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Benghazi (Bingazi) province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 5 places with officials on record. 1 official born in the province.

Benghazi (Bingazi) province has 15 officials on record in 5 places, from 1890 to 1911 (AH 1308 to 1328), with 31 annual entries. The median of the 31 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Benghazi (Bingazi), with 8. The fullest year is 1905/06 with 7 officials. 1 official of the collection was born in the province.

Officials serving
15
Annual entries1890 to 1911, AH 1308 to 1328
31
Year with most officials7 officials
1905/06
Median monthly salaryfrom 31 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
1
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1905/06 (AH 1323) with 7 officials. Years with an annual entry: 16.
024681890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13287 in 1905/06Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Benghazi (Bingazi) province
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1896/97 (AH 1314)222
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)212
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)434
1905/06 (AH 1323)737
1906/07 (AH 1324)111
1907/08 (AH 1325)222
1908/09 (AH 1326)212
1909/10 (AH 1327)212
1910/11 (AH 1328)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 31 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 662 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328Median 800 kuruş in 1905/06Benghazi (Bingazi) 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, Benghazi (Bingazi) province
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1890/911300300300300500
1896/972500500500500500
1897/981500500500500500
1898/991500500500500500
1899/19001500500500500500
1900/011500500500500500
1901/021500500500500500
1902/032350350275425500
1903/042350350275425475
1904/054750875650975450
1905/067800846.437001,000475
1906/0711,5001,5001,5001,500450
1907/082350350275425300
1908/092650650575725350
1909/102800800800800462.5
1910/111800800800800500

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

7 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 5 officials.
Muhabere Memuru5Posta Memuru31. Müdür22. Müdür2Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti22. Sınıf Polis Komiseri1Zabit Memuru11890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281 official4 officials

The 7 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Benghazi (Bingazi) province
YearMuhabere MemuruPosta Memuru1. Müdür2. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. Sınıf Polis KomiseriZabit Memuru
1890/911
1896/9711
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/032
1903/042
1904/05211
1905/064111
1906/071
1907/0811
1908/0911
1909/1011
1910/111

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 7 titles. 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
5 places with officials on record, 5 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
Benghazi (Bingazi)Derna (Derne)CidabiyeMarj (Merc)Mekta8 officials1 official

All 5 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Benghazi (Bingazi)8
Derna (Derne)4
Cidabiye2
Marj (Merc)1
Mekta1

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 Benghazi (Bingazi), the place recorded as the seat of the province.

All years

Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
Benghazi (Bingazi) provinceIstanbul (Dersaadet)Chania (Hanya)TrabzonCrete (Girit)Gelibolu6 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

15 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.

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 Benghazi (Bingazi) province, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Benghazi (Bingazi)Benghazi (Bingazi) province8191890 to 1910
Derna (Derne)Benghazi (Bingazi) province451902 to 1908
CidabiyeBenghazi (Bingazi) province221905/06
Marj (Merc)Benghazi (Bingazi) province131908 to 1911
MektaBenghazi (Bingazi) province121904 to 1906

Ottoman officials recorded here

15 officials, the one with most annual entries here first.

Officials of Benghazi (Bingazi) province
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Behçet Efendi1896 to 190610Posta Memurupostal official500 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1908 to 191132. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Ahmet Zühdü Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)700Trabzon
Arif Bey1907 to 190922. Sınıf Polis Komiseripolice commissioner, second class500Chania (Hanya)
İbrahim Edip Efendi1902 to 19042Posta Memurupostal official200Chania (Hanya)
MEHMET MUHYİTTİN EFENDİ1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1904 to 190621. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,500Gelibolu
Haci Ahmet Salâhattin Efendi1905/0612. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Yusuf Hüsamettin Efendi1890/911Zabit Memuru300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Fehmi Efendi1909/101Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Crete (Girit)
Hasan Hüseyin Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)700İnebolu
Hasan Şevket Efendi1906/0711. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hilmi Efendi1907/081Posta Memurupostal official200Homs (Humus)
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)225Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Zühtü Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Trabzon

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.

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