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Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi②

Born 1839/40 (AH 1255) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1862 to 1889 (AH 1279 to 1306)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 24-57

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 17 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)Sliven (İslimiye)EdirneMilasKandıraCebeli bereketRhodes (Rodos)Cide
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 17 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1839/40 (AH 1255)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Müslim merkezi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Müslim merkezi

    1. Rüsumat kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 24

    2. Rüsumat kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

  3. 3

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Sliven (İslimiye)

    1. İslimye Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Tütün başkâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 25

  4. 4

    1865/66 (AH 1282) · 2 recorded years

    Sliven (İslimiye)

    AH entries: 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. İslimye Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Tütün başkâtibi (Nakil)

      Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

    2. İslimye Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Müskirat başkâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 28

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Edirne

    1. Edirne Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Müskirat birinci kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 29

  6. 6

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Edirne / Ahyolu Bergosu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ahyolu Bergosu

    1. Edirne

      Edirne Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Müskirat birinci kâtibi (Nakil)

      Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

    2. Ahyolu Bergosu

      Ahyolu Bergosu Rüsumat Müdüriyeti başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 30

  7. 7

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Ahyolu Bergosu / Place not recorded / Menteşe

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ahyolu Bergosu; Location not recorded; Menteşe

    1. Ahyolu Bergosu

      Ahyolu Bergosu Rüsumat Müdüriyeti başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

    2. Menteşe

      Menteşe Sancağı Aşar Müdüriyeti başkâtibi

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 32

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  8. 8

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Menteşe

    Not yet located on the map: Menteşe

    1. Menteşe Sancağı Aşar Müdüriyeti başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

  9. 9

    1873/74 (AH 1290) · 2 recorded years

    Milas

    AH entries: 1290, 1291. Gaps remain open.

    1. Milas Rüsumat müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 35

    2. Milas Rüsumat müdürü (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 36

      Recorded service ending

  10. 10

    1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years

    Kandıra

    AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    1. Kandıra Kazası Aşar müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 39

    2. Kandıra Kazası Aşar müdürü (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 40

      Recorded service ending

  11. 11

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Elviye-i Mülhaka

    Not yet located on the map: Elviye-i Mülhaka

    1. Elviye-i Mülhaka Aşar Nezareti kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 41

  12. 12

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Elviye-i Mülhaka / Cebeli bereket

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Elviye-i Mülhaka

    1. Elviye-i Mülhaka

      Elviye-i Mülhaka Aşar Nezareti kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 42

      Recorded service ending

    2. Cebeli bereket

      Cebelibereket Sancağı Aşar müdürü

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 42

  13. 13

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Cebeli bereket

    1. Cebelibereket Sancağı Aşar müdürü (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 43

      Recorded service ending

  14. 14

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Rhodes (Rodos)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Rodos Sancağı Aşar müdürü

      1,007 kuruşCalculated age 44

    2. Rodos Sancağı Aşar müdürü (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 44

      Recorded service ending

  15. 15

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Infisal

      Calculated age 48

  16. 16

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Humus

    Not yet located on the map: Humus

    1. Humus Sancağı muhasebecisi

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 50

  17. 17

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Humus / Cide

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Humus

    1. Humus

      Humus Sancağı muhasebecisi

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

    2. Cide

      Cide Sancağı muhasebecisi

      2,250 kuruşCalculated age 51

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

5 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

View the yearly values
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1862/63 (AH 1279)250400140 to 3,00023.5%197
1863/64 (AH 1280)400475125 to 3,00042.9%232
1865/66 (AH 1282)500400150 to 2,00053.2%341
1866/67 (AH 1283)500400146 to 2,00055.0%399
1867/68 (AH 1284)500458150 to 2,50052.5%435
1868/69 (AH 1285)600475150 to 3,00060.5%505
1870/71 (AH 1287)1,500400150 to 2,00084.4%649
1873/74 (AH 1290)1,000405130 to 2,20076.5%805
1877/78 (AH 1294)1,000450150 to 1,80077.9%1160
1878/79 (AH 1296)500400150 to 2,00055.9%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)2,000400180 to 1,80090.5%1534
1881/82 (AH 1299)1,007400150 to 1,50084.5%1489
1887/88 (AH 1305)2,000400150 to 1,50092.2%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)2,250400135 to 1,50095.0%1797

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1863 to 1867 (AH 1280 to 1283)
  2. Ahyolu Bergosu2
    1868 to 1871 (AH 1285 to 1287)
  3. Humus2
    1887 to 1889 (AH 1305 to 1306)
  4. 1879/80 (AH 1297)
  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)
  6. 1867/68 (AH 1284)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Ahyolu Bergosu600 to 1,040
  2. Humus2,000
  3. Cide2,250

Six places with the most recorded career years. Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1887 to 1889 (AH 1305 to 1306)
  2. 1865 to 1867 (AH 1282 to 1283)
  3. 1868/69 (AH 1285)
  4. 1870/71 (AH 1287)
  5. 1870/71 (AH 1287)
  6. 1879/80 (AH 1297)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 125, 126, 127

    BOA. DH. SAİDd. 24-57

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 19 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 32 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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