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Egypt (Mısır) province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 3 places with officials on record. 7 officials born in the province. Spelling in the records: misir.

Egypt (Mısır) province has 16 officials on record in 3 places, from 1880 to 1909 (AH 1298 to 1326), with 71 annual entries. The median of the 71 recorded monthly salaries is 1,250 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Misir, with 13. The fullest year is 1893/94 with 5 officials. 7 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
16
Annual entries1880 to 1909, AH 1298 to 1326
71
Year with most officials5 officials
1893/94
Median monthly salaryfrom 71 recorded salaries
1,250 kuruş
Officials born here
7
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1893/94 (AH 1311) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 26.
0123451882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13255 in 1893/94Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Egypt (Mısır)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1881/82 (AH 1299)212
1883/84 (AH 1301)222
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)202
1886/87 (AH 1304)313
1887/88 (AH 1305)313
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)313
1892/93 (AH 1310)303
1893/94 (AH 1311)525
1894/95 (AH 1312)505
1895/96 (AH 1313)505
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)404
1898/99 (AH 1316)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)202
1900/01 (AH 1318)313
1901/02 (AH 1319)313
1902/03 (AH 1320)303
1903/04 (AH 1321)313
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)222
1908/09 (AH 1326)111

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 71 recorded monthly salaries is 1,250 kuruş, the mean 1,128 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 1,200 kuruş in 1895/96Egypt (Mısır), 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, Egypt (Mısır)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1880/8111,7501,7501,7501,750500
1881/8221,3751,3751,187.51,562.5500
1883/8421,1251,1251,062.51,187.5500
1884/8521,1251,1251,062.51,187.5500
1885/8621,3751,3751,312.51,437.5500
1886/8731,2501,333.331,2501,375500
1887/8831,2501,333.331,2501,375500
1888/8921,2501,2501,2501,250500
1889/9021,2501,2501,2501,250500
1890/9131,2501,7001,2501,925500
1891/9231,2501,066.679751,250500
1892/9331,2501,066.679751,250500
1893/9451,2009607001,250500
1894/9551,2009808001,250500
1895/9651,2001,0701,0001,250500
1896/974990932.57751,147.5500
1897/984990957.58001,147.5500
1898/9921,1251,1251,012.51,237.5500
1899/190021,1251,1251,012.51,237.5500
1900/0139009908101,125500
1901/0239009908101,125500
1902/0339009908101,125500
1903/0437201,3905851,860475
1904/051900900900900450
1906/072875875812.5937.5450
1908/0911,0001,0001,0001,000350

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

12 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti, held by 4 officials.
Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti4Muhabere Memuru4Memur21. Müdür12. Müdür1Başmemur1Başmüdür1Mesalihi Basmemur11880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261 official2 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, Egypt (Mısır)
YearMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMuhabere MemuruMemur1. Müdür2. MüdürBaşmemurBaşmüdürMesalihi Basmemur
1880/81
1881/82
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/8611
1886/8721
1887/88111
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/91111
1891/9221
1892/9321
1893/94211
1894/95211
1895/96211
1896/97111
1897/98111
1898/9911
1899/190011
1900/0121
1901/02111
1902/03111
1903/04111
1904/051
1906/0711
1908/09

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 12 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
3 places with officials on record, 3 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)
MisirAlexandria (İskenderiye)Garbiyye13 officials1 official

All 3 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Misir13
Alexandria (İskenderiye)2
Garbiyye1

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 Misir, 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
Egypt (Mısır)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)Beirut (Beyrut)BursaIzmir (İzmir)Further places6 officials1 official

Where the officials born here were serving
Egypt (Mısır)Istanbul (Dersaadet)AydınBaghdad (Bağdat)HabaMytilene (Midilli)5 officials1 official

All 7 places of service, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Aydın2
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Beyoğlu1
Haba1
Mytilene (Midilli)1
Üsküdar1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

16 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.
Ömer Hilmi EfendiUnnamed official (0007_0146;…Mehmet Tahir EfendiAli Haydar EfendiHalil Habib EfendiUnnamed official (0067_0243;…Emil EfendiCebrail EfendiAhmet İzzet EfendiFethullah Kemal EfendiVedi EfendiMehmet Rıza EfendiMehmet Süreyya EfendiMehmet Niyazi EfendiMustafa Şekip EfendiJozef Fori Efendi1880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326Post and Telegraph entry

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 Egypt (Mısır), the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
MisirEgypt (Mısır) province13591881 to 1909
Alexandria (İskenderiye)Egypt (Mısır) province271880 to 1898
GarbiyyeEgypt (Mısır) province151893 to 1898

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Egypt (Mısır)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Halil Habib Efendi1886 to 190418Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,250 to 3,000Jerusalem (Kudüs)
Cebrail Efendi1891 to 190110Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications700 to 1,000Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Ahmet İzzet Efendi1893 to 189851. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,080 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Haydar Efendi1883 to 18885Memurofficial1,250 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fethullah Kemal Efendi1893 to 18985Posta Memurupostal official400 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Rıza Efendi1901 to 19054Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)720 to 900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1883 to 18874Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,000 to 1,250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vedi Efendi1900 to 19033Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications720 to 900Beirut (Beyrut)
Ömer Hilmi Efendi1880 to 18822Müfettişinspector1,750Kemaliye (Eğin)
Emil Efendi1890/911Başmüdürchief director2,600Aleppo (Halep)
Jozef Fori Efendi1908/091Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications1,000Izmir (İzmir)
Mehmet Niyazi Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Trabzon
Mehmet Süreyya Efendi1903/041Memurofficial450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Şekip Efendi1906/071Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.)1887 to 18969Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,250Bursa
Unnamed official (0007_0146; 289)1881/821Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official1,000Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

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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