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Place

Mekta

Place in Benghazi (Bingazi) province. Present-day country: Libya.

1 official is recorded serving in Mekta. Ahmet Zühdü Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323), with 700 kuruş a month. Born in Trabzon.

Officials serving
1
Annual entries1904 to 1906, AH 1322 to 1323
2
Median monthly salaryfrom 2 recorded salaries
700 kuruş

This place has too few annual entries for charts. For officials, salaries and jobs in the region seeBenghazi (Bingazi) province.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Trabzon (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

Officials of Mekta
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Zühdü Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)700Trabzon

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Trabzon (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Thessaloniki (Selanik) (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Mekta
Place
Identifierl-fe3eb9856cb60e81
Spelling in the cataloguemekta
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceBenghazi (Bingazi) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceBingazi
PositionLatitude 32.026831, longitude 20.380691. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryLibya
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
mektaSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records

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