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Crete (Girit)

Seat of a province (vilayet) in Crete (Girit) province. Present-day country: Greece.

20 officials are recorded serving in Crete (Girit), from 1865 to 1906 (AH 1282 to 1323), in 57 annual entries. The median of the 57 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş. The fullest year is 1896/97 with 8 officials. 15 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
20
Annual entries1865 to 1906, AH 1282 to 1323
57
Year with most officials8 officials
1896/97
Median monthly salaryfrom 57 recorded salaries
540 kuruş
Officials born here
15
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1896/97 (AH 1314) with 8 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.
024681868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13208 in 1896/97Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Crete (Girit)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1865/66 (AH 1282)222
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1884/85 (AH 1302)111
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)212
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)222
1893/94 (AH 1311)313
1894/95 (AH 1312)424
1895/96 (AH 1313)646
1896/97 (AH 1314)838
1897/98 (AH 1315)717
1898/99 (AH 1316)303
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)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 57 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, the mean 818 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Median 500 kuruş in 1897/98Crete (Girit), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Crete (Girit)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1865/6621,5001,5001,0002,000650
1866/6712,5002,5002,5002,500600
1868/6912,5002,5002,5002,500600
1869/7012,5002,5002,5002,500600
1879/8011,5001,5001,5001,500500
1884/851600600600600500
1885/861600600600600500
1886/871600600600600500
1887/881750750750750500
1888/891600600600600500
1889/902550550525575500
1890/912550550525575500
1891/9221,0001,0007501,250500
1892/932500500450550500
1893/943500433.33350550500
1894/9547251,012.5637.51,100500
1895/966550775500750500
1896/978520670.62500630500
1897/987500655500540500
1898/993540848.335201,022.5500
1899/19001500500500500500
1900/011500500500500500
1901/021500500500500500
1902/031500500500500500
1903/041500500500500475
1904/051500500500500450
1905/061800800800800475

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

17 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 4 officials.
Muhabere Memuru4Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti32. Müdür22. Hapishane Muduru13. Müdür13. Sınıf Polis Komiseri1Başkitabet1Merkez Memuru11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official3 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Crete (Girit)
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. Müdür2. Hapishane Muduru3. Müdür3. Sınıf Polis KomiseriBaşkitabetMerkez Memuru
1865/66
1866/67
1868/69
1869/70
1879/80
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/921
1892/931
1893/9411
1894/95111
1895/962111
1896/9713111
1897/98231
1898/992
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041
1904/051
1905/061

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 17 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
Crete (Girit)2 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Chania (Hanya)DiyarbakırEdirneKastamonu7 officials1 official

Where the officials born here were serving
Crete (Girit)2 serving hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Tripoli (Trablusgarp)AdanaBenghazi (Bingazi)Bitola (Manastır)8 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 24, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
Crete (Girit)2this place
Galata2
Selimiye2
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)2
Adana1
Aydın1
Benghazi (Bingazi)1
Beyoğlu1
Bitola (Manastır)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

20 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.

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

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

Officials of Crete (Girit)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Halil Şükrü Efendi1895 to 190611Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500 to 800Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Fornaraki Hasan Lamii Efendi1884 to 18917Başkitabetchief clerkship600 to 750Chania (Hanya)
İbrahim Cevat Efendi1892 to 18986Merkez Memurucentral office official540 to 600Chania (Hanya)
Mehmet Bahaattin Bey1895 to 18994Rusumat Muhasebe Baskitabeti1,505 to 1,750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdüllatif Efendi1894 to 189732. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Necip Efendi1889 to 18923Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Rethymno (Resmo)
İbrahim Vahi Efendi1892 to 18953Polispoliceman400 to 650Crete (Girit)
Mihran Efendi1895 to 18983Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bogos Hayifyan Efendi1896 to 18982Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Diyarbakır
HÜSEYİN AVNİ EFENDİ1897 to 18992Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540Chania (Hanya)
Mehmet Mazhar Bey1865 to 18672Rusumat Nezareti2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Neşet Efendi1896 to 18982Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500
Yorkiyadi Yorkiyadi Efendi1868 to 18702Ticaret Mahkemesi Aza Vekili2,500Volos (Golos)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1896/9713. Müdürdirector of the third grade600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hayrettin Efendi1893/941Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence200Vize
Ali Rıza Efendi1894/951Müfettişinspector2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Haci Sefik Efendi1879/801Rusumat Muduru1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Huseyin Husnu Efendi1891/921Polis Komiseri1,500Crete (Girit)
Numan Ağa1865/661Yuzbasi500Kastamonu
Pol Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Edirne

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

15 officials of the collection were born here. 2 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Mehmet Efendi 1856 to 1888, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Huseyin Husnu Efendi 1881 to 1909, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Hasan Efendi 1874 to 1907, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  4. Mehmet Rüştü Efendi 1882 to 1905, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  5. Rüşdü Efendi 1870 to 1885, Bitola (Manastır)
  6. Ahmet Refik Efendi 1887 to 1906, Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
  7. Mustafa Behçet Efendi 1894 to 1905, Mesmiye
  8. İbrahim Vahi Efendi 1892 to 1902, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  9. Mahmut Hulusi Efendi 1905 to 1911, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  10. Ahmet Cemal Efendi 1903 to 1908, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  11. Hasan Fehmi Efendi 1905 to 1910, Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
  12. İbrahim Edhem Efendi 1903 to 1908, Ioannina (Yanya)
  13. HÜSEYİN FİKRİ EFENDİ 1900 to 1904, Rethymno (Resmo)
  14. İsmail Hakkı Efendi 1906 to 1908, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  15. Unnamed official (0067_0246; sayfa no:489) 1893 to 1906, Galata

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Izmir (İzmir)3
Adana1
Aydın1
Jeddah (Cidde)1
Kos (İstanköy)1
Rethymno (Resmo)1
Skopje (Üsküp)1
Trabzon1
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 12.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Chania (Hanya)2
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Beyoğlu1
Edirne1
Gemlik1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Kibris1
Konya1

The 10 places with most officials, of 12.

Names, position and identifiers of Crete (Girit)
Place
Identifierl-fc4b6b55f51322bd
Spelling in the cataloguegirit
NameName verified
Kind of placeSeat of a province (vilayet)
ProvinceCrete (Girit)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceGirit
PositionLatitude 35.291471, longitude 24.887645. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
CreteEnglishPreferred nameEditor
GiritTurkishPreferred nameEditor
GiritSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
giritSpelling 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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