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Province

Basra province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 12 places with officials on record. 8 officials born in the province.

Basra province has 132 officials on record in 12 places, from 1861 to 1912 (AH 1278 to 1330), with 657 annual entries. The median of the 657 recorded monthly salaries is 720 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Basra, with 74. The fullest year is 1905/06 with 25 officials. 8 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
132
Annual entries1861 to 1912, AH 1278 to 1330
657
Year with most officials25 officials
1905/06
Median monthly salaryfrom 657 recorded salaries
720 kuruş
Officials born here
8
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1905/06 (AH 1323) with 25 officials. Years with an annual entry: 53.
05101520251863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 133025 in 1905/06Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Basra province
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1862/63 (AH 1279)323
1863/64 (AH 1280)525
1864/65 (AH 1281)737
1865/66 (AH 1282)404
1866/67 (AH 1283)626
1867/68 (AH 1284)717
1868/69 (AH 1285)616
1869/70 (AH 1286)424
1870/71 (AH 1287)313
1871/72 (AH 1288)303
1872/73 (AH 1289)535
1873/74 (AH 1290)414
1874/75 (AH 1291)616
1875/76 (AH 1292)606
1876/77 (AH 1293)12812
1877/78 (AH 1294)14414
1878 (AH 1295)14214
1878/79 (AH 1296)15415
1879/80 (AH 1297)13113
1880/81 (AH 1298)11011
1881/82 (AH 1299)919
1882/83 (AH 1300)10210
1883/84 (AH 1301)201020
1884/85 (AH 1302)19119
1885/86 (AH 1303)19219
1886/87 (AH 1304)20120
1887/88 (AH 1305)18318
1888/89 (AH 1306)19119
1889/90 (AH 1307)22522
1890/91 (AH 1308)19019
1891/92 (AH 1309)16116
1892/93 (AH 1310)24824
1893/94 (AH 1311)23523
1894/95 (AH 1312)22222
1895/96 (AH 1313)19219
1896/97 (AH 1314)21221
1897/98 (AH 1315)19419
1898/99 (AH 1316)19319
1899/1900 (AH 1317)19719
1900/01 (AH 1318)14014
1901/02 (AH 1319)15115
1902/03 (AH 1320)17217
1903/04 (AH 1321)19519
1904/05 (AH 1322)16416
1905/06 (AH 1323)251125
1906/07 (AH 1324)19719
1907/08 (AH 1325)12112
1908/09 (AH 1326)626
1909/10 (AH 1327)303
1910/11 (AH 1328)303
1911 (AH 1329)101
1911/12 (AH 1330)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 657 recorded monthly salaries is 720 kuruş, the mean 877 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0002,5001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 1330Median 300 kuruş in 1908/09Basra 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, Basra province
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/6212,0002,0002,0002,000600
1862/6332,0002,166.671,7502,500500
1863/6452,4002,4552,0003,000500
1864/6572,0002,313.571,9602,700625
1865/6642,8202,628.752,3553,093.75650
1866/6761,7001,854.171,312.52,125600
1867/6872,2002,110.711,7002,450600
1868/6961,7501,7251,337.52,125600
1869/7041,4001,4751,1251,750600
1870/7132,2002,6001,9003,100600
1871/7231,4001,1951,0801,412.5550
1872/7351,4251,9351,0002,800550
1873/7441,000981.258751,106.25500
1874/7561,000954.178501,000535
1875/7661,000987.51,0001,000530
1876/7712780800.835001,000575
1877/7814800835.71600950560
187814800864.296001,000600
1878/79151,0001,010.676801,150600
1879/8013800963.467601,200500
1880/8111760895.916651,000500
1881/829760918.335701,200500
1882/8310760902.5617.51,100500
1883/8420760812.25600850500
1884/8519760809.47600900500
1885/8619760789.21600780500
1886/8720755951.75600900500
1887/8818705769.72525790500
1888/8919660766.05500780500
1889/9022705792.5517.5950500
1890/9119660781.84570780500
1891/9216655775573.75770500
1892/9324600663.96493.75760500
1893/9423570635.22475760500
1894/9522600662.95475760500
1895/9619600716.84475800500
1896/9721594672.57500720500
1897/9819500613.95400702500
1898/9919540648.84487.5720500
1899/190019630727.74465800500
1900/0114657766.21500800500
1901/0215513685.13400775500
1902/0317630804.53400800500
1903/0419630827.53450940475
1904/0516506.5643.31400800450
1905/0625700883.725001,000475
1906/0719513769.37400850450
1907/0812475806.25300775300
1908/096300326.67251.25412.5350
1909/103235303.33205367.5462.5
1910/113400466.67400500500
19111600600600600500
1911/121600600600600900

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

34 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 61 officials.
Muhabere Memuru61Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti232. Müdür201. Müdür13Müdür8Başmuhabere Memuru63. Müdür5Müfettiş41863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13301 official12 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, Basra province
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. Müdür1. MüdürMüdürBaşmuhabere Memuru3. MüdürMüfettiş
1861/621
1862/6311
1863/64111
1864/652111
1865/6611
1866/671111
1867/6821111
1868/691121
1869/7012
1870/7121
1871/7212
1872/73111
1873/74111
1874/751111
1875/761111
1876/77721
1877/786311
1878631
1878/7943111
1879/8032131
1880/81522
1881/82322
1882/833212
1883/84634111
1884/85634211
1885/86536111
1886/87534311
1887/88614211
1888/89714211
1889/9082622
1890/9172522
1891/9272411
1892/93122432
1893/94114322
1894/9595422
1895/9673511
1896/978371
1897/98835
1898/99445
1899/1900541111
1900/01331111
1901/0253112
1902/0354112
1903/048412
1904/0564111
1905/069421111
1906/0794111
1907/0872111
1908/0951
1909/1021
1910/1121
19111
1911/121

Places with officials on record

All years
12 places with officials on record, 12 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
BasraAl-Faw (Fav)Amarah (Amare)Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)Al-Shatrah (Şatra)Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)Al-Qurnah (Kurna)HammarNecidFurther places, smaller scale74 officials1 official

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 Basra, 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
Basra provinceBaghdad (Bağdat)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Mosul (Musul)DiyarbakırKirkuk (Kerkük)Further places37 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 47, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Baghdad (Bağdat)37
Istanbul (Dersaadet)21
Mosul (Musul)12
Diyarbakır5
Kirkuk (Kerkük)5
Aleppo (Halep)4
Arapgir2
Basra2
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Mardin2
Where the officials born here were serving
Basra provinceBaghdad (Bağdat)BasraNasiriyah (Nasıriye)Amarah (Amare)Cemcemal6 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

132 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.
11321863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 1330Post 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.

Places

Places of Basra province, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
BasraBasra province742681862 to 1911
Al-Faw (Fav)Basra province391291861 to 1908
Amarah (Amare)Basra province20551876 to 1906
Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)Basra province19771876 to 1910
Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)Basra province5291872 to 1907
Al-Shatrah (Şatra)Basra province5251883 to 1900
HammarBasra province4231885 to 1910
NecidBasra province4171874 to 1906
Al-Qurnah (Kurna)Basra province4151882 to 1903
Ali al-Gharbi (Ali el-Garbi)Basra province2101884 to 1894
IsaraBasra province161897 to 1903
DilnadaBasra province131910 to 1912

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Basra province
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Naum Salaho Efendi1876 to 1905281. Müdür750 to 1,300Mosul (Musul)
İspridyon Yavi Efendi1877 to 189923Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti684 to 800Ayvalık
Kigork Efendi1878 to 1896192. Müdür400 to 760Baghdad (Bağdat)
İbrahim Sabri Efendi1869 to 189518Muhabere Memuru500 to 900Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdürrezzak Efendi1885 to 190116Muhabere Memuru285 to 760Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ali Saib Bey1877 to 190416Defter-i Hakani Kalemi300 to 2,000Hillah (Hille)
Hasan Efendi1873 to 189916Muhabere Memuru500 to 800Baghdad (Bağdat)
Yosef Efendi1883 to 1899162. Müdür720 to 800Aleppo (Halep)
Melkon İskenderyan Efendi1883 to 190614Muhabere Memuru475 to 630Baghdad (Bağdat)
Süleyman Doryan Efendi1874 to 1903141. Müdür1,000 to 1,650Mosul (Musul)
Abdülmuttalip Muhlis Efendi1887 to 1912133. Müdür380 to 700Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdullah Efendi1864 to 187612Müdür1,425 to 2,640Harput
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1884 to 190012Muhabere Memuru380 to 570Basra
Ali Faik Efendi1866 to 189011Sancak Kitabeti800 to 1,200Kirim
Mehdi Fevzi Efendi1881 to 1903112. Müdür400 to 684Baghdad (Bağdat)
Tavik Besim Efendi1872 to 188711Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru800 to 1,200Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1897 to 190710Muhabere Memuru300 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mensur Efendi1883 to 189310Muhabere Memuru650Mosul (Musul)
Salih Naci Efendi1889 to 189910Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti594 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Kâmil Efendi1898 to 19079Seyyar Memur513 to 630Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Nafiz Efendi1883 to 18929Defter-i Hakani Kalemi2,000Burdur
Mihran Efendi1878 to 18879Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti760Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Sason Efendi1885 to 18949Başmuhabere Memuru600 to 760Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ali Haydar Efendi1868 to 187682. Müdür950 to 1,600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bezui Toma Efendi1876 to 19058Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti700 to 1,200Mosul (Musul)
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Officials of Basra province, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hacı Ömer Efendi1883 to 189182. Müdür760Diyarbakır
İbrahim Efendi1893 to 19048Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400 to 1,700Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1877 to 189682. Müdür800 to 1,000Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1887 to 18958Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Erbil
Abdurrezak Bey Efendi1892 to 18997Muhabere Memuru380 to 475Basra
İlyas Cercis Efendi1899 to 19067Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500 to 750Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1877 to 18957Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Remzi Efendi1899 to 19067Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti750 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf İstiko Efendi1876 to 19007Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1,150 to 1,500Mosul (Musul)
Abdülbaki Efendi1883 to 188963. Müdür600Baghdad (Bağdat)
İbrahim Efendi1893 to 18996Muhabere Memuru500Baghdad (Bağdat)
ibrahim Hakki Efendi1878 to 18846Defter-i Hakani Kalemi800 to 1,000Kafkasya
İbrahim Kâmil Efendi1862 to 186861. Müdür1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nikola Colini Efendi1867 to 18806Müfettiş2,000 to 2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdurrezzak Efendi1892 to 18995Muhabere Memuru400 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ahmet Fehmi Efendi1878 to 189952. Müdür855 to 1,000Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Artanis Hurşit Efendi1899 to 19045Muhabere Memuru200Baghdad (Bağdat)
İsmail Hilmi Efendi1901 to 19065Muhabere Memuru400Baakline (Baaklin)
Mehmet Cevad Efendi1897 to 19055Muhabere Memuru350 to 400Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)
Mehmet Lebip Efendi1876 to 18805Muhabere Memuru570 to 760Baghdad (Bağdat)
Antonoviç Efendi1862 to 18664Kontrol Kalemi Basmemuru3,000Lehistan
Corci Efendi1883 to 18874Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti600Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1883 to 18874Muhabere Memuru500 to 575Aleppo (Halep)
Nesim Salamon Efendi1898 to 19024Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ohannes Holas Efendi1861 to 18654Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Said Efendi1904 to 19084Muhabere Memuru800 to 1,000Mosul (Musul)
Sıvacıyan Agop Efendi1889 to 190742. Müdür1,000 to 1,080Diyarbakır
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1894 to 189732. Müdür720 to 800Artvin (Livane)
Ali Ramiz Efendi1899 to 19023Müdür1,650Varna
Hacı Mehmet Reşit Efendi1879 to 18853Arazi Muduru1,200Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1892 to 18953Muhabere Memuru475Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Hüseyin Azmi Efendi1905 to 19083Müdür2,250Kastamonu
İlyas Hayri Efendi1906 to 19093Muhabere Memuru300Amarah (Amare)
İsmail Rahmi Efendi1905 to 19083Müfettiş3,000Bitola (Manastır)
Kirkor Kakmaciyan Efendi1904 to 19073Huk Memuru1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1892 to 18963Muhabere Memuru250 to 475Baghdad (Bağdat)
Menaşe Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memuru240Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mıgırdıç Efendi1889 to 189331. Müdür1,200Diyarbakır
Mühtedi Mehmet Nuri Efendi1882 to 18853Muhabere Memuru475Baghdad (Bağdat)
Muhyiddin Nuri Efendi1864 to 18693Tahrirat Kalemi1,250 to 2,000Sivas
Nikola Efendi1908 to 19113Muhabere Memuru235 to 400Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)
Şahin Kirkor Efendi1866 to 18693Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1,900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Tevfik Efendi1905 to 19083Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Mardin
Yahya Nüzhet Efendi1903 to 19063Muhabere Memuru400 to 500Kut (Kutülamare)
Yani Mandalisidis Efendi1905 to 19083Muhabere Memuru700Çanakkale
Yusuf Sabanlı Efendi1892 to 19063Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti340 to 750Mosul (Musul)
Abbas Hilmi Efendi1907 to 19092Muhabere Memuru450Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdülaziz Hikmet Efendi1892 to 19062Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdulhamit Efendi1878 to 188022. Müdür800 to 1,000Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdulkerim Fehmi Efendi1889 to 18912Başmuhabere Memuru570Diyarbakır
Ahmet Şükrü Efendi1896 to 18982Muhabere Memuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Vasfi Efendi1878 to 188022. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti1,400 to 2,000Izmir (İzmir)
Behor İsak Efendi1902 to 19042Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti800Gelibolu
Dikran Ansoryan Efendi1905 to 19072Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Esad Efendi1905 to 19072Muhabere Memuru380 to 513Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Fethi Zağbi Efendi1893 to 18952Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti760Aleppo (Halep)
Galyar İskender Efendi1863 to 18682Muhabere Memuru2,400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Habib Efendi1906 to 19082Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Mosul (Musul)
İhsan Lütfü Efendi1899 to 190121. Müdür1,200
İsak Yosef Efendi1904 to 19062Memur200 to 300Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mahmut Hilmioğlu efendi1903 to 19052Muhabere Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memuru100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1876 to 18782Muhabere Memuru400Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Salih Efendi1876 to 18812Muhabere Memuru400 to 570Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1897 to 189922. Müdür1,080Erzurum
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1892 to 18942Başmuhabere Memuru575Baghdad (Bağdat)
Münşi Efendi1896 to 18982Muhabere Memuru200Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mustafa İzzet Efendi1895 to 18972Muhabere Memuru475 to 570Çemişgezek
Neşet Efendi1889 to 18912Muhabere Memuru500Mardin
Salih Sabri Efendi1898 to 19002Muharrerat Memuru150Yakube
Salih Zeki Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memuru300Yakube
Ahmet Efendi1872/731Müfettiş2,800Arapgir
Ahmet Midhat Bey1883/841Muhabere Memuru570Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
Ali Rıza Efendi1902/031Müdür1,700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1905/061Memur500Nevşehir
Artin Aram Efendi1870/711Müfettiş4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memuru800Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Elmasyan Pervant Efendi1894/951Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti450Trabzon
Fazlullah Efendi1906/071Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hacı İsmail Hakkı Efendi1904/051Müdür1,650Bursa
Hasan Sezai Efendi1905/0612. Müdür720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Efendi1888/891Muhabere Memuru500Bosna
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1903/041Sira Mufettisligi2,000Edirne
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1882/8312. Müdür760Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mahmut Nihat Efendi1905/0611. Müdür1,300Chania (Hanya)
Mehmed Muhlis Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memuru575Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Besim Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memuru430Bitlis
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1903/041Müdür1,650Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fuat Paşa1887/881Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1,000Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Mazhar Efendi1872/731Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskani3,500Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memuru700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Said Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru450Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1864/651Müdür1,920Arapgir
Mühtedi Mehmet Emin Efendi1876/7711. Müdür1,400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mustafa Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru500Aleppo (Halep)
Mustafa Vasfi Efendi1886/871Defterdar4,000Diyarbakır
Nikolaki Haris Efendi1869/701Memur1,200Mytilene (Midilli)
Ömer Nail Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Selim Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memuru380Lubnan
SÜLEYMAN FAİK EFENDİ1908/091Muhabere Memuru300Mosul (Musul)
YORGİ JORJ ESBİYADİ EFENDİ1903/041Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ziya Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memuru400Antakya
Unnamed official (0067_00230; sayfa no:457)1883 to 1897122. Müdür540 to 660Baghdad (Bağdat)
Unnamed official (0094_2; 1)1897 to 19036Posta Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Unnamed official (0002_0176; 350)1863 to 18685Başmüdür3,375Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (188-57-56)1906 to 19115Muhabere Memuru175 to 400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Unnamed official (0087_0093, sayfa no:183.)1893 to 18974Muhabere Memuru400 to 513Elbistan

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

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