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Place

Plovdiv (Filibe)

Place in Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria.

26 officials are recorded serving in Plovdiv (Filibe), from 1856 to 1883 (AH 1273 to 1300), in 69 annual entries. The median of the 69 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1872/73 with 6 officials. 43 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
26
Annual entries1856 to 1883, AH 1273 to 1300
69
Year with most officials6 officials
1872/73
Median monthly salaryfrom 69 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
43
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1872/73 (AH 1289) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 26.
02461858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13006 in 1872/73Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Plovdiv (Filibe)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1856/57 (AH 1273)222
1857/58 (AH 1274)202
1858/59 (AH 1275)202
1859/60 (AH 1276)313
1860/61 (AH 1277)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)212
1863/64 (AH 1280)202
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)202
1867/68 (AH 1284)424
1868/69 (AH 1285)323
1869/70 (AH 1286)414
1870/71 (AH 1287)414
1871/72 (AH 1288)515
1872/73 (AH 1289)636
1873/74 (AH 1290)404
1874/75 (AH 1291)212
1875/76 (AH 1292)555
1876/77 (AH 1293)303
1877/78 (AH 1294)424
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)222
1881/82 (AH 1299)212
1882/83 (AH 1300)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 69 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 670 kuruş.
02004006001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 1300Median 500 kuruş in 1875/76Plovdiv (Filibe), 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, Plovdiv (Filibe)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1856/572400400400400375
1857/582400400400400475
1858/592400400400400500
1859/603400433.33400450500
1860/611400400400400500
1862/632350350325375500
1863/6428708705851,155500
1864/6511,4401,4401,4401,440625
1865/6611,4401,4401,4401,440650
1866/6729709707351,205600
1867/684490725480735600
1868/693500726.67490850600
1869/704500670495675600
1870/714490620435675600
1871/725480553300500550
1872/736462.5535337.5493.75550
1873/744465607.5416.25656.25500
1874/7528608606901,030535
1875/765500580400500530
1876/773500766.67500900575
1877/784450475362.5562.5560
18781500500500500600
1878/7911,5001,5001,5001,500600
1880/812650650475825500
1881/8221,0501,0508251,275500
1882/8312,0002,0002,0002,000500

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

11 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 16 officials.
Muhabere Memuru161. Müdür5Posta Memuru2Duyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif Mufettisi1Duyunu Umumiye Mufettisi1Memur1Mukayyit1Siyar Mukayyit11857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001 official4 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, Plovdiv (Filibe)
YearMuhabere Memuru1. MüdürPosta MemuruDuyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif MufettisiDuyunu Umumiye MufettisiMemurMukayyitSiyar Mukayyit
1856/572
1857/582
1858/592
1859/603
1860/611
1862/631
1863/641
1864/651
1865/661
1866/671
1867/6821
1868/6911
1869/7021
1870/71111
1871/72211
1872/733111
1873/741111
1874/7511
1875/76211
1876/7721
1877/784
18781
1878/791
1880/8111
1881/8211
1882/831

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 11 titles. Over all years an official is counted once under each title. A title with a page of its own is a link.

  1. Muhabere Memuru 16
  2. 1. Müdür 5
  3. Posta Memuru 2
  4. Duyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif Mufettisi 1
  5. Duyunu Umumiye Mufettisi 1
  6. Memur 1
  7. Mukayyit 1
  8. Siyar Mukayyit 1
  9. Tapu Kitabeti 1
  10. Vukuat Kitabeti 1
  11. Zaptiye Yoklama Kalemi 1

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
Plovdiv (Filibe)10 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)EdirneGjirokastër (Ergiri)KayseriNiš (Niş)Further places5 officials1 official

All 10 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Plovdiv (Filibe)10this place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Edirne4
Baghdad (Bağdat)1in the small map
Eskizagra1
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)1
Kayseri1
Niš (Niş)1
Pazardzhik (Tatarpazarcığı)1
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1
Where the officials born here were serving
Plovdiv (Filibe)10 serving hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)EdirneAleppo (Halep)HudavendigarIoannina (Yanya)HicazFurther placesBaşkaleHakkâriFurther places9 officials1 official

The picture shows the 61 places of service with most officials, of 109.

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 109, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Plovdiv (Filibe)10this place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)9
Edirne7
Aleppo (Halep)4
Hudavendigar4
Ioannina (Yanya)4
Izmir (İzmir)4
Serres (Siroz)4
Servia (Serfiçe)4
Thessaloniki (Selanik)4

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

26 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.
1261857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300Post 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

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

Officials of Plovdiv (Filibe)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdülhalim Bey1856 to 18678Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 1,440Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1862 to 18728Tapu Kitabeti300 to 500Edirne
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1868 to 187571. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,200Edirne
Asaf Bey1856 to 18685Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 1,440Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1869 to 18745Posta Memurupostal official300 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Nedim Efendi1875 to 18784Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Eskizagra
Agop Efendi1880 to 18833Duyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif Mufettisi1,000 to 2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Cavit Bey1859 to 18633Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Plovdiv (Filibe)
Ahmet Tayyip Efendi1875 to 18783Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mahmut Bedri Efendi1870 to 18743Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)455 to 480Niš (Niş)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1871 to 18732Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Edirne
Hüseyin Rasim Bey1868 to 18702Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Plovdiv (Filibe)
Tayyar Efendi1872 to 18742Mukayyitregistry clerk475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Faik Bey1881/821Posta Memurupostal official600Plovdiv (Filibe)
Ali Haydar Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Baghdad (Bağdat)
Bahattin Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Ali Ratıp Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Pazardzhik (Tatarpazarcığı)
Hüseyin Niyazi Efendi1875/761Siyar Mukayyit500Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Rıza Hicri Efendi1875/761Vukuat Kitabeti300Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1874/751Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)520Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Mustafa Şükrü Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nesim Efendi1878/7911. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,500Edirne
Osman Nuri Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Plovdiv (Filibe)
Yordan Resmi Efendi1867/681Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Kayseri
Yusuf Enis Efendi1880/811Memurofficial300Plovdiv (Filibe)
Show the other 1 official
Officials of Plovdiv (Filibe), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Unnamed official (0049_0034; 65)1875 to 187721. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,200 to 1,300Thessaloniki (Selanik)

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

43 officials of the collection were born here. 10 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Abdülhalim Bey 1856 to 1906, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Hüseyin Rasim Bey 1868 to 1905, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Mehmet Nuri Efendi 1866 to 1907, Preveza (Preveze)
  4. Ahmet Cavit Bey 1859 to 1896, Kosova
  5. Asaf Bey 1856 to 1892, Edirne
  6. Ahmet Tayyip Efendi 1875 to 1907, Bursa
  7. İbrahim Ethem Efendi 1872 to 1900, Aleppo (Halep)
  8. Hüseyin Niyazi Efendi 1873 to 1904, Ivaylovgrad (Ortaköy)
  9. Yusuf Enis Efendi 1880 to 1907, Kardzhali (Kırcaali)
  10. Ahmet Ağa 1860 to 1880, Serres (Siroz)
  11. Hayreti Efendi 1865 to 1886, Katerini (Katerin)
  12. Osman Nuri Efendi 1877 to 1897, Milas
  13. Mehmet Rıza Hicri Efendi 1875 to 1897, Serres (Siroz)
  14. Hüseyin Sıtkı Efendi 1885 to 1905, Bursa
  15. Ahmet Faik Bey 1881 to 1905, Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
  16. Mehmet Emin Efendi 1885 to 1906, Aleppo (Halep)
  17. Hasan Tahsin Efendi 1872 to 1889, Izmir (İzmir)
  18. Mehmet Fehmi Efendi 1895 to 1905, Başkale
  19. Mehmet Emin Efendi 1895 to 1905, Izmir (İzmir)
  20. Mehmet Reşat Efendi 1893 to 1902, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  21. Dikran Efendi 1883 to 1891, Edirne
  22. Hüseyin Necati Efendi 1900 to 1907, Hudavendigar
  23. Ahmet Hamdi Efendi 1900 to 1906, Jerusalem (Kudüs)
  24. Davut Vehbi Efendi 1901 to 1906, Beyoğlu
  25. Mühtedi Ali Behçet Efendi 1901 to 1906, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  26. Mustafa Efendi 1898 to 1903, Osmaneli (Lefke)
  27. Ahmed Refik Efendi 1900 to 1906, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  28. Ahmet Raif Efendi 1895 to 1899, Xanthi (İskeçe)
  29. Raif Efendi 1904 to 1908, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  30. İbrahim Aziz Efendi 1879 to 1881, Bandırma
  31. Mehmet Ali Efendi 1894 to 1896, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  32. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1894/95, Servia (Serfiçe)
  33. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1892/93, Servia (Serfiçe)
  34. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1895/96, Servia (Serfiçe)
  35. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1896/97
  36. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1898/99
  37. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1893/94, Servia (Serfiçe)
  38. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1897/98, Ioannina (Yanya)
  39. Ahmet Harti Efendi 1891/92, Berat
  40. Alişan Efendi 1903/04, Beyoğlu
  41. Emin Zihni Efendi 1906/07, Hudavendigar
  42. Hacı Mehmet Fethi Efendi 1908/09, Galata
  43. Unnamed official (50_15; 27) 1887 to 1899, Izmir (İzmir)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Edirne4
Sofia (Sofya)3
Bitola (Manastır)2
Serres (Siroz)2
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2
Balıkesir1
Erzurum1
Eskişehir1
Filibepazarcigi1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 22.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Edirne4
Serres (Siroz)2
Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)2
Berhefiye1
Chirpan (Çırpan)1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Niš (Niş)1
Pristina (Priştine)1
Sliven (İslimiye)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Names, position and identifiers of Plovdiv (Filibe)
Place
Identifierl-fed8c5cae2c8d6e3
Spelling in the cataloguefilibe
NameName verified
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceEastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceFilibe
PositionLatitude 42.129177, longitude 24.74864. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
FilibeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
PlovdivEnglishPreferred nameEditor
FilibeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
filibeSpelling 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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