Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi
Annual salary study and register readings
This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.
Life and register readings
Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi was born in Bosna in 1879/80 (AH 1297); the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Istanbul in 1903/04, at about 23. Every annual entry from 1903/04 to 1906/07 places Hüseyin Tahsin in the same post, Galata Postahanesi mülazımı, in Istanbul.
Pay rose from 70 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to a peak of 140 in 1906/07, in Istanbul, when one in ten paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 3,840 kuruş, 25 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.
Career and salary#
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05 | 70 | 400 | 550 | 3% | |
| 1905/06 | 110 | 430 | 600 | 7% | |
| 1906/07 | 140 | 450 | 715 | 9% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| 1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 1324 | Galata Postahanesi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 140 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Bosna
- Father's occupation
- Tüccar
First work
- Year
- 1903/04 (AH 1321)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 244 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 237 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 225th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Tevfik Paşa4 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Raif Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- Edhem Beğ (İbrahim)4 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- İbrahim Hayrullah Beğ4 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Murad Bey4 shared years; highest salary 12,000 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 110th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Muhtar Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Tursi Beşaye Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 50 kuruş
- Ali Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
- Selim Sabit Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Yusûf Ziya Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 120 kuruş
All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Galata Postahanesi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Galata Postahanesi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Galata Postahanesi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Galata Postahanesi mersule memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 70 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Galata Postahanesi mersule memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 70 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Galata Postahanesi mersule memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 110 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Galata Postahanesi mersule memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 110 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Galata Postahanesi mersule memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 140 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records |
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)