212Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Kayseri
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1881 to 189211Posta Memurupostal official142 to 285Kayseri
Besim Efendi1882 to 189510Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 550Kayseri
Hacı Kâmil Efendi1879 to 188782. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Vidin
Hüseyin Rüştü Efendi1868 to 187682. Müdürdirector of the second grade855 to 1,000Sivas
Mehmet Efendi1895 to 19038Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Yozgat
Osman Fevzi Efendi1899 to 19067Posta Memurupostal official300 to 400Nevşehir
Nurettin Efendi1879 to 18856Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Ürgüp
Abdüllatif Efendi1872 to 187752. Müdürdirector of the second grade900 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Artin Şorun(?) Efendi1869 to 18785Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)280 to 1,000Yozgat
Osman Nuri Efendi1895 to 19005Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Kemah
Şaban Efendi1895 to 19005Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Kayseri
Ahmet Fahri Efendi1900 to 19044Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Yozgat
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1876 to 18794Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Nevşehir
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1878 to 18834Tatar480 to 600Erzincan
Hacı Süleyman Efendi1879 to 18834Tatar480 to 600Çemişgezek
Mehmet Fuat Efendi1899 to 19034Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official400 to 500Mersin
Mustafa Remzi Efendi1902 to 190642. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Çankırı
Ahmet Refik Efendi1890 to 19013Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 500Yozgat
Eyüp Kazım Efendi1896 to 18993Posta Memurupostal official285Elazığ
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1904 to 19103Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200 to 350Yozgat
Ahmed Hayreddin Efendi1907 to 19092Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Muğla
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1895 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Nevşehir
Mehmed Raşid Efendi1873 to 18752Sancak Defter-i Hakani Memurlugu1,050Tekirdağ
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Officials of Kayseri, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Rıfkı Efendi1893 to 18952Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Yozgat
Namık Şükrü Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Rıfkı Efendi1888 to 18902Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Ankara
Ömer Sabri Efendi1905 to 19072Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Yozgat
Omer Yumni Bey1892 to 189422. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti1,400Ürgüp
Ahmet Ferit Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Rüştü Efendi1878/7912. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Mudurnu
Cafer-i Tayyar Efendi1907/081Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Fahrettin Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Haşim Zihni Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Yozgat
Ibrahim Derviş Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Nevşehir
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1902/031Müdür Vekiliacting director1,260Edirne
Kamil Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Kayseri
Mahmut Hamdi Efendi1863/641Evkaf Memuru300Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mahmut Refik Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Skopje (Üsküp)
Mehmet Halit Efendi1874/751Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kemal Efendi1901/021Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazif Efendi1909/101Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Vezirköprü
Mehmet Sadık Efendi1909/1012. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Krujë (Akçahisar)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Nevşehir
Muhyiddin Bey18781Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office950Damascus (Şam)
Mustafa Nail Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Zihni Efendi1870/711Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Nevşehir
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Kırşehir
Osman Nuri Bey1887/881Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Riyaseti1,400Kütahya
Süleyman Lütfü Efendi1880/811Muvassil142Ürgüp
Yakup Efendi1871/7212. Müdürdirector of the second grade900Kayseri

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

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

  1. Yordan Resmi Efendi 1867 to 1907, Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
  2. David Efendi 1870 to 1907, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Hacı Ahmet Behçet Efendi 1866 to 1901, Ermenek
  4. Ömer Lütfi Efendi 1873 to 1906, Haydarpaşa
  5. Parsah Zurniyan Efendi 1869 to 1904, Yozgat
  6. Yakup Efendi 1865 to 1894, Mersin
  7. Ahmet Hamdi Efendi 1865 to 1891, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  8. Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi 1876 to 1901, Kayseri
  9. Yorgi Servet Efendi 1875 to 1897, Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)
  10. Besim Efendi 1877 to 1896, Kayseri
  11. Fikri Efendi 1882 to 1903, Yozgat
  12. Balyan Efendi 1877 to 1894, İskenderun
  13. Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi 1892 to 1908, Kayseri
  14. İbrahim Hakkı Efendi 1881 to 1894, Kayseri
  15. Şaban Efendi 1895 to 1904, Kayseri
  16. Yuvan Fahri Efendi 1889 to 1898, Samsun
  17. Kamil Efendi 1900 to 1907, Ankara
  18. Ohannes Efendi 1889 to 1895, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  19. Mehmet Emin Efendi 1900 to 1905, Sivas
  20. Mehteri Ömer İzzet Efendi 1898 to 1904, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  21. Vartan Yıldızyan 1876 to 1878, Ruse (Rusçuk)
  22. Mihalaki Efendi 1871 to 1873, Volos (Golos)
  23. Bagos Efendi 1910/11, Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Yozgat7
Ankara4
Konya4
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Trabzon2
İncesu2
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Ajloun (Aclun)1
Al-Faw (Fav)1
Denizli1

The 10 places with most officials, of 27.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Yozgat7
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Ankara4
Acre (Akka)1
Adana1
Burdur1
Danismend1
Erzincan1
Gelibolu1
Geyve1

The 10 places with most officials, of 29.

Names, position and identifiers of Kayseri
Place
Identifierl-eda13a95c503fabe
Spelling in the cataloguekayseri
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceAnkara province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceKayseri
PositionLatitude 38.719891, longitude 35.48657. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
KayseriEnglishPreferred nameEditor
KayseriTurkishPreferred nameEditor
kayseriSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Şahin (2017), 88 entries, 7 probably and 2 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Kayseri doğumlu Gayrimüslim Osmanlı devlet adamları (h. 1255/m. 1839-40-h. 1300/m. 1882-83)

YAĞMUR ŞAHİN (2017), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Kayseri doğumlu).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Kayseri doğumlu Gayrimüslim Osmanlı devlet adamları (h. 1255/m. 1839-40-h. 1300/m. 1882-83)
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
Karabetyan Mıgırdiç Haki EfendiPDF 56, 57; printed 42, 43Named in the work only
Yakob EfendiPDF 57, 58; printed 43, 44Named in the work only
David EfendiPDF 65, 66; printed 51, 52Probably David Efendi
Mihalaki EfendiPDF 67, 68; printed 53, 54Possibly Mihalaki Efendi
Yordan Resmi EfendiPDF 68, 69; printed 54, 55Probably Yordan Resmi Efendi
Mihalaki EfendiPDF 80, 81; printed 66, 67Possibly Mihalaki Efendi
Yorgi Servet EfendiPDF 84; printed 70Probably Yorgi Servet Efendi
VartanYıldızyanPDF 99, 100, 101, 102; printed 85, 86, 87, 88Probably Vartan Yıldızyan
Balyan EfendiPDF 102, 103; printed 88, 89Probably Balyan Efendi
Ohannes EfendiPDF 116; printed 102Probably Ohannes Efendi
Yuvan Fahri EfendiPDF 126, 127; printed 112, 113Probably Yuvan Fahri Efendi

77 more entries are onthe page of the work.

A probable or possible link is made by fixed rules from the name, the birthplace, the birth year and the archive reference. It is not confirmed.

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

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