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Province

Zor province

Ottoman province (vilayet). 5 places with officials on record. 3 officials born in the province.

Zor province has 28 officials on record in 5 places, from 1870 to 1909 (AH 1287 to 1326), with 65 annual entries. The median of the 65 recorded monthly salaries is 725 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Zor, with 21. The fullest year is 1896/97 with 7 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born in the province.

Officials serving
28
Annual entries1870 to 1909, AH 1287 to 1326
65
Year with most officials7 officials
1896/97
Median monthly salaryfrom 65 recorded salaries
725 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1896/97 (AH 1314) with 7 officials. Years with an annual entry: 29.
024681873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13257 in 1896/97Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Zor
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)111
1878 (AH 1295)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)111
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)424
1893/94 (AH 1311)404
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1895/96 (AH 1313)303
1896/97 (AH 1314)757
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1898/99 (AH 1316)434
1899/1900 (AH 1317)323
1900/01 (AH 1318)323
1901/02 (AH 1319)111
1902/03 (AH 1320)323
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)313
1907/08 (AH 1325)202
1908/09 (AH 1326)212

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 65 recorded monthly salaries is 725 kuruş, the mean 833 kuruş.
02004006008001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 500 kuruş in 1896/97Zor, 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, Zor
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/721850850850850550
1877/7811,4001,4001,4001,400560
187822,2002,2001,8002,600600
1878/7922,2002,2001,8002,600600
1879/8011,2001,2001,2001,200500
1880/8111,2001,2001,2001,200500
1881/8211,2001,2001,2001,200500
1884/8511,7501,7501,7501,750500
1888/891760760760760500
1890/911400400400400500
1891/922470470435505500
1892/934600700550750500
1893/944650725550825500
1894/953700766.67550950500
1895/963700766.67550950500
1896/977500670500855500
1897/982565565532.5597.5500
1898/994520492.5450562.5500
1899/19003725685632.5757.5500
1900/013540576.67470665500
1901/021400400400400500
1902/033540580470670500
1903/042675675612.5737.5475
1904/051800800800800450
1905/063800866.67800900475
1906/073900900850950450
1907/082900900850950300
1908/092700700550850350

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

10 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 10 officials.
Muhabere Memuru102. Müdür7Posta Memuru33. Müdür2Defter-i Hakani Kalemi2Merkez Memuru21. Müdür1Asar Basmemuru11873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 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, Zor
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürPosta Memuru3. MüdürDefter-i Hakani KalemiMerkez Memuru1. MüdürAsar Basmemuru
1870/711
1871/721
1877/781
187811
1878/7911
1879/801
1880/811
1881/821
1884/85
1888/891
1890/911
1891/921
1892/931111
1893/941111
1894/95111
1895/96111
1896/973211
1897/9811
1898/991111
1899/1900111
1900/0121
1901/021
1902/03111
1903/0411
1904/051
1905/0612
1906/0712
1907/0811
1908/0911

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 10 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) District (kaza)
ZorAbu Kamal (Ebukemal)AsareMayadin (Meyadin)21 officials1 official

All 5 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Zor21
Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)4
Abu Kamal (Ebukemal)1
Asare1
Mayadin (Meyadin)1

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 Zor, the place recorded as the seat of the province.

All years

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

Where the officials serving here were born
ZorIstanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)VanArapgirBaghdad (Bağdat)5 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 20, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Aleppo (Halep)3
Van2
Arapgir1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Burdur1
Ergani1
Harput1
Kirkuk (Kerkük)1
Manisa1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Acre (Akka) (1), Damascus (Şam) (1), Jaffa (Yafa) (1), Misrata (1), Siirt (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

28 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.
1281871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 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 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 Zor, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
ZorZor province21451877 to 1907
Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)Zor province4121870 to 1903
Abu Kamal (Ebukemal)Zor province141905 to 1909
Mayadin (Meyadin)Zor province131905 to 1908
AsareZor province111908/09

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Zor
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Kevser Efendi1891 to 190110Merkez Memurucentral office official540 to 790Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi1890 to 18977Posta Memurupostal official400Harput
Ali Riza Efendi1877 to 18826Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office1,200 to 1,400Burdur
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1905 to 190942. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Mecca (Mekke)
Mehmet Ali Efendi1902 to 190642. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Ergani
Mehmet Vahit Sıtkı Efendi1892 to 189641. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,200Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Mirat Efendi1905 to 19083Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Veles (Köprülü)
Ahmet Bilal Efendi1870 to 187222. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)850 to 1,000Arapgir
Ahmet Muhtar Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Van
Ali Ferit Efendi1896 to 18982Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cafer Sadik Efendi1878 to 18792Asar Basmemuru3,000Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
Mustafa Hilmi Efendi1899 to 190423. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nuri Fehmi Efendi1892 to 18942Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1899/190012. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)725Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Kadri Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Habib Efendi1908/091Posta Memurupostal official400Mosul (Musul)
Hafiz Mehmet sukru Efendi1884/851Kaymakamdistrict governor1,750Trabzon
Hasan Salih Efendi1906/0712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)900Manisa
Mehmet Ali Efendi1902/031Merkez Memurucentral office official540Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Van
Mehmet Rahmi Efendi1896/9712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,080Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1898/991Posta Memurupostal official300Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Salim Efendi1888/891Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office760
Mustafa Bahri Efendi1896/9712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,080Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Aleppo (Halep)
Show the other 3 officials
Officials of Zor, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ramiz Efendi1898/9913. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Yozgat
Yusuf Kemal Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540Ürgüp
Unnamed official (0049_0030; 57-58)1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Niš (Niş)

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.