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Place

Lovech (Lofça)

Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.

2 officials are recorded serving in Lovech (Lofça). Ahmet Nuri Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1868/69 (AH 1285), with 600 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. Mehmed Şakir Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1868 to 1877, with 570 to 600 kuruş a month. Born in Kumluca. 9 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
2
Annual entries1868 to 1877, AH 1285 to 1293
10
Year with most officials2 officials
1868/69
Median monthly salaryfrom 10 recorded salaries
585 kuruş
Officials born here
9

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 born here were serving
Lovech (Lofça)BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet)Acre (Akka)As-Suwayda (Süveyda)BalıkesirFurther places2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 28, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beyoğlu2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Acre (Akka)1
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)1in the small map
As-Suwayda (Süveyda)1
Balıkesir1
Bandırma1
Belen1
Bilecik1
Cayagzi1

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Kumluca (1).

All years

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Lovech (Lofça)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmed Şakir Efendi1868 to 18779Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)570 to 600Kumluca
Ahmet Nuri Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Istanbul (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

9 officials of the collection were born here. None of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Hasan Hüsnü Efendi 1888 to 1907, Nablus
  2. Mehmet Eşref Efendi 1892 to 1907, Sivas
  3. Salih Halit Efendi 1892 to 1907, Mürefte
  4. Şakir Efendi 1892 to 1906, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  5. Hüseyin Fahri Efendi 1896 to 1907, Sirkeci
  6. İbrahim Hakkı Efendi 1896 to 1906, Poridi
  7. Hasan Fehmi Efendi 1893 to 1901, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  8. ALİ RIZA EFENDİ 1900 to 1907, Beyoğlu
  9. Mehmet Ali Efendi 1908/09, Xanthi (İskeçe)

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Sofia (Sofya) (1), Štip (İştip) (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Ruse (Rusçuk) (1), Shumen (Şumnu) (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Lovech (Lofça)
Place
Identifierl-f7490772dc3c1783
Spelling in the cataloguelofca
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencetirnova
PositionLatitude 43.137971, longitude 24.712856. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
LofçaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
LovechEnglishPreferred nameEditor
lofcaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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