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Province

Diyarbakır province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 15 places with officials on record. 85 officials born in the province. Spelling in the records: diyarbakir.

Diyarbakır province has 233 officials on record in 15 places, from 1855 to 1911 (AH 1272 to 1329), with 1,387 annual entries. The median of the 1,382 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Diyarbakır, with 188. The fullest year is 1902/03 with 47 officials. 85 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
233
Annual entries1855 to 1911, AH 1272 to 1329
1,387
Year with most officials47 officials
1902/03
Median monthly salaryfrom 1,382 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
85
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1902/03 (AH 1320) with 47 officials. Years with an annual entry: 58.
010203040501863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 132047 in 1902/03Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Diyarbakır province
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1855/56 (AH 1272)111
1856/57 (AH 1273)111
1857/58 (AH 1274)212
1858/59 (AH 1275)313
1859/60 (AH 1276)202
1860/61 (AH 1277)303
1861/62 (AH 1278)313
1862/63 (AH 1279)525
1863/64 (AH 1280)969
1864/65 (AH 1281)12612
1865/66 (AH 1282)11311
1866/67 (AH 1283)909
1867/68 (AH 1284)10310
1868/69 (AH 1285)11211
1869/70 (AH 1286)18818
1870/71 (AH 1287)16216
1871/72 (AH 1288)16416
1872/73 (AH 1289)15115
1873/74 (AH 1290)13113
1874/75 (AH 1291)14114
1875/76 (AH 1292)16416
1876/77 (AH 1293)19419
1877/78 (AH 1294)24624
1878 (AH 1295)25325
1878/79 (AH 1296)27927
1879/80 (AH 1297)29329
1880/81 (AH 1298)29829
1881/82 (AH 1299)31631
1882/83 (AH 1300)34434
1883/84 (AH 1301)431043
1884/85 (AH 1302)41541
1885/86 (AH 1303)36436
1886/87 (AH 1304)36136
1887/88 (AH 1305)38538
1888/89 (AH 1306)40640
1889/90 (AH 1307)45745
1890/91 (AH 1308)43243
1891/92 (AH 1309)45245
1892/93 (AH 1310)38738
1893/94 (AH 1311)42642
1894/95 (AH 1312)441144
1895/96 (AH 1313)43843
1896/97 (AH 1314)45445
1897/98 (AH 1315)42342
1898/99 (AH 1316)43343
1899/1900 (AH 1317)43543
1900/01 (AH 1318)39039
1901/02 (AH 1319)36336
1902/03 (AH 1320)471247
1903/04 (AH 1321)40340
1904/05 (AH 1322)36436
1905/06 (AH 1323)24724
1906/07 (AH 1324)19619
1907/08 (AH 1325)838
1908/09 (AH 1326)11911
1909/10 (AH 1327)545
1910/11 (AH 1328)313
1911 (AH 1329)414

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 1,382 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 673 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320Median 300 kuruş in 1909/10Diyarbakır province, 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, Diyarbakır province
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1855/561300300300300450
1856/571450450450450375
1857/582975975712.51,237.5475
1858/5937509006001,125500
1859/6021,1251,125937.51,312.5500
1860/6131,000983.337251,250500
1861/6231,0001,166.671,0001,250600
1862/6351,5001,7501,0001,500500
1863/6491,0001,552.225002,500500
1864/65127201,048.55571,110625
1865/6611720703.27490885650
1866/679600614.44480720600
1867/6810600937.6504930600
1868/69119001,107.275501,150600
1869/70186608704201,075600
1870/71166008354001,050600
1871/7216500625380807.5550
1872/7315455657.67380760550
1873/7413550903.08400810500
1874/7514450642.5400592.5535
1875/7615450609.67400560530
1876/7718400530.56325600575
1877/7823400689.13300600560
187824400587.92300600600
1878/7927400576.3300600600
1879/8029400610.66300570500
1880/8129475734.31380670500
1881/8231475886.61400680500
1882/8334462.5824.56400570500
1883/8443500826.63400725500
1884/8541500714.15400760500
1885/8636475588.06400622.5500
1886/8736475557.5400705500
1887/8838500708.55400760500
1888/8940500679.23400760500
1889/9044500739.2400770500
1890/9143500774.3400800500
1891/9245500766.11400800500
1892/9338500622.82385600500
1893/9442500629.52400600500
1894/9544500564.55400600500
1895/9643500597.67400725500
1896/9745495539.22300585500
1897/9842400537.26300645500
1898/9943400599.42300700500
1899/190043500606.51300700500
1900/0139400602.05300610500
1901/0236400531.94300540500
1902/0347400547.66300570500
1903/0440400556300555475
1904/0536400561.67300680450
1905/0624400598.54300631.25475
1906/0719400668.42300740450
1907/0884501,018.753001,275300
1908/0911300586.36175425350
1909/105300528300540462.5
1910/113500433.33400500500
19114375387.5337.5425500

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

45 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 115 officials.
Muhabere Memuru115Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti382. Müdür183. Müdür18Müfettiş Muavini10Müfettiş9Başmüdür81. Müdür71858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official22 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

The same numbers as a table
Officials by job title and year, Diyarbakır province
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti2. Müdür3. MüdürMüfettiş MuaviniMüfettişBaşmüdür1. Müdür
1855/56
1856/57
1857/581
1858/5911
1859/6011
1860/6111
1861/6211
1862/63112
1863/644121
1864/65711
1865/66621
1866/67521
1867/683221
1868/6932211
1869/708421
1870/718221
1871/72822
1872/738211
1873/747112
1874/7591111
1875/7611111
1876/771111
1877/78131121
18781311111
1878/79133111
1879/80143211
1880/8113321
1881/8214222
1882/83184111
1883/84225241
1884/85195341
1885/86194211
1886/8719423
1887/881542321
1888/8914611311
1889/90157113111
1890/91177113211
1891/92187123211
1892/9317621111
1893/9415722111
1894/951672411
1895/9616634111
1896/9720634111
1897/9819633111
1898/991874511
1899/19001963421
1900/011862411
1901/0216724
1902/0318102611
1903/0417725
1904/05166331
1905/06121121
1906/07101121
1907/0841
1908/09441
1909/10111
1910/111
19112

Places with officials on record

All years
15 places with officials on record, 15 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)
DiyarbakırCizreMardinErganiPaluSiverekMidyatNusaybin188 officials1 official

The 10 places with most officials, of 15, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Diyarbakır188
Cizre24
Mardin22
Ergani19
Palu10
Siverek9
Midyat8
Nusaybin7
Silvan5
Batman2

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 Diyarbakır, 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
Diyarbakır provinceDiyarbakırIstanbul (Dersaadet)SivasKemaliye (Eğin)HarputBosnaLehistanPolonyaFurther placesBurukselParisFurther places57 officials1 official

Not drawn, with the number of officials. No position recorded: Rusya (1).

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 68, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Diyarbakır57
Istanbul (Dersaadet)29
Sivas18
Kemaliye (Eğin)15
Harput12
Aleppo (Halep)7
Arapgir5
Elazığ5
Trabzon5
Erzurum3
Where the officials born here were serving
Diyarbakır provinceCizreAleppo (Halep)MardinMosul (Musul)Baghdad (Bağdat)Suakin (Sevakin)ArtadBirul cedidFurther places, smaller scaleSoknaFurther places59 officials1 official

The picture shows the 70 places of service with most officials, of 122.

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 122, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Diyarbakır59
Cizre11
Aleppo (Halep)8
Mardin8
Mosul (Musul)8
Baghdad (Bağdat)7
Van7
Basra5
Elazığ5
Ergani5

Places

Places of Diyarbakır province, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
DiyarbakırDiyarbakır province1881,0071856 to 1911
CizreDiyarbakır province24781855 to 1906
MardinDiyarbakır province22901861 to 1909
ErganiDiyarbakır province19691870 to 1910
PaluDiyarbakır province10221878 to 1911
SiverekDiyarbakır province9321860 to 1897
MidyatDiyarbakır province8271878 to 1905
NusaybinDiyarbakır province7161889 to 1907
SilvanDiyarbakır province5271883 to 1905
BudakDiyarbakır province251901 to 1906
BatmanDiyarbakır province231869 to 1878
Diyarbakir kazasiDiyarbakır province151895 to 1900
KurdistanDiyarbakır province131862 to 1865
LiceDiyarbakır province121902 to 1904
BehramkiDiyarbakır province111874/75

Ottoman officials recorded here

The 100 officials with most annual entries here, of 233. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Diyarbakır province
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Luk Amasyan Efendi1867 to 190539Başmemur570 to 980Amasya
David Efendi1875 to 190632Başmüdür Kitabeti300 to 820Diyarbakır
Agop Efendi1867 to 189428Makine Memuru285 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Zülfikar Fethi Efendi1870 to 189827Muhabere Memuru285 to 450Diyarbakır
Abdurrahman Feyzi Efendi1881 to 190726Muhabere Memuru250 to 720Diyarbakır
Abdürrezzak Talat Efendi1877 to 190526Muhabere Memuru150 to 750Diyarbakır
Abdullah Efendi1878 to 190124Başmüdür Kitabeti690 to 1,000Kemaliye (Eğin)
Abdullah Şükrü Efendi1863 to 190524Muhabere Memuru250 to 720Diyarbakır
Mehmet Faik Efendi1868 to 189524Muhabere Memuru380 to 600Diyarbakır
Mustafa Zeki Efendi1882 to 190421Muhabere Memuru250 to 500Diyarbakır
Abdullah Hilmi Efendi1885 to 190520Mukayyit300Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmet Daim Efendi1886 to 1904182. Müdür540 to 800Amasya
Ali Saib Efendi1876 to 189718Muhabere Memuru300 to 600Siverek
Dimitri Altunyadi Efendi1878 to 189717Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500 to 600Konya
Ali Riza Efendi1875 to 189016Muhabere Memuru142 to 400Diyarbakır
Fethullah Nuri Efendi1882 to 190116Muhabere Memuru400 to 1,080Savur
Migirdiç Râsim Efendi1883 to 189916Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400Diyarbakır
Zülfü Efendi1877 to 190516Muhabere Memuru285 to 600Elazığ
İbrahim İlhami Efendi1881 to 189715Muhabere Memuru150 to 860Diyarbakır
İstepan Efendi1888 to 190315Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Diyarbakır
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi1893 to 190815Defter-i Hakani Kalemi760 to 1,500Arapgir
Mahmut Nüzhet Efendi1865 to 187814Muhabere Memuru480 to 600Diyarbakır
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1884 to 189814Posta Memuru300 to 550Sivas
Halil Efendi1875 to 188713Muhabere Memuru400 to 570Mardin
Kadri Efendi1880 to 189313Muhabere Memuru500 to 600Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
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Officials of Diyarbakır province, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1889 to 190813Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti1,800 to 3,750Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Abdullah Hilmi Efendi1883 to 189812Müfettiş Muavini1,200 to 1,500Bitola (Manastır)
Bogos Hayifyan Efendi1880 to 189212Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti250 to 400Diyarbakır
Mehmet Ali Efendi1880 to 189712Muhabere Memuru540 to 600Ergani
Mehmet Mehdi Efendi1869 to 188012Muhabere Memuru380 to 600Diyarbakır
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1876 to 188712Muhabere Memuru285 to 400Diyarbakır
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1864 to 1894121. Müdür720 to 1,200Sivas
Abdülvahhab Efendi1881 to 190111Muhabere Memuru150 to 550Diyarbakır
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1871 to 189011Başmüdür Kitabeti500 to 1,000Diyarbakır
Dikran Efendi1884 to 189511Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Diyarbakır
Mahmut Aziz Efendi1883 to 189411Müfettiş Muavini1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fuat Efendi1895 to 190611Muhabere Memuru200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sami Efendi1896 to 190711Muhabere Memuru200 to 250Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1869 to 1880113. Müdür380 to 850Kemah
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1893 to 190511Muhabere Memuru200 to 400Diyarbakır
Zülfikar Zihni Efendi1892 to 190311Muhabere Memuru250 to 400Diyarbakır
Abdulgafur Sırrı Efendi1894 to 190410Muhabere Memuru240 to 400Diyarbakır
Abdullah Raif Efendi1894 to 190510Muhabere Memuru380 to 540Diyarbakır
Ahmet Mithat Efendi1896 to 190610Muhabere Memuru300Diyarbakır
Ali Sefik Efendi1895 to 190510Muhabere Memuru500 to 680Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Bekir Galip Efendi1892 to 1904103. Müdür500Sivas
Feyzullah Raif Efendi1895 to 190510Muhabere Memuru240 to 350Diyarbakır
Mustafa İsmet Efendi1884 to 1894102. Müdür800Yozgat
Mustafa Vasfi Efendi1896 to 190610Muhabere Memuru250 to 400Diyarbakır
Neşet Agop Tokluyan Yakop Efendi1871 to 189010Muhabere Memuru450 to 525Arapgir
Abdulgafur Sufi Efendi1894 to 19039Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti300 to 600Diyarbakır
Cemal Efendi1878 to 18929Muhabere Memuru475 to 600Harput
Mehmed Tevfik Efendi1878 to 18879Muhabere Memuru380 to 450Kemaliye (Eğin)
Osman Nuri Efendi1863 to 18729Muhabere Memuru500 to 1,200Kemaliye (Eğin)
Abdülkadir Efendi1897 to 19058Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti300 to 400Diyarbakır
Abdullah Hilmi Efendi1883 to 18928Müfettiş Muavini1,200Bitola (Manastır)
Ali Galip Efendi1894 to 19078Muhabere Memuru300 to 810Harput
Cebrail Cemal Efendi1869 to 18798Muhabere Memuru300 to 400Diyarbakır
Hasan Efendi1878 to 18868Başmuhabere Memuru475 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mahmut Şükrü Efendi1897 to 190583. Müdür540Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1899 to 19078Muhabere Memuru300Diyarbakır
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1863 to 18718Muhabere Memuru720 to 1,000Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi1881 to 18928Başmüdür Kitabeti500 to 800Sivas
Mustafa Nail Efendi1893 to 190183. Müdür540 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Vasfi Efendi1864 to 18788Aşar Memuru130 to 1,000Diyarbakır
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1892 to 189972. Müdür725 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
ESAT EFENDİ1899 to 19067Muhabere Memuru250 to 300Diyarbakır
Hasan Sezai Efendi1878 to 188472. Müdür700 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1895 to 19027Muhabere Memuru400Kırşehir
Mehmet Talat Efendi1857 to 186571. Müdür1,500 to 2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nikola Colini Efendi1864 to 18747Muhabere Memuru1,000 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Efendi1874 to 18827Muhabere Memuru380 to 450Malatya
Osman Nuri Efendi1887 to 18947Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti250 to 350Merzifon
Şekerciyan Ohannes Aram Efendi1898 to 19057Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti400 to 500Diyarbakır
Süleyman Fevzi Efendi1858 to 18887Muhabere Memuru750 to 3,000Gelibolu
Kesidrak(?) Zoryan Efendi1889 to 18956Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380Diyarbakır
Mehmet Akif Efendi1869 to 18856Muhabere Memuru400 to 500Bitlis
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1879 to 188562. Müdür950 to 1,200Arapgir
Mehmet Tayyip Bey1888 to 18946Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi1862 to 186862. Müdür750 to 1,440Harput
Abdulkerim Fehmi Efendi1892 to 18975Başmuhabere Memuru550 to 570Diyarbakır
Agop Sırrı Efendi1880 to 18855Posta Memuru500Kütahya
David Efendi1875 to 18925Muhabere Memuru380 to 600Diyarbakır
Haci Hafiz İsmail Efendi1880 to 18855Asar ve Agnam Nezareti3,500Lom
Kazmir Efendi1888 to 18945Muhabere Memuru500 to 575Polonya
Mahmut Bedri Efendi1881 to 18865Başmüdür2,000 to 3,000Niš (Niş)
Mehmet Cemil Beyefendi1876 to 18805Posta Memuru100 to 300Diyarbakır
Mehmet Cemil Efendi1876 to 18805Memur100 to 300Diyarbakır
Mehmet Mikdad Efendi1898 to 19035Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti250 to 400Diyarbakır
Mehmet Naim Efendi1901 to 190653. Müdür540 to 725Harput
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1902 to 190753. Müdür540 to 600Diyarbakır
Mehmet Sakin Efendi1894 to 18995Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti270 to 350Diyarbakır
Mehmet Sami Efendi1902 to 19075Muhabere Memuru200 to 300Diyarbakır
Mehmet Ziver Efendi1856 to 18755Posta Memuru450 to 600Erzurum
Mıgırdıç Kirkoryan1865 to 18705Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti720 to 1,100Sivas
Mustafa İsmet Efendi1895 to 19005Müfettiş Muavini1,080 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Sıvacıyan Agop Efendi1878 to 18835Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380 to 500Diyarbakır
Ahmet Zeki Efendi1899 to 19034Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti250 to 400Diyarbakır
Aşud Efendi1901 to 19054Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti250 to 300Diyarbakır
Hafız Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1901 to 19054Muhabere Memuru300Harput

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.

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