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Place

Gjirokastër (Ergiri)

Place in Ioannina (Yanya) province. Present-day country: Albania. Other names: Argyrokastro.

32 officials are recorded serving in Gjirokastër (Ergiri), from 1866 to 1911 (AH 1283 to 1329), in 130 annual entries. The median of the 130 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş. The fullest year is 1881/82 with 5 officials. 16 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
32
Annual entries1866 to 1911, AH 1283 to 1329
130
Year with most officials5 officials
1881/82
Median monthly salaryfrom 130 recorded salaries
600 kuruş
Officials born here
16
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1881/82 (AH 1299) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 43.
0123451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13255 in 1881/82Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1866/67 (AH 1283)111
1867/68 (AH 1284)212
1868/69 (AH 1285)101
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)222
1872/73 (AH 1289)212
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)202
1878 (AH 1295)202
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)313
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)535
1882/83 (AH 1300)404
1883/84 (AH 1301)515
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)303
1887/88 (AH 1305)525
1888/89 (AH 1306)404
1889/90 (AH 1307)404
1890/91 (AH 1308)525
1891/92 (AH 1309)404
1892/93 (AH 1310)525
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)424
1895/96 (AH 1313)404
1896/97 (AH 1314)515
1897/98 (AH 1315)404
1898/99 (AH 1316)535
1899/1900 (AH 1317)303
1900/01 (AH 1318)404
1901/02 (AH 1319)525
1902/03 (AH 1320)303
1903/04 (AH 1321)313
1904/05 (AH 1322)424
1905/06 (AH 1323)414
1906/07 (AH 1324)202
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1911 (AH 1329)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 130 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş, the mean 623 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 540 kuruş in 1901/02Gjirokastër (Ergiri), 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, Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1866/671800800800800600
1867/682600600500700600
1868/691800800800800600
1869/701800800800800600
1871/722400400400400550
1872/732400400400400550
1873/741950950950950500
1874/751950950950950535
1875/761950950950950530
1876/772760760665855575
1877/782775775687.5862.5560
18782775775687.5862.5600
1878/792775775687.5862.5600
1879/803760886.676301,080500
1880/8121,0801,0809201,240500
1881/825600708400760500
1882/834680790550920500
1883/845600696400760500
1884/8537609206801,080500
1885/8637609206801,080500
1886/8737609206801,080500
1887/885760784600760500
1888/894680790550920500
1889/904680790550920500
1890/915600653345760500
1891/924472.5636.25308.75800500
1892/935400565.4285600500
1893/9436008005001,000500
1894/954460615.5275.5800500
1895/964460615.5275.5800500
1896/975400532320540500
1897/984410377.5277.5510500
1898/995320362300500500
1899/19003500396.67325520500
1900/014400372.5262.5510500
1901/025540466300600500
1902/033300396.67275470500
1903/043300383.33275450475
1904/054275325225375450
1905/064275325225375475
1906/072375375262.5487.5450
1907/081150150150150300
19111400400400400500

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 18 officials.
Muhabere Memuru183. Müdür52. Müdür2Defter-i Hakani Kalemi2Memur2Başmuhabere Memuru1Ibtidai Mahkemesi Riyaseti Muavini1Müdür Vekili11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 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, Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
YearMuhabere Memuru3. Müdür2. MüdürDefter-i Hakani KalemiMemurBaşmuhabere MemuruIbtidai Mahkemesi Riyaseti MuaviniMüdür Vekili
1866/671
1867/6811
1868/691
1869/701
1871/7211
1872/732
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/7711
1877/7811
187811
1878/7911
1879/80111
1880/8111
1881/822111
1882/831111
1883/842111
1884/85111
1885/86111
1886/87111
1887/881211
1888/891111
1889/901111
1890/912111
1891/92211
1892/93111
1893/9411
1894/95111
1895/96111
1896/97211
1897/9821
1898/9931
1899/190011
1900/0121
1901/02221
1902/0321
1903/0421
1904/0531
1905/0631
1906/0711
1907/081
1911

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 Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)7 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Ioannina (Yanya)Korçë (Görice)Neapoli (Nasliç)Arta (Narda)ArapgirKafkasyaRizeFurther places7 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 16, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)7this place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Ioannina (Yanya)3
Korçë (Görice)2
Neapoli (Nasliç)2
Arapgir1in the small map
Arta (Narda)1
Çorlu1
Debrei bala1
Edirne1
Where the officials born here were serving
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)7 serving hereIoannina (Yanya)Thessaloniki (Selanik)DelvinePreveza (Preveze)Skopje (Üsküp)5 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 35, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)7this place
Ioannina (Yanya)5
Thessaloniki (Selanik)4
Delvine2
Preveza (Preveze)2
Skopje (Üsküp)2
Tepelenë (Tepedelen)2
Ankara1
Bele1
Berat1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

32 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.
1321868/69AH 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

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

Officials of Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdulhamit Efendi1879 to 189718Ibtidai Mahkemesi Riyaseti Muavini1,260 to 1,400Ioannina (Yanya)
Mehmet Ali Efendi1881 to 189817Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official540 to 600Ioannina (Yanya)
Ahmet Refik Efendi1873 to 188816Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760 to 950Ioannina (Yanya)
Hüsrev Efendi1896 to 190610Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence140 to 250Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Mehmet Naim Efendi1894 to 19028Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)142 to 600Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Ali Bey1876 to 188053. Müdürdirector of the third grade500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Bayram Efendi1892 to 19045Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)142 to 300Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
İbrahim Feyzi Efendi1894 to 18984Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Neapoli (Nasliç)
İsmail Remzi Efendi1890 to 18944Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)345 to 400Yalvaç
Mehmet Mersin Efendi1904 to 19084Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)150Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Salih Efendi1887 to 18914Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760Korçë (Görice)
Mehmed Hurşid Efendi1881 to 18843Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kafkasya
Nesim Efendi1866 to 186932. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Edirne
Osman Rikat Efendi1898 to 190133. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Arapgir
Hakkı Sıdkı Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Rize
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1890 to 18922Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)160 to 200Korçë (Görice)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1905 to 19072Memurofficial600Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Mehmet Akif Efendi1903 to 190523. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Leskovik
Safvet Efendi1871 to 18732Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Debrei bala
Zeynelabidin Efendi1901 to 190323. Müdürdirector of the third grade640Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi1901/0213. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Zihni Efendi1881/821Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Elbasan (İlbasan)
Hüsameddin Aziz Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kâzım Efendi19111Muvakkat Memuru400Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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Officials of Gjirokastër (Ergiri), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Emin Efendi1871/721Memurofficial400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Sille
Mustafa Ferid Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Naili Efendi1883/841Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Arta (Narda)
Mustafa Rıfat Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Neapoli (Nasliç)
Şefik Efendi1869/7012. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0049_0042; 81)1887 to 18903Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Çorlu

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

16 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. İbrahim Hakkı Efendi 1876 to 1907, Bosna
  2. Mehmet Tevfik Efendi 1872 to 1893, Štip (İştip)
  3. Mehmet Naim Efendi 1893 to 1910, Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
  4. Hacı Bayram Efendi 1891 to 1906, Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
  5. Zeynelabidin Efendi 1896 to 1910, Ioannina (Yanya)
  6. Hüsrev Efendi 1896 to 1906, Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
  7. İskender Sabri Efendi 1896 to 1903, Korçë (Görice)
  8. Mehmet Kamil Efendi 1897 to 1904, Louros (Loros)
  9. Sadullah Efendi 1881 to 1887, Preveza (Preveze)
  10. Mehmet Mersin Efendi 1904 to 1909, Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
  11. Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi 1901 to 1905, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  12. Kâzım Efendi 1908 to 1911, Ioannina (Yanya)
  13. Süleyman Sırrı Efendi 1908 to 1911, Ioannina (Yanya)
  14. Ali Rıza Efendi 1903 to 1906, Berat
  15. Nafiz Efendi 1905 to 1908, Përmet (Premedi)
  16. Muhyiddin Efendi 1902 to 1904, Ioannina (Yanya)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Ioannina (Yanya)5
Arta (Narda)2
Vlorë (Avlonya)2
Aksaray1
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)1
Berat1
Debar (Debre)1
Denizli1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Kopruboz1

The 10 places with most officials, of 21.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Berat3
Delvine3
Ioannina (Yanya)2
Neapoli (Nasliç)2
Preveza (Preveze)2
Serres (Siroz)2
Acre (Akka)1
Conel1
Debar (Debre)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 20.

Names, position and identifiers of Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Place
Identifierl-efbba53f3ae594e3
Spelling in the catalogueergiri
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceIoannina (Yanya) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceergiri
PositionLatitude 40.067551, longitude 20.10559. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryAlbania
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
ErgiriTurkishPreferred nameEditor
GjirokastërEnglishPreferred nameEditor
ArgyrokastroOtherOther nameEditor
ErgiriSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
ergiriSpelling 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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