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Province

Biga province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 8 places with officials on record. 24 officials born in the province.

Biga province has 118 officials on record in 8 places, from 1858 to 1911 (AH 1275 to 1328), with 423 annual entries. The median of the 421 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Çanakkale, with 87. The fullest year is 1895/96 with 16 officials. 24 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
118
Annual entries1858 to 1911, AH 1275 to 1328
423
Year with most officials16 officials
1895/96
Median monthly salaryfrom 421 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
24
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1895/96 (AH 1313) with 16 officials. Years with an annual entry: 53.
051015201858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132516 in 1895/96Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Biga
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1858/59 (AH 1275)111
1860/61 (AH 1277)111
1861/62 (AH 1278)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)212
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)646
1866/67 (AH 1283)414
1867/68 (AH 1284)515
1868/69 (AH 1285)737
1869/70 (AH 1286)717
1870/71 (AH 1287)616
1871/72 (AH 1288)616
1872/73 (AH 1289)727
1873/74 (AH 1290)636
1874/75 (AH 1291)848
1875/76 (AH 1292)727
1876/77 (AH 1293)747
1877/78 (AH 1294)505
1878 (AH 1295)525
1878/79 (AH 1296)838
1879/80 (AH 1297)939
1880/81 (AH 1298)12612
1881/82 (AH 1299)14214
1882/83 (AH 1300)10010
1883/84 (AH 1301)838
1884/85 (AH 1302)10210
1885/86 (AH 1303)10210
1886/87 (AH 1304)10310
1887/88 (AH 1305)10110
1888/89 (AH 1306)10310
1889/90 (AH 1307)10310
1890/91 (AH 1308)11111
1891/92 (AH 1309)11111
1892/93 (AH 1310)13313
1893/94 (AH 1311)14414
1894/95 (AH 1312)15315
1895/96 (AH 1313)16716
1896/97 (AH 1314)16416
1897/98 (AH 1315)14314
1898/99 (AH 1316)16816
1899/1900 (AH 1317)13313
1900/01 (AH 1318)15515
1901/02 (AH 1319)13313
1902/03 (AH 1320)11211
1903/04 (AH 1321)919
1904/05 (AH 1322)828
1905/06 (AH 1323)626
1906/07 (AH 1324)424
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)101
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 421 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 580 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 486 kuruş in 1905/06Biga, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Biga
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1858/591500500500500500
1860/6111,5001,5001,5001,500500
1861/6211,5001,5001,5001,500600
1862/6311,5001,5001,5001,500500
1863/6421,0001,0007501,250500
1864/6511,2001,2001,2001,200625
1865/6661,3201,2168401,620650
1866/6741,0009507001,250600
1867/6858008966001,200600
1868/6971,0001,128.578001,300600
1869/7078001,114.298001,350600
1870/716800883.338001,100600
1871/726760698.33617.5902.5550
1872/7377607806501,000550
1873/746570589.17483.75690500
1874/758560717.5526.25820535
1875/767570652.14525665530
1876/777800925477.51,000575
1877/7858001,1048001,200560
18785600650500600600
1878/798600831.25575900600
1879/809500562.22400600500
1880/8112500535.42396.25600500
1881/8214450508.93388.75600500
1882/8310475487.5400500500
1883/848500493.12396.25525500
1884/8510450474.5400500500
1885/8610450502.5388.75575500
1886/8710450486.5381.25600500
1887/8810550537.5388.75637.5500
1888/8910550515.2400637.5500
1889/9010500505.2400637.5500
1890/9111600513.82400625500
1891/9211600503.36350625500
1892/9313500507.31350650500
1893/9414487.5521.07400637.5500
1894/9515475505390625500
1895/9616487.5481.56375525500
1896/9716453.5457.44375510500
1897/9814487.5469.21362.5530500
1898/9916453.5446.94337.5500500
1899/190013500463.15350500500
1900/0115380421.4300500500
1901/0213400429.31300540500
1902/0310400423.1312.5513500
1903/049400390.22300432475
1904/057350396300486450
1905/066486470.33370.5585475
1906/074406403360449450
1907/081432432432432300
1908/091432432432432350
1909/101600600600600462.5
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

23 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 56 officials.
Muhabere Memuru56Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti163. Müdür152. Müdür13Memur51. Müdür43. Sınıf Polis Komiseri2Başmuhabere Memuru21858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official8 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, Biga
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti3. Müdür2. MüdürMemur1. Müdür3. Sınıf Polis KomiseriBaşmuhabere Memuru
1858/591
1860/611
1861/621
1862/631
1863/6411
1864/651
1865/66211
1866/67211
1867/682111
1868/6921111
1869/7021111
1870/7112111
1871/7211211
1872/7311311
1873/742211
1874/755111
1875/76411
1876/7741
1877/7821
1878311
1878/79511
1879/80611
1880/81711
1881/827112
1882/83511
1883/84311
1884/85511
1885/864211
1886/87421
1887/88431
1888/893211
1889/904111
1890/9141111
1891/925111
1892/936212
1893/946212
1894/957222
1895/9681411
1896/9782311
1897/986231
1898/998321
1899/19004241
1900/017221
1901/027121
1902/03512
1903/0462
1904/05421
1905/0633
1906/07211
1907/081
1908/091
1909/101
1910/111

Places with officials on record

All years
8 places with officials on record, 8 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) District (kaza)
ÇanakkaleBigaEzineAyvacıkLapsekiPapazlikBayramiçKarabiga87 officials1 official

All 8 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Çanakkale87
Biga16
Ezine9
Ayvacık4
Lapseki3
Papazlik3
Bayramiç1
Karabiga1

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 Biga, 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
BigaIstanbul (Dersaadet)ÇanakkaleBursaEdirneSivas46 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 53, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)46
Çanakkale6
Bursa4
Edirne3
Sivas3
Ankara2
Çorlu2
Harput2
Izmir (İzmir)2
Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)2
Where the officials born here were serving
BigaÇanakkaleIzmir (İzmir)BeyoğluThessaloniki (Selanik)İzmitYemenBeytulharemeynFurther placesAl-Faw (Fav)Further places6 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

118 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.
11181858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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 Biga, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
ÇanakkaleBiga province872781858 to 1911
BigaBiga province16661868 to 1903
EzineBiga province9391866 to 1907
AyvacıkBiga province4181870 to 1906
LapsekiBiga province3121878 to 1899
PapazlikBiga province381894 to 1906
BayramiçBiga province111899/1900
KarabigaBiga province111901/02

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Biga
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Muharrem Bey1883 to 190320Defter-i Hakani Kalemi684 to 760Korçë (Görice)
Besim Efendi1893 to 191118Muhabere Memuru432 to 800Haifa (Hayfa)
Ali Galip Efendi1880 to 189414Başmemur600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1890 to 1904143. Müdür540 to 600Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)
Halil Efendi1865 to 187813Muhabere Memuru720 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Sırrı Efendi1880 to 189313Muhabere Memuru385 to 400Çanakkale
Kostantin Efendi1887 to 189811Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti650 to 750Silivri
Mehmet Haşim Efendi1869 to 1880112. Müdür760 to 1,200Gelibolu
Aziz Mahmud Efendi1886 to 18959Muhabere Memuru600 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fahri Efendi1889 to 189892. Müdür720 to 800Niš (Niş)
Mehmet Talat Efendi1865 to 187591. Müdür950 to 1,680Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Israti Efendi1864 to 18728Başmuhabere Memuru950 to 1,440Silivri
Ahmet Raşit Efendi1889 to 18967Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Efendi1879 to 18867Muhabere Memuru400Kuşadası
Mustafa Kamil Efendi1899 to 19067Muhabere Memuru285 to 600Çorlu
Antranik Efendi1883 to 18896Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1896 to 19026Muhabere Memuru250Sivas
İsmail Şükrü Efendi1880 to 18866Başmuhabere Memuru400 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muammer Efendi1883 to 18896Muhabere Memuru300Çanakkale
Osman Nuri Efendi1900 to 19066Muhabere Memuru350Tosya
Rıfat Efendi1892 to 18986Muhabere Memuru250 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Faik Efendi1879 to 18856Memleha Kitabeti300 to 500Çanakkale
Dorkani Efendi1878 to 18835Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Edirne
Emrullah Efendi1868 to 18735Memur200Biga
Hüsnü Efendi1860 to 186651. Müdür1,500 to 1,680Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Show the other 93 officials
Officials of Biga, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Kazım Bey1893 to 18985Muhabere Memuru475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1889 to 18945Muhabere Memuru300Bursa
Mustafa Şükrü Efendi1875 to 18805Muhabere Memuru400 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1878 to 18825Muhabere Memuru600Malatya
Simon Efendi1871 to 18765Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti570Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Zeynelabidin Şevki Efendi1878 to 18835Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Yozgat
Abdullah Zühtü Efendi1895 to 18994Muhabere Memuru250 to 285Kırkağaç
Ahmet Recai Efendi1876 to 18794Muhabere Memuru350Bursa
Ali Rıza Efendi1898 to 190242. Müdür800İzmit
Erdetsi Ohanyan Efendi1884 to 18884Muhabere Memuru380 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil Kemal Efendi1895 to 190643. Müdür500 to 540Bergama
Hasan Sabri Efendi1900 to 19044Posta Memuru400Tosya
Mehmet Pertev Efendi1866 to 18704Muhabere Memuru400 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tahsin Efendi1888 to 18924Musillik142Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Zihni Efendi1898 to 19074Muhabere Memuru300Karamürsel
Osman Nuri Efendi1879 to 18834Defter-i Hakani Kalemi760Izmir (İzmir)
Salih Selami Efendi1895 to 18994Muhabere Memuru284 to 380Gjakova (Yakova)
Abdullah Agah Efendi1902 to 19053Muhabere Memuru300Varna
Ali Fehmi Efendi1901 to 190433. Müdür540Birecik
Andon Efendi1878 to 18833Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil Rifat Efendi1900 to 19033Muhabere Memuru250 to 285Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Mayer Festo Efendi1898 to 19013Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru500Çanakkale
Mehmet Kadri Efendi1873 to 18803Muhabere Memuru455 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Naim Efendi1898 to 190133. Müdür475 to 500Harput
Mehmet Pertev Efendi1895 to 189833. Müdür500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ragıp Efendi1893 to 18963Muhabere Memuru285Ruse (Rusçuk)
Mehmet Sabri Efendi1897 to 19003Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Asım Efendi1885 to 188832. Müdür800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa sevki Efendi1888 to 189133. Sınıf Polis Komiseri400Rize
Yuvanaki İstavridis Efendi1898 to 19013Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380Izmir (İzmir)
Abdulkadir Efendi1876 to 18782Rusumat Muduru2,370Damascus (Şam)
Abdullah Şemsettin Efendi1881 to 18832Muhabere Memuru380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Agop Efendi1876 to 18782Ittihat Posta Memuru800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1874 to 18762Muhabere Memuru455 to 570Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Enver Efendi1880 to 18822Memur600Skopje (Üsküp)
Haci ismail Hakki Efendi1895 to 189723. Sınıf Polis Komiseri400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafiz Salih Efendi1903 to 19052Muhabere Memuru250Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)
Hüseyin Mazlum Efendi1899 to 190423. Müdür400 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1880 to 188222. Müdür1,000Mytilene (Midilli)
İskender Sabri Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memuru250Gjirokastër (Ergiri)
Mehmet Galip Efendi1874 to 18762Muhabere Memuru455 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1893 to 18952Seyyar Memur475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Lutfu Efendi1891 to 18932Muhabere Memuru285Volos (Golos)
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1868 to 18702Niyabet2,500Ibradi
Mehmet Rüştü Efendi1897 to 189923. Müdür500Elazığ
Pakalarakliyan Efendi1886 to 18882Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Ankara
Rasim Efendi1872 to 187422. Müdür730Tekirdağ
Zülfikar Efendi1900 to 19022Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti350Antalya
Ahmed Sadık Efendi1868/6912. Müdür1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Efendi1894/9513. Müdür500Bolu
Ahmet Necip Efendi1899/190013. Müdür500Rethymno (Resmo)
Ahmet Refik Efendi1896/971Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Servet Efendi1905/0613. Müdür600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Haydar Bey1894/951Muhabere Memuru300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Arnest Lapir Efendi1885/861Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Rhodes (Rodos)
Dahan Berhordar Efendi1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Habib Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memuru455Sidon (Sayda)
Hacı Mehmet Ali Efendi1872/7312. Müdür1,150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil İbrahim Efendi1906/071Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380Çanakkale
Hasan Bahri Efendi1901/021Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Sabri Efendi1886/871Musillik140Bursa
Hüseyin Zihni Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memuru285Arapgir
ibrahim Hakki Efendi1875/761Meclis Kitabeti500Kafkasya
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memuru300Elbistan
İsmail Efendi1870/7112. Müdür800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kapril Efendi1878/7912. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kirikork İskender Efendi1884/851Muhabere Memuru400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kostantin Kotovili1867/681Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Raşid Efendi1865/6611. Müdür1,200Tekirdağ
Mehmet Agah Efendi1895/9613. Müdür500Shumen (Şumnu)
Mehmet Alim Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memuru380Ödemiş
Mehmet Arif Efendi1904/051Edirne
Mehmet Emin Efendi1873/741Memur450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kemalettin Efendi1906/0713. Müdür500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nakib Efendi1874/751Muhabere Memuru550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nakip Efendi1874/751Muhabere Memuru550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Necati Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memuru500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rüştü Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru300Amasya
Mehmet Yunus Efendi1888/8912. Müdür800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ziya Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memuru300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mina Efendi1902/031Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Elbasan (İlbasan)
Mustafa Atıf Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memuru380Harput
Mustafa Efendi1858/591Muhabere Memuru500Sivas
Mustafa Efendi1863/641Muhabere Memuru500Bursa
Nesim Efendi1865/661Muhabere Memuru576Edirne
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1897/981Korucu500Diyarbakır
Ömer Rıfat Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memuru400Sivas
Süleyman Zühdü Efendi1881/821Memur300Bartın
Yovakimyan Efendi1873/741Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti570Ankara
Unnamed official (0087_0097, sayfa no:191.)1892 to 18953Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti350Çanakkale
Unnamed official (0067_0237; sayfa no:471)1898/991Muhabere Memuru475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0086_0163: 321)1898/991Muhabere Memuru300Servia (Serfiçe)
Unnamed official (0087_0147, sayfa no:291.)1904/051Memur300Çorlu

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.