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Province

Mosul (Musul) province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 14 places with officials on record. 66 officials born in the province.

Mosul (Musul) province has 129 officials on record in 14 places, from 1858 to 1911 (AH 1275 to 1329), with 673 annual entries. The median of the 671 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Mosul (Musul), with 73. The fullest year is 1897/98 with 25 officials. 66 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
129
Annual entries1858 to 1911, AH 1275 to 1329
673
Year with most officials25 officials
1897/98
Median monthly salaryfrom 671 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
66
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1897/98 (AH 1315) with 25 officials. Years with an annual entry: 54.
05101520251863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 132025 in 1897/98Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Mosul (Musul) province
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1858/59 (AH 1275)111
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1860/61 (AH 1277)212
1861/62 (AH 1278)202
1862/63 (AH 1279)202
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)434
1865/66 (AH 1282)515
1866/67 (AH 1283)515
1867/68 (AH 1284)525
1868/69 (AH 1285)838
1869/70 (AH 1286)919
1870/71 (AH 1287)12412
1871/72 (AH 1288)10110
1872/73 (AH 1289)919
1873/74 (AH 1290)909
1874/75 (AH 1291)10210
1875/76 (AH 1292)11111
1876/77 (AH 1293)10310
1877/78 (AH 1294)818
1878 (AH 1295)10110
1878/79 (AH 1296)13313
1879/80 (AH 1297)12212
1880/81 (AH 1298)19919
1881/82 (AH 1299)19419
1882/83 (AH 1300)17217
1883/84 (AH 1301)15215
1884/85 (AH 1302)18318
1885/86 (AH 1303)20520
1886/87 (AH 1304)17117
1887/88 (AH 1305)17317
1888/89 (AH 1306)16216
1889/90 (AH 1307)17317
1890/91 (AH 1308)19519
1891/92 (AH 1309)18218
1892/93 (AH 1310)19419
1893/94 (AH 1311)20420
1894/95 (AH 1312)22622
1895/96 (AH 1313)24624
1896/97 (AH 1314)23223
1897/98 (AH 1315)25325
1898/99 (AH 1316)21421
1899/1900 (AH 1317)20220
1900/01 (AH 1318)17217
1901/02 (AH 1319)17117
1902/03 (AH 1320)21521
1903/04 (AH 1321)21121
1904/05 (AH 1322)15115
1905/06 (AH 1323)15515
1906/07 (AH 1324)12612
1907/08 (AH 1325)515
1908/09 (AH 1326)313
1910/11 (AH 1328)111
1911 (AH 1329)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 671 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 669 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320Median 380 kuruş in 1907/08Mosul (Musul) 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, Mosul (Musul) province
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1858/5912,5002,5002,5002,500500
1859/6012,5002,5002,5002,500500
1860/6121,6251,6251,187.52,062.5500
1861/6221,6251,6251,187.52,062.5600
1862/6321,6251,6251,187.52,062.5500
1863/6412,5002,5002,5002,500500
1864/6541,4401,6091,3441,705625
1865/6651,7501,749.21,4402,000650
1866/6751,4401,447.27202,000600
1867/6854801,0464001,690600
1868/698440776.25340782.5600
1869/708480851.253401,172.5600
1870/71124801,0252951,172.5600
1871/7210465582313.75740550
1872/739400598.89285760550
1873/749500586.11285760500
1874/7510425562.5308.75695535
1875/7611400705380760530
1876/7710475668412.5725575
1877/788500728.75432.5850560
18789700764.44500800600
1878/7913700844.624001,000600
1879/8012585677.08475807.5500
1880/8119475900.11380740500
1881/8219475922.63380760500
1882/8317475575380600500
1883/8415475666.33380760500
1884/8518522.51,035.28380760500
1885/8620487.5700.1360760500
1886/8717500589.53380600500
1887/8817475728.35300760500
1888/8916475754.81360760500
1889/9017570771.59380760500
1890/9119570664.05380825500
1891/9218500586.22380750500
1892/9319400580.11380780500
1893/9420450573.6380770500
1894/9522400518.73380720500
1895/9624400516.75372.5715500
1896/9723400476.87380615500
1897/9825400468.32380540500
1898/9921513504.33380630500
1899/190020540530.05380684500
1900/0117540513.59380630500
1901/0217540576.47380720500
1902/0321400473.81300600500
1903/0421540484.76300630475
1904/0515500500.33340675450
1905/0615380453.67300545475
1906/0712370452.5276.25592.5450
1907/085380376250500300
1908/093250283.33235315350
1910/111150150150150500
191111,0001,0001,0001,000500

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

31 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 72 officials.
Muhabere Memuru722. Müdür233. Müdür15Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti9Posta Memuru7Başmuhabere Memuru61. Müdür3Çavuş31858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official12 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, Mosul (Musul) province
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiPosta MemuruBaşmuhabere Memuru1. MüdürÇavuş
1858/59
1859/60
1860/611
1861/621
1862/631
1863/64
1864/6512
1865/6611
1866/67111
1867/682
1868/6941
1869/70311
1870/713111
1871/723112
1872/73322
1873/74312
1874/75512
1875/76611
1876/77521
1877/78321
1878231
1878/794311
1879/805321
1880/8110411
1881/8211411
1882/8311311
1883/84931
1884/851022
1885/869322
1886/879221
1887/8883111
1888/898311
1889/90731111
1890/9185111
1891/9274112
1892/93104111
1893/94941111
1894/951061211
1895/96126121
1896/97115321
1897/981153221
1898/99105411
1899/19008651
1900/016451
1901/0264311
1902/03104311
1903/0494412
1904/0564212
1905/0693111
1906/0793
1907/0832
1908/093
1910/111
19111

Places with officials on record

All years
14 places with officials on record, 14 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
Mosul (Musul)Kirkuk (Kerkük)Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)ErbilKifri (Salahiye)Rawanduz (Revanduz)CemcemalAltun Kupri (Altınköprü)73 officials1 official

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 Mosul (Musul), 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
Mosul (Musul) provinceKirkuk (Kerkük)Baghdad (Bağdat)Istanbul (Dersaadet)DiyarbakırMosul (Musul)NigboluFurther placesFurther places21 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 42, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Kirkuk (Kerkük)21
Baghdad (Bağdat)16
Istanbul (Dersaadet)14
Diyarbakır10
Mosul (Musul)9
Aleppo (Halep)3
Erbil3
Erzurum3
Sivas3
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)3
Where the officials born here were serving
Mosul (Musul) provinceBaghdad (Bağdat)Mosul (Musul)Kirkuk (Kerkük)BasraAl Diwaniyah (Divaniye)Crete (Girit)Lezhë (Leş)Shkodër (İşkodra)Further places, smaller scaleBajil (Bacil)HicazJeddah (Cidde)Further places32 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

129 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.
11291858/59AH 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.

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Mosul (Musul) province
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdulhamit Afif Efendi1858 to 189126Arazi Kalemi1,500 to 2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1867 to 1900262. Müdür400 to 900Mosul (Musul)
Emin Şevket Efendi1881 to 1907252. Müdür475 to 800Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Neşet Efendi1882 to 1907222. Müdür300 to 865Mardin
Mehmet Şekip Efendi1880 to 190121Muhabere Memuru275 to 513Erzurum
Bekir Efendi1868 to 1888162. Müdür400 to 800Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Cemil Efendi1880 to 189816Muhabere Memuru285 to 570Malatya
İbrahim Edip Efendi1889 to 1905162. Müdür380 to 800Erbil
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1878 to 1906162. Müdür400 to 800Aleppo (Halep)
Resul Sıtkı Efendi1868 to 188316Muhabere Memuru100 to 400Bitlis
Abbas Efendi1890 to 190715Muhabere Memuru380 to 800Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mustafa Kafi Efendi1874 to 189114Başmuhabere Memuru380 to 760Tokat
Salih Sabri Efendi1885 to 189813Muharrerat Memuru142Yakube
Abdülaziz Efendi1893 to 190512Muhabere Memuru190 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Esad Efendi1892 to 190512Muhabere Memuru300 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1884 to 190612Muhabere Memuru300 to 540Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1864 to 187612Müdür1,440 to 1,690Ürgüp
Mehmed Muhlis Efendi1880 to 189111Muhabere Memuru237 to 575Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Resit Efendi1870 to 187910Muharrerat Memuru160 to 200Sidon (Sayda)
Yusuf İstiko Efendi1866 to 187610Muhabere Memuru480 to 760Mosul (Musul)
Ahmed İzzet Efendi1898 to 19079Muhabere Memuru250 to 360Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak)
Ahmet Şevki Efendi1867 to 18769Çavuş160 to 285Nigbolu
Futuhi Efendi1890 to 18999Posta Memuru250 to 300Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1868 to 18808Muhabere Memuru455 to 1,000Erzurum
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1896 to 190483. Müdür540 to 600Kastamonu
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Officials of Mosul (Musul) province, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Yosef Efendi1876 to 18838Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti475 to 600Aleppo (Halep)
Zeynelabidin Efendi1878 to 18868Muhabere Memuru285 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Ahmet Fehmi Efendi1889 to 189672. Müdür950Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Fethi Zağbi Efendi1885 to 18937Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti250 to 500Aleppo (Halep)
Hasan Sezai Efendi1884 to 190172. Müdür570 to 684Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1892 to 18997Muhabere Memuru380 to 400Sivas
Mehmet Salih Efendi1888 to 18957Muhabere Memuru300 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Yusuf Ziya Efendi1878 to 188572. Müdür950 to 2,000Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abdülhamit Efendi1870 to 18776Muhabere Memuru300 to 800Mosul (Musul)
Mehmed Şükrü Efendi1871 to 18776Muhabere Memuru380 to 450Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Yusuf Sabanlı Efendi1898 to 19046Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti380Mosul (Musul)
Abdullah Şükrü Efendi1880 to 18855Muhabere Memuru475Diyarbakır
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1890 to 189552. Müdür760 to 850Diyarbakır
Galyar İskender Efendi1875 to 18795Müfettiş2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Ziya Eefendi1893 to 18985Çavuş350 to 400Harput
Mehmet Necip Efendi1882 to 18875Muhabere Memuru380Erbil
Mehmet Ruhi Efendi1900 to 19055Muhabere Memuru250 to 500Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1883 to 18885Muhabere Memuru285 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muhyiddin Kabil Efendi1899 to 19055Posta Memuru250Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Musa Kazim Efendi1890 to 19025Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi1,800Baghdad (Bağdat)
SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ1895 to 19005Muhabere Memuru400Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Tahir Efendi1896 to 190153. Müdür540 to 600Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abdürrezzak Efendi1901 to 190543. Müdür540Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ali Galib Efendi1905 to 19094Muhabere Memuru250Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Ali Saib Bey1883 to 18874Defter-i Hakani Kalemi1,500 to 1,600Hillah (Hille)
Halil Hilmi Efendi1894 to 18984Muhabere Memuru380Baghdad (Bağdat)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1880 to 18844Muhabere Memuru475Tokat
Mahmud Hamdi Efendi1890 to 189442. Müdür800 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cevad Efendi1898 to 19084Muhabere Memuru200 to 500Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)
Mehmet Salih Efendi1877 to 18804Muhabere Memuru475 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1888 to 18924Muhabere Memuru380 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mühtedi Mehmet Nuri Efendi1876 to 18814Muhabere Memuru380 to 450Baghdad (Bağdat)
Süleyman Faik Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memuru300Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Abdülmuttalip Muhlis Efendi1898 to 190133. Müdür540Baghdad (Bağdat)
Abdürrezzak Talat Efendi1880 to 18833Muhabere Memuru380Diyarbakır
Alfons Mullery Ef1864 to 18673Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti720 to 1,056Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Haydar Efendi1860 to 18633Muhabere Memuru750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bezui Toma Efendi1869 to 18723Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti680 to 1,000Mosul (Musul)
Dençoylu Hayler Efendi1887 to 18903Posta Memuru250Trabzon
Hamdi Efendi1906 to 19093Muhabere Memuru380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1892 to 18953Muhabere Memuru400Diyarbakır
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Sami Efendi1900 to 19033Merkez Memuru400Cizre
Mustafa Tevfik Efendi1887 to 18903Defterdar4,000Mytilene (Midilli)
Yahya Nüzhet Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memuru250Kut (Kutülamare)
Abdurrezzak Efendi1894 to 18962Posta Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ahmet İzzet Efendi1899 to 19062Muhabere Memuru250 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Hafiz Suleyman Efendi1878 to 18792Tapu Kitabeti700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Süleyman Şükrü Efendi1894 to 189622. Müdür800Eğirdir
Hamit Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memuru200Mosul (Musul)
Hasan Efendi1887 to 18892Muhabere Memuru380Baghdad (Bağdat)
ibrahim Hakki Bey1880 to 18822Adliye Mufettisi7,000Ürgüp
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1902 to 19042Muhabere Memuru550Van
Mehmet Nail Efendi1904 to 19062Başmuhabere Memuru500Erzurum
Mehmet Şefik Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memuru250Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1879 to 188123. Müdür600 to 720Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet sukru Efendi1865 to 18672Niyabet2,000Mardin
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1864 to 186621. Müdür1,440 to 1,750Yozgat
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi1897 to 18992Muhabere Memuru300 to 380Erbil
Mehmet Zeki Efendi1902 to 19042Tatar600Kemaliye (Eğin)
Osman Efendi1894 to 189623. Müdür600Malatya
Pedrus Kandela Efendi1885 to 18872Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Mosul (Musul)
Seyyid Lütfullah Efendi1870 to 18722Muhabere Memuru450 to 475Kifri (Salahiye)
Abdulkerim Fehmi Efendi1891/921Başmuhabere Memuru570Diyarbakır
Abdülmecit Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru220Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Ahmet Mazhar Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memuru220Hillah (Hille)
Ahmet Midhat Bey1903/0413. Müdür630Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
Ahmet Nuri Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru285Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Ahmet Reşit Efendi1881/8212. Müdür950Sivas
Ali Rıza Efendi191112. Müdür1,000Trabzon
Ali Riza Efendi1870/711Sancak Muhasebecisi4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antuvan Latini Efendi1886/871Muhabere Memuru500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Bekir Feyzi Efendi1874/751Muhabere Memuru450Çemişgezek
Hacı Ömer Efendi1876/7712. Müdür1,000Diyarbakır
Hafiz Mehmet Bahaettin Efendi1895/961Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini1,400Konya
Hafiz Mehmet Rustu Efendi1884/851Adliye Mufettisi7,000Gaza (Gazze)
Hasan Zühtü Efendi1891/921Vergi Kitabeti200Van
Hüseyin Kemal Efendi1897/981Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Heraklion (Kandiye)
İbrahim Efendi1907/0813. Müdür500Baghdad (Bağdat)
İsmail Zihni Efendi1885/861Sancak Muhasebecisi3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Lütfullah Efendi1881/821Muhabere Memuru380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fahri Efendi1910/111Muhabere Memuru150Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Faik Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memuru400Diyarbakır
Mehmet Fazlı Efendi1885/8612. Müdür950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kemal Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memuru380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Mehdi Efendi1880/811Başmüdür Kitabeti570Diyarbakır
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1879/801Muhabere Memuru570Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Said Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Said Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memuru250Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memuru380Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru300Siran
Mensur Efendi1893/941Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Mosul (Musul)
Mıgırdıç Efendi1894/9512. Müdür1,000Diyarbakır
Mustafa İzzet Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memuru380Çemişgezek
Osman Nuri Efendi1893/9413. Müdür600Sivas
Salih Safi Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memuru550Bitlis
Şekerciyan Ohannes Aram Efendi1897/981Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti500Diyarbakır
Ziya Efendi1889/9013. Müdür650Antakya
Zülfü Efendi1881/821Muhabere Memuru380Elazığ
Unnamed official (0086_0154:303)1895 to 190510Muhabere Memuru180 to 400Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Unnamed official (0087_0094, sayfa no:185.)1895 to 1905103. Müdür630 to 700Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Unnamed official (121-110-215)1902 to 19064Muhabere Memuru300Kifri (Salahiye)
Unnamed official (121-111-217)1905/061Muhabere Memuru380Baghdad (Bağdat)

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.