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Beirut (Beyrut) province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 42 places with officials on record. 134 officials born in the province.

Beirut (Beyrut) province has 393 officials on record in 42 places, from 1851 to 1911 (AH 1268 to 1329), with 2,166 annual entries. The median of the 2,162 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Beirut (Beyrut), with 254. The fullest year is 1895/96 with 87 officials. 134 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
393
Annual entries1851 to 1911, AH 1268 to 1329
2,166
Year with most officials87 officials
1895/96
Median monthly salaryfrom 2,162 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
134
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1895/96 (AH 1313) with 87 officials. Years with an annual entry: 62.
0204060801001853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 132087 in 1895/96Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Beirut (Beyrut) province
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1851/52 (AH 1268)111
1852/53 (AH 1269)101
1853/54 (AH 1270)101
1854/55 (AH 1271)101
1855/56 (AH 1272)101
1856/57 (AH 1273)101
1857/58 (AH 1274)101
1858/59 (AH 1275)101
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1860/61 (AH 1277)222
1861/62 (AH 1278)323
1862/63 (AH 1279)858
1863/64 (AH 1280)727
1864/65 (AH 1281)737
1865/66 (AH 1282)949
1866/67 (AH 1283)858
1867/68 (AH 1284)10510
1868/69 (AH 1285)16716
1869/70 (AH 1286)18519
1870/71 (AH 1287)20720
1871/72 (AH 1288)19319
1872/73 (AH 1289)18318
1873/74 (AH 1290)14114
1874/75 (AH 1291)17217
1875/76 (AH 1292)18218
1876/77 (AH 1293)24924
1877/78 (AH 1294)25225
1878 (AH 1295)26326
1878/79 (AH 1296)25125
1879/80 (AH 1297)26226
1880/81 (AH 1298)331033
1881/82 (AH 1299)38838
1882/83 (AH 1300)41741
1883/84 (AH 1301)43743
1884/85 (AH 1302)46546
1885/86 (AH 1303)48748
1886/87 (AH 1304)53653
1887/88 (AH 1305)61861
1888/89 (AH 1306)691369
1889/90 (AH 1307)69569
1890/91 (AH 1308)74774
1891/92 (AH 1309)71771
1892/93 (AH 1310)741474
1893/94 (AH 1311)751275
1894/95 (AH 1312)831583
1895/96 (AH 1313)871787
1896/97 (AH 1314)83883
1897/98 (AH 1315)77677
1898/99 (AH 1316)851285
1899/1900 (AH 1317)72372
1900/01 (AH 1318)681268
1901/02 (AH 1319)742174
1902/03 (AH 1320)741874
1903/04 (AH 1321)691969
1904/05 (AH 1322)712471
1905/06 (AH 1323)561156
1906/07 (AH 1324)521552
1907/08 (AH 1325)37637
1908/09 (AH 1326)29729
1909/10 (AH 1327)17617
1910/11 (AH 1328)414
1911 (AH 1329)303

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 2,162 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 578 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320Median 400 kuruş in 1909/10Beirut (Beyrut) province, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Beirut (Beyrut) province
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1851/521150150150150282.5
1852/531250250250250350
1853/541250250250250400
1854/551250250250250400
1855/561250250250250450
1856/571250250250250375
1857/581300300300300475
1858/591300300300300500
1859/601300300300300500
1860/6121,5001,5001,1251,875500
1861/6237501,083.336251,375600
1862/6387501,2005001,312.5500
1863/6477508806101,220500
1864/6571,2001,112.869601,345625
1865/669720963.115761,440650
1866/6785857504601,050600
1867/6810480676400600600
1868/69166001,054.384601,297.5600
1869/70198001,4804401,720600
1870/71205401,0414001,062.5600
1871/7219480569.74365760550
1872/7318535611.67385760550
1873/7414535597.14397.5760500
1874/7517570622.35380760535
1875/7618535550.56380760530
1876/7724400490.83400525575
1877/7825500535400600560
187826500552.31400720600
1878/7925600562.4400600600
1879/8026487.5546.35380570500
1880/8133475474.55360570500
1881/8238500480365550500
1882/8341500512.68400600500
1883/8443500562.67400600500
1884/8545500569.93400600500
1885/8647500549.79390600500
1886/8752500544.46380600500
1887/8860500544.57380600500
1888/8969500544.77380600500
1889/9069500531.61380600500
1890/9174500518.42380600500
1891/9271500529.83380600500
1892/9374500534.54327.5700500
1893/9475500560.12325700500
1894/9583500556.92300675500
1895/9687500581.51300700500
1896/9783500545.25310675500
1897/9877400504.38300540500
1898/9985500553.2300630500
1899/190072500581.14335648.75500
1900/0168500576.69335648.75500
1901/0274472.5581.89320675500
1902/0374450609.8300693.75500
1903/0469430563.32300675475
1904/0571400531.2300657.5450
1905/0656400525.27285686.25475
1906/0752330472.79250562.5450
1907/0837300632.84245550300
1908/0929300707.1245750350
1909/1017400775.12300900462.5
1910/114351.5375.75275452.25500
19113400433.33400450500

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

79 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 200 officials.
Muhabere Memuru200Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti622. Müdür41Posta Memuru313. Müdür24Müfettiş121. Müdür11Memur101853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official31 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, Beirut (Beyrut) province
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. MüdürPosta Memuru3. MüdürMüfettiş1. MüdürMemur
1851/52
1852/53
1853/54
1854/55
1855/56
1856/57
1857/58
1858/59
1859/60
1860/61
1861/621
1862/6341
1863/64421
1864/65113
1865/66411
1866/67411
1867/68711
1868/6971221
1869/708232
1870/71101421
1871/7210141
1872/73824
1873/74613
1874/75715
1875/7671611
1876/771534
1877/781535
18781535
1878/7914341
1879/8014423
1880/811843111
1881/821764211
1882/831894111
1883/841974111
1884/85187421
1885/861865111
1886/872066111
1887/882279112
1888/8929681111
1889/902769221
1890/913178322
1891/9230711121
1892/932412102411
1893/942613101311
1894/9528138552
1895/96251510442
1896/9724158262
1897/9826145461
1898/9929128662
1899/190022107552
1900/0122874511
1901/02251075312
1902/0326107411
1903/0427773211
1904/0525877313
1905/06222622112
1906/07183425111
1907/081142111
1908/0991221
1909/1051112
1910/1121
19112

Jobs and their officials, all years

The 24 titles with most officials, of 79. Over all years an official is counted once under each title. A title with a page of its own is a link.

Places with officials on record

All years
42 places with officials on record, 41 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
Beirut (Beyrut)Acre (Akka)Latakia (Lazkiye)NablusTripoli (Trablusşam)Haifa (Hayfa)Sidon (Sayda)Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)254 officials1 official

Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Baniyas (Banyas) (3).

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 Beirut (Beyrut), 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
Beirut (Beyrut) provinceIstanbul (Dersaadet)Beirut (Beyrut)Damascus (Şam)KunfudaYemenFurther placesLehistanParisFurther places, smaller scale94 officials1 official

The picture shows the 75 birthplaces with most officials, of 114. Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Cebelbogaz (1).

Where the officials born here were serving
Beirut (Beyrut) provinceBeirut (Beyrut)Acre (Akka)Gaza (Gazze)Damascus (Şam)Jerusalem (Kudüs)FayraneFurther placesSuakin (Sevakin)Bajil (Bacil)Ibb (İbb)Further places77 officials1 official

The picture shows the 66 places of service with most officials, of 130. Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Baniyas (Banyas) (2) and Batumi (Batum) (1).

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 130, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beirut (Beyrut)77
Acre (Akka)25
Gaza (Gazze)22
Jaffa (Yafa)20
Damascus (Şam)16
Tripoli (Trablusşam)16
Jerusalem (Kudüs)13
Latakia (Lazkiye)13
Nablus10
Sidon (Sayda)10

Places

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Ottoman officials recorded here

The 100 officials with most annual entries here, of 393. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Beirut (Beyrut) province
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1868 to 1904372. Müdür400 to 800Beirut (Beyrut)
Kasım Tevfik Efendi1868 to 190333Başmemur540 to 800Sidon (Sayda)
Necip Efendi1869 to 190433Muhabere Memuru190 to 750Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)
Rifat Antuvan Efendi1867 to 189933Muhabere Memuru330 to 600Aleppo (Halep)
Vanis Efendi1867 to 1899332. Müdür400 to 1,000Damascus (Şam)
Muhittin Sırrı Bey1878 to 190929Muhabere Memuru500 to 675Sidon (Sayda)
Hızır Abbas Efendi1864 to 1902282. Müdür480 to 1,500Beirut (Beyrut)
Kayser Ferid Efendi1870 to 189828Muhabere Memuru235 to 630Lubnan
Esat Efendi1872 to 189726Başmemur380 to 1,000Lubnan
Abdülmecit Efendi1875 to 190125Sandık Emaneti300 to 700Beirut (Beyrut)
Selim Efendi1867 to 1897252. Müdür400 to 800Sidon (Sayda)
Abdürrahim Efendi1851 to 189124Meclis Kitabeti150 to 1,440Sidon (Sayda)
Kayser Minir Efendi1882 to 190624Sandık Emaneti300 to 800Lubnan
Mehmet Yahya Efendi1885 to 190924Müvezzi145 to 235Lom
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1880 to 190222Muhabere Memuru450 to 900Baghdad (Bağdat)
Esed Efendi1876 to 189921Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380 to 600Homs (Humus)
Kamil Efendi1869 to 189321Başmuhabere Memuru480 to 700Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mahmut Avni Efendi1871 to 1901213. Müdür380 to 500Nablus
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1885 to 190621Muhabere Memuru300 to 595Beirut (Beyrut)
Aziz Efendi1868 to 189720Başmuhabere Memuru350 to 600Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)
Habip Efendi1885 to 190720Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru600 to 950Jaffa (Yafa)
Kaysar Efendi1880 to 190520Ittihat Posta Memuru320 to 800Lubnan
Mahmut Fazlı Efendi1878 to 1897202. Müdür800 to 1,500Ruse (Rusçuk)
Reşid Efendi1884 to 1904203. Müdür355 to 700Jaffa (Yafa)
Yusuf Efendi1885 to 190520Muhabere Memuru250 to 640Cebelbogaz
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Officials of Beirut (Beyrut) province, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mustafa Esir Efendi1876 to 190919Başmüdür Kitabeti500 to 1,600Cebeli lubnan
Rodrigez Efendi1871 to 188919Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti355 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yakup Efendi1880 to 190619Muhabere Memuru95 to 450Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mehmet Besir Efendi1892 to 191018Rusumat Muhasebe Memuru200 to 750Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Nakip Efendi1865 to 1903182. Müdür576 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Efendi1886 to 1905182. Müdür720 to 800Çemişgezek
Habib Efendi1870 to 189417Muhabere Memuru300 to 600Sidon (Sayda)
Mehmet Efendi1876 to 189317Muhabere Memuru285 to 500Sidon (Sayda)
Yosef Efendi1895 to 191117Muhabere Memuru145 to 400Lubnan
Corci Efendi1876 to 189516Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380 to 1,100Beirut (Beyrut)
Resit Efendi1879 to 189616Rüsumat Memuru330 to 700Sidon (Sayda)
Mahmut Efendi1876 to 190115Muhabere Memuru285 to 400Sidon (Sayda)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1888 to 190315Muhabere Memuru765 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil Efendi1883 to 190114Muhabere Memuru300 to 600Jaffa (Yafa)
Pedrus Kandela Efendi1887 to 190414Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400 to 550Mosul (Musul)
Selim Efendi1889 to 1904143. Müdür380 to 600Lubnan
Şevket Efendi1883 to 189914Muhabere Memuru280 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Alber Efendi1876 to 188813Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400 to 575Beirut (Beyrut)
Halil Fazıl Efendi1891 to 190413Ittihat Posta Memuru200 to 450Beirut (Beyrut)
iskender Efendi1866 to 188013Mahkeme-i Kebir Vekili250 to 2,350Lubnan
Mehmet Abid Efendi1880 to 189313Muhabere Memuru285 to 400Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mehmet Hifzi Efendi1894 to 190713Muhabere Memuru280 to 340Niğde
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1878 to 189013Defter-i Hakani Kalemi760Bursa
Reşit Efendi1881 to 189913Muhabere Memuru300 to 500Lubnan
Abdüllatif Lütfü Efendi1885 to 189912Aşar Memuru400 to 500Sidon (Sayda)
Mehmet Bahaettin Efendi1893 to 190712Muhabere Memuru300 to 600Nablus
Mehmet Nakib Efendi1865 to 1897122. Müdür576 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi1888 to 190912Seyyar Memur142 to 300Sidon (Sayda)
Abdullah Hıtar Efendi1890 to 190111Muhabere Memuru400 to 550Sidon (Sayda)
Ahmed Hilmi Efendi1880 to 189111Muhabere Memuru400Pljevlja (Taşlıca)
Ahmet Efendi1884 to 189511Musillik142 to 350Beirut (Beyrut)
Çaker Efendi1890 to 190211Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti285 to 340Aksaray
Dikran Efendi1882 to 189311Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kirkor Serpusyan Efendi1891 to 190211Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti765 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Hamdi Efendi1878 to 189211Muhabere Memuru285 to 600Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mustafa Hayrettin Efendi1883 to 189811Muhabere Memuru150 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Parsah Zurniyan Efendi1893 to 190411Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti540 to 614Kayseri
Yusuf Raci Efendi1870 to 188711Muhabere Memuru350 to 1,500Beirut (Beyrut)
Yusuf Yaşar Sabit Efendi1881 to 189211Makine Memuru200 to 400Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Fevzi Efendi1886 to 189610Muhabere Memuru142Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Mehmet Selim Efendi1901 to 191110Ittihat Posta Memuru150 to 600Beirut (Beyrut)
Abdülgani Efendi1892 to 19019Merkez Memuru142 to 200Beirut (Beyrut)
Behor Badur Efendi1893 to 19029Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bohur Badur Efendi1893 to 19029Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fikri Efendi1894 to 19039Muhabere Memuru320Kayseri
Mehmet Muhyiddin Efendi1876 to 18919Muhabere Memuru400 to 600Homs (Humus)
Mehmet Raşit Efendi1891 to 19009Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti190 to 450Beirut (Beyrut)
Andon Tosunyan Efendi1881 to 18998Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antuan Efendi1892 to 19008Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti300 to 340Beirut (Beyrut)
Emil Efendi1862 to 18718Müfettiş500 to 2,000Aleppo (Halep)
Fransuva Efendi1879 to 18918Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti285 to 400Lubnan
Haci ibrahim Ethem Efendi1902 to 191083. Sınıf Polis Komiseri400 to 750Shumen (Şumnu)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1887 to 18968Ambar Kalemi175 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Efendi1895 to 19038Muhabere Memuru250 to 285Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1898 to 19068Muhabere Memuru250 to 285Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Fettah Efendi1880 to 18888Muhabere Memuru360 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
MEHMET MÜNİP EFENDİ1897 to 19058Mevsillik200 to 400Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1888 to 18968Muhabere Memuru500 to 750Tuna
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1894 to 190283. Müdür540 to 600Targovishte (Eski Cuma)
Mehmet Reşat Efendi1892 to 19008Muhabere Memuru500Van
Vedi Efendi1892 to 19008Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti300Beirut (Beyrut)
Abdullah Naili Efendi1876 to 18967Muhabere Memuru400 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cafer Sadık Efendi1896 to 19067Seyyar Memur540 to 675Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fethi Efendi1872 to 18937Muhabere Memuru400 to 650Aleppo (Halep)
Hüseyin Hami Efendi1900 to 19077Muhabere Memuru280 to 300Arapgir
Mehmet Haşim Efendi1900 to 19077Muhabere Memuru250 to 380Beirut (Beyrut)
MEHMET RÜŞTÜ EFENDİ1895 to 19027Muhabere Memuru400Arapgir
Mihail Saba Efendi1880 to 18877Muhabere Memuru285Gaza (Gazze)
Osman Efendi1886 to 189372. Müdür800Çemişgezek
Osman Nuri Efendi1882 to 18897Muhabere Memuru550Mostar
Yosef Sava Efendi1898 to 190572. Müdür900Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)
Yusuf Cemil Bey1895 to 19037Seyyar Memur500 to 600Beirut (Beyrut)
Abdülhafız Efendi1902 to 19086Muhabere Memuru150 to 300Beirut (Beyrut)
Ahmet Efendi1901 to 19076Muhabere Memuru300 to 320Beirut (Beyrut)
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1903 to 19096Muharrerat Memuru150 to 200Sidon (Sayda)

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.