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Aleppo (Halep) province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 32 places with officials on record. 104 officials born in the province.

Aleppo (Halep) province has 338 officials on record in 32 places, from 1861 to 1911 (AH 1278 to 1329), with 1,606 annual entries. The median of the 1,605 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Aleppo (Halep), with 221. The fullest year is 1896/97 with 65 officials. 104 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
338
Annual entries1861 to 1911, AH 1278 to 1329
1,606
Year with most officials65 officials
1896/97
Median monthly salaryfrom 1,605 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
104
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1896/97 (AH 1314) with 65 officials. Years with an annual entry: 52.
0204060801863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132565 in 1896/97Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Aleppo (Halep) province
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1862/63 (AH 1279)333
1863/64 (AH 1280)212
1864/65 (AH 1281)434
1865/66 (AH 1282)969
1866/67 (AH 1283)959
1867/68 (AH 1284)12412
1868/69 (AH 1285)15715
1869/70 (AH 1286)17617
1870/71 (AH 1287)17317
1871/72 (AH 1288)13413
1872/73 (AH 1289)19919
1873/74 (AH 1290)19619
1874/75 (AH 1291)19219
1875/76 (AH 1292)20320
1876/77 (AH 1293)21421
1877/78 (AH 1294)19319
1878 (AH 1295)18418
1878/79 (AH 1296)20720
1879/80 (AH 1297)24524
1880/81 (AH 1298)30830
1881/82 (AH 1299)341034
1882/83 (AH 1300)32532
1883/84 (AH 1301)381038
1884/85 (AH 1302)36436
1885/86 (AH 1303)41741
1886/87 (AH 1304)41641
1887/88 (AH 1305)39539
1888/89 (AH 1306)43943
1889/90 (AH 1307)45745
1890/91 (AH 1308)46646
1891/92 (AH 1309)51851
1892/93 (AH 1310)591259
1893/94 (AH 1311)60960
1894/95 (AH 1312)591259
1895/96 (AH 1313)591459
1896/97 (AH 1314)651465
1897/98 (AH 1315)56556
1898/99 (AH 1316)58958
1899/1900 (AH 1317)611161
1900/01 (AH 1318)53353
1901/02 (AH 1319)48748
1902/03 (AH 1320)531453
1903/04 (AH 1321)541054
1904/05 (AH 1322)441344
1905/06 (AH 1323)461546
1906/07 (AH 1324)34434
1907/08 (AH 1325)14314
1908/09 (AH 1326)727
1909/10 (AH 1327)11811
1910/11 (AH 1328)404
1911 (AH 1329)424

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 1,605 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 676 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001,4001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 300 kuruş in 1909/10Aleppo (Halep) province, 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, Aleppo (Halep) province
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/6212,0002,0002,0002,000600
1862/6331,0001,083.338751,250500
1863/6422,5002,5001,7503,250500
1864/6547888385761,050625
1865/6697201,008.56576720650
1866/6796001,220.115761,440600
1867/68126001,155.424001,400600
1868/6915600888.334401,000600
1869/70176001,179.124001,000600
1870/71176001,212.944001,000600
1871/7213600817.31450950550
1872/7319450558.95380600550
1873/7419480677.11390825500
1874/7519600771.84365955535
1875/7620585702.25380845530
1876/7721600722.624001,000575
1877/78196001,091.054001,125560
187818600711.39400750600
1878/7920600774.25400875600
1879/8024392.5539.58380525500
1880/8130400580.67380687.5500
1881/8234475893.24388.75790500
1882/8332500816.31400800500
1883/8438462.5723.34380637.5500
1884/8536462.5641.86395600500
1885/8641500709.68450600500
1886/8741500620.17400600500
1887/8839500716.28450780500
1888/8943500719.42400800500
1889/9045500686.89400800500
1890/9146500636.09400790500
1891/9251500658.04450800500
1892/9359600627.29400755500
1893/9460550622.5400700500
1894/9559600775.42400725500
1895/9659540611.02400650500
1896/9765500624.88400630500
1897/9856500539.54400540500
1898/9958500594.9400607.5500
1899/190060487.5580.07300540500
1900/0153400593300630500
1901/0248400549.46300630500
1902/0353400523.04300600500
1903/0454400503.81300585475
1904/0544400541.91300677.25450
1905/0646500646.5312.5800475
1906/0734500628.21350730450
1907/0814300582.5260725300
1908/097300707.14300650350
1909/1011300709.091501,000462.5
1910/114275787.5150912.5500
191145001,1004001,200500

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

64 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 172 officials.
Muhabere Memuru1722. Müdür403. Müdür33Posta Memuru29Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti27Müfettiş141. Müdür13Başmuhabere Memuru101863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official26 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, Aleppo (Halep) province
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürPosta MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMüfettiş1. MüdürBaşmuhabere Memuru
1861/62
1862/63111
1863/6411
1864/65211
1865/66611
1866/672131
1867/684131
1868/69633
1869/70633
1870/71633
1871/72612
1872/731122
1873/748112
1874/758212
1875/7682121
1876/7781221
1877/7861212
1878622111
1878/797211
1879/801224
1880/81152141
1881/82142132
1882/831222121
1883/8416122212
1884/851713222
1885/861624242
1886/8717242412
1887/88142224111
1888/8918313311
1889/902031321
1890/912142221
1891/921962233
1892/9323522436
1893/94225623126
1894/95185734125
1895/962031152124
1896/97237106213
1897/9823796212
1898/9923687312
1899/190026588311
1900/0124575211
1901/0218386111
1902/0324610511
1903/04246842
1904/052164221
1905/0619541311
1906/071742111
1907/08911
1908/095
1909/1042
1910/111
1911111

Jobs and their officials, all years

The 24 titles with most officials, of 64. 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 172
  2. 2. Müdür 40
  3. 3. Müdür 33
  4. Posta Memuru 29
  5. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti 27
  6. Müfettiş 14
  7. 1. Müdür 13
  8. Başmuhabere Memuru 10
  9. Müfettiş Muavini 10
  10. Başmüdür Kitabeti 8
  11. Başmüdür 6
  12. Başmemur 4
  13. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi 4
  14. Merkez Memuru 4
  15. Mülazım 4
  16. Başkitabet 3
  17. Memur 3
  18. Mukayyit 3
  19. Rusumat Nezareti 3
  20. 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti 2
  21. 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri 2
  22. Başkomiser 2
  23. Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini 2
  24. Çavuş 2

Places with officials on record

All years
32 places with officials on record, 32 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place
Aleppo (Halep)İskenderunGaziantep (Antep)Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)Şanlıurfa (Urfa)AntakyaIdlib (İdlib)Kilis221 officials1 official

The 10 places with most officials, of 32, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Aleppo (Halep)221
İskenderun50
Gaziantep (Antep)31
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)30
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)26
Antakya25
Idlib (İdlib)11
Kilis11
Birecik10
Süleymanlı (Zeytun)8

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.

On both maps the lines meet at Aleppo (Halep), the place recorded as the seat of the province.

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
Aleppo (Halep) provinceIstanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)DiyarbakırBaghdad (Bağdat)SivasBosnaElbasan (İlbasan)LehistanFurther placesKunfudaFurther places89 officials1 official

The picture shows the 72 birthplaces with most officials, of 108. Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Cerkezistan (2) and Ekin (1).

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 108, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)89
Aleppo (Halep)48
Diyarbakır11
Baghdad (Bağdat)8
Sivas8
Beirut (Beyrut)6
Harput6
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)5
Kemaliye (Eğin)5
Niš (Niş)5
Where the officials born here were serving
Aleppo (Halep) provinceAleppo (Halep)Gaziantep (Antep)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Beirut (Beyrut)DiyarbakırAbhaHicazMinchailFurther placesMisrataFurther places50 officials1 official

The picture shows the 70 places of service with most officials, of 138.

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 138, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Aleppo (Halep)50
Gaziantep (Antep)15
Istanbul (Dersaadet)12
Beirut (Beyrut)11
Diyarbakır10
Adana9
Antakya8
Damascus (Şam)7
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)7
İskenderun6

Places

Places of Aleppo (Halep) province, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Aleppo (Halep)Aleppo (Halep) province2218841861 to 1911
İskenderunAleppo (Halep) province501121864 to 1908
Gaziantep (Antep)Aleppo (Halep) province31781868 to 1911
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)Aleppo (Halep) province301041868 to 1911
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)Aleppo (Halep) province26931873 to 1910
AntakyaAleppo (Halep) province25601868 to 1911
Idlib (İdlib)Aleppo (Halep) province11331874 to 1905
KilisAleppo (Halep) province11321869 to 1907
BirecikAleppo (Halep) province10461867 to 1906
Süleymanlı (Zeytun)Aleppo (Halep) province8121884 to 1907
Raqqa (Rakka)Aleppo (Halep) province7121892 to 1903
BelenAleppo (Halep) province6151868 to 1906
Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)Aleppo (Halep) province691872 to 1900
ElbistanAleppo (Halep) province4181883 to 1899
ArsuzAleppo (Halep) province4101896 to 1905
OmeragaAleppo (Halep) province441891 to 1899
AndırınAleppo (Halep) province361901 to 1907
Maskanah (Meskene) (spelt meskene)Aleppo (Halep) province361898 to 1906
PazarcıkAleppo (Halep) province291865 to 1878
Harem (Harim)Aleppo (Halep) province261891 to 1904
MaaraAleppo (Halep) province251876 to 1885
SeyhcobanAleppo (Halep) province251878 to 1884
Maskanah (Meskene) (spelt miskine)Aleppo (Halep) province1131885 to 1898
Al-Rai (Çobanbey)Aleppo (Halep) province1121878 to 1890
MevluhAleppo (Halep) province161883 to 1889
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Places of Aleppo (Halep) province, the place with most officials first, continued
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
HarranAleppo (Halep) province151889 to 1894
HamamAleppo (Halep) province141905 to 1909
Samandağ (Süveydiye)Aleppo (Halep) province131896 to 1899
Al-Bab (El Bab)Aleppo (Halep) province111902/03
Maarat al-Numan (Maarretünnuman)Aleppo (Halep) province111868/69
RumkaleAleppo (Halep) province111906/07
SeceAleppo (Halep) province111911

Ottoman officials recorded here

The 100 officials with most annual entries here, of 338. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Aleppo (Halep) province
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ohannes Efendi1869 to 190234Makine Memuru500 to 750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Mümtaz Efendi1875 to 190632Muhabere Memuru380 to 600Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Kostantin De Martin Efendi1866 to 190129Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru800 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İskender Efendi1873 to 189422Posta Memuru300 to 1,200Beirut (Beyrut)
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1875 to 190422Muhabere Memuru250 to 700Aleppo (Halep)
İsmail Nuri Efendi1885 to 190721Muhabere Memuru380 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Bey1872 to 189820Muhabere Memuru450 to 1,000Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Mehdi Efendi1883 to 1901182. Müdür380 to 1,000Diyarbakır
Mihran Efendi1879 to 189718Muhabere Memuru380 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil Hicri Efendi1883 to 191117Muhabere Memuru380 to 3,000Babadag (Babadağ)
Osman Efendi1882 to 190017Musillik142 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Esad Efendi1867 to 189316Başmemur400 to 600Harput
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1878 to 189816Müfettiş Muavini380 to 2,000Plovdiv (Filibe)
Yusuf Vasfi Efendi1892 to 190816Muhabere Memuru500 to 1,000Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Salih Efendi1890 to 190615Muhabere Memuru300 to 900Aleppo (Halep)
Kadri Efendi1872 to 1907153. Müdür350 to 850Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
David Murat Efendi1868 to 188114Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti480 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
İlyas Raci Efendi1880 to 189414Muhabere Memuru380 to 500Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mehmet Vahit Sıtkı Efendi1876 to 190214Posta Memuru380 to 1,800Aleppo (Halep)
Nuri Fehmi Efendi1888 to 190414Posta Memuru400 to 900Aleppo (Halep)
Abdullah Şükrü Efendi1885 to 1898133. Müdür540 to 600Diyarbakır
Hafiz Suleyman Efendi1895 to 190813Defter-i Hakani Kalemi684 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmud Nedim Efendi1871 to 188713Başmemur380 to 600Kemah
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1872 to 188413Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti205 to 1,400Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Musa Kazım Efendi1888 to 190113Başmüdür Kitabeti400 to 800Jerusalem (Kudüs)
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Officials of Aleppo (Halep) province, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdullah Efendi1878 to 189012Muhabere Memuru285 to 400Cerkezistan
Aziz Mahmut Efendi1888 to 1900123. Müdür500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
YOSEF ÇOZİF EFENDİ1892 to 190412Posta Memuru300Aleppo (Halep)
Abdullah Efendi1883 to 189411Başmuhabere Memuru500Harput
Ali Riza Efendi1882 to 189311Emlak Memuru760 to 1,200Burdur
ETHEM FETHİ EFENDİ1891 to 190211Muhabere Memuru300Rhodes (Rodos)
İzzet Efendi1880 to 1902112. Müdür400 to 1,200Niğde
Mehmed Bahaeddin Efendi1895 to 190611Muhabere Memuru400 to 480Bilan
Mehmet Şefik Efendi1893 to 190411Muhabere Memuru200 to 630Aleppo (Halep)
Mustafa Şevket Efendi1887 to 189811Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Bosna
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1887 to 189710Başmuhabere Memuru300 to 600Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Hurşit Efendi1895 to 190510Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Andon Tosunyan Efendi1885 to 189510Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Mehmet Reşit Efendi1888 to 189810Müfettiş Muavini1,080 to 1,200Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Efendi1868 to 191010Muhabere Memuru350 to 1,500Aleppo (Halep)
Osman Nuri Efendi1893 to 190310Muhabere Memuru400Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ali sefik Efendi1880 to 18959Asar 3. Kitabeti240 to 500Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Halit Şahabettin Efendi1883 to 18929Muhabere Memuru450 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1895 to 19049Muhabere Memuru300Aleppo (Halep)
İstepan Efendi1879 to 18889Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380 to 500Diyarbakır
Mahmut Efendi1880 to 18899Muhabere Memuru380 to 500Edirne
Mustafa Asım Efendi1894 to 19039Muhabere Memuru300 to 650Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)
Mustafa Bayezid Efendi1892 to 19079Posta Memuru300 to 400Bilan
Mustafa Efendi1862 to 187192. Müdür1,000 to 2,000Sivas
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1889 to 18999Muhabere Memuru250 to 540Elbistan
Abdülkadir Zihni Efendi1899 to 19078Muhabere Memuru100 to 300Aleppo (Halep)
Ali Haydar Efendi1881 to 18898Muhabere Memuru380 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Balyan Efendi1880 to 189482. Müdür760 to 1,200Kayseri
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1865 to 18738Merkez Memuru285Bitlis
Mehmet Cemil Efendi1898 to 19068Tahrirat Kalemi200 to 400Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1891 to 18998Başmuhabere Memuru500 to 600Erzincan
Osman Nuri Efendi1899 to 19078Muhabere Memuru400 to 500Ruse (Rusçuk)
Rafael Musa1885 to 18978Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru380 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Refail Mosi Efendi1885 to 18968Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Veli Efendi1902 to 19108Muhabere Memuru300 to 500Akşehir
Ziya Efendi1896 to 19048Posta Memuru300 to 500Amasya
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1866 to 190772. Müdür480 to 810Diyarbakır
Dikran Rasim Efendi1878 to 18867Muhabere Memuru380 to 600Yozgat
Fethullah Nuri Efendi1869 to 18937Muhabere Memuru380 to 800Savur
Hafız Ali Efendi1884 to 18917Muhabere Memuru450 to 500Nevşehir
İsmail Rahmi Efendi1888 to 18957Başmüdür Kitabeti1,000 to 1,200Bitola (Manastır)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1900 to 19077Muhabere Memuru200 to 700Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1890 to 18977Başmüdür Kitabeti400 to 615Gaziantep (Antep)
Mehmet Nasih Efendi1899 to 19077Muhabere Memuru300 to 350Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1894 to 19037Posta Memuru300 to 600Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1880 to 18877Muhabere Memuru400 to 450Tuna
Mustafa Efendi1898 to 19057Muhabere Memuru200 to 400Aleppo (Halep)
Mustafa Efendi1896 to 19037Muharrerat Memuru300Sidon (Sayda)
Ömer Hilmi Efendi1873 to 18797Müfettiş Muavini1,450Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ömer Hilmi Efendi1873 to 18797Müfettiş Muavini1,450Ekin
Şakir Efendi1879 to 18867Muhabere Memuru190 to 300Lubnan
Yakup Cemalettin Efendi1894 to 19017Muhabere Memuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1879 to 18866Asar Muduru1,500 to 2,000Harput
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1872 to 18966Başmuhabere Memuru380 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Artin Mahir Efendi1883 to 18896Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti450 to 600Diyarbakır
Esad Fahreddin Efendi1892 to 19046Mukayyit300Niš (Niş)
Ethem Pertev Efendi1896 to 190263. Müdür500Konya
Halit Hamdi Efedi1892 to 18986Muhabere Memuru250 to 480Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Hasan Neşet Efendi1882 to 18886Posta Memuru285 to 500Niš (Niş)
Mahmut Bedri Efendi1886 to 18926Başmüdür3,000Niš (Niş)
Mehmet Rahmi Efendi1895 to 190262. Müdür600 to 1,080Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Mehmet Reşit Efendi1897 to 19036Muhabere Memuru300Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1872 to 18786Muhabere Memuru380 to 450Aleppo (Halep)
Mühtedi Mehmed Fehim Efendi1887 to 18936Merkez Memuru800 to 1,200Ankara
Mustafa Asım Efendi1898 to 190462. Müdür1,000Malatya
Rıza Bey1894 to 19056Muhabere Memuru300 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şevket Makri Efendi1899 to 19056Muhabere Memuru200 to 300Aleppo (Halep)
Tahsin Necati Efendi1889 to 18956Muhabere Memuru400 to 600Çemişgezek
AHMET KEMAL EFENDİ1902 to 19075Muhabere Memuru290Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1899 to 190453. Müdür540Izmir (İzmir)
Ali Rıza Efendi1901 to 190653. Müdür500Sivas
Ali Şefik Efendi1888 to 18935Müfettiş Muavini1,200Skopje (Üsküp)
Fethullah Kemal Efendi1887 to 18935Posta Memuru200 to 400Aleppo (Halep)
Fetullah Efendi1903 to 19085Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti200 to 350Aleppo (Halep)
Hacı Ahmet Behçet Efendi1876 to 188753. Müdür600 to 1,150Kayseri

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

The other officials are listed on the pages of the places above. All of them are in the data file of this page.

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