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Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi

Birthplace: arapgir Observed AH 1325

158-30-55Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi was born in Arapgir in AH 1299. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1325 (26 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1325 with Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 158-30-55

Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

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2 fields have differing source assertions. Alternatives remain visible in the evidence below; the display edition does not establish which assertion is historically correct.

Life and career

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1299
  2. AH 1325Birth-year difference: 26 AH years
  3. AH 1325Birth-year difference: 26 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

2 of 3

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1325

Kontrol Kalemi · istanbul · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1325 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1325 · 1907 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
300 kuruş / month

AH 1325 · 1907 label

One annual entry survives; there is no salary trajectory to draw.

Places in this record

AH 1325 · 1907 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
arapgir: Locality linkage; agreedarapgirIstanbul / Dersaadet: Source coordinate on AH 1325 annual entry; ambiguousIstanbul / Dersaadet

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • Locality record

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 158-30-55

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Annual legal-record indicator
0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified)
0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1325
Legal wording and source descriptions

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

  • Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1325 · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
    Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field A (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1325 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field B (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1325 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field C (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1325 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1325

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field D (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1325 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field E (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1325 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1325

Parallel earlier annual personnel legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1325

Parallel earlier annual personnel legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1325

Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified)

Later annual personnel extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1325

Occupational personnel legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Occupational-record extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1325

Occupational personnel legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Occupational-record extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1325

Rank and honour codes

Original values across linked assertions, including zero; meanings are unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

No honour or rank code assertion is linked in these additional sources.

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Darussafaka
Schooling duration
12 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
1
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1299
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Schooling years are a duration/classification, not an acquisition date. Education and training dates await source-linked structured records; no dates are inferred here. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

First-work source date
AH 1325 · 1907 label
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
300 kuruş
Personnel record
Recovered annual personnel extract

The first-work date may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service. The first-salary amount is a separate inherited field; their presence together does not prove that payment began on this date. Neither is the first positive annual salary observation.

Recorded language repertoire

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
French
Kitabet (writing)

Only recorded terms are shown. Omitted language fields mean not recorded; they do not establish that the official lacked a language. Original competency wording is preserved; Kitabet (writing), Tekellum (speaking) and Asina (familiarity) are cautious historical glosses, not modern proficiency levels. Workbook language notes remain separately source-linked in the additional evidence. Read the terminology note.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Recorded occupation category

  • Technical and Engineering

Earlier annual title wording

  • Kontrol Kalemi
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Additional source edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-edcc450f53e488f7. This is separate from the annual data edition.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Recorded occupation categoryRecorded source assertionTechnical and EngineeringOccupational-record extract
Associated source-year values: 1325
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionKontrol KalemiEarlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Associated source-year values: 1325
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionKontrol KalemiEarlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
Associated source-year values: 1325
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1325
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1325
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1325
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1325
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1325
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Every displayed annual entry, in source / Hijri-year order. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.

Every displayed annual entry. Select a year to inspect its salary, title, place and source together.
Source yearGregorian labelTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşArchival reference
1907Kontrol KalemiRecorded wording: kontrol kalemiistanbul300158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
  1. AH 1325 · 1907 label

    Kontrol Kalemi

    Recorded title wording: kontrol kalemi

    istanbul

    300 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 158-30-55 · Recovered annual personnel extract

Evidence & edition

Personnel records and their differences

How to read the dates, birth-year differences and salaries

AH years are the ordering clock. Birth-year differences subtract uncontested AH birth and event year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays. Separately recorded first-job age fields can use a different or unresolved convention and are not substituted into this calculation. Gregorian years are stored dataset labels. The first-work field may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service, and does not establish the beginning of PT service.

Salaries are monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash disbursements. Differences between annual entries are not dated promotions or transfers.

Collection membership

Website edition
Current collective-biography edition
Personnel records
Earlier annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Recovered annual personnel extract
Annual display source
Recovered annual personnel extract
Paper sample
Outside the paper sample
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

How to read this dossier

The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. No annual gap is filled from another extract. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.

About the edition, calendars and selection

FieldSource alternativesDisplay rule
Recorded birthplace province
elazig
Archival reference 158-30-55 · Recovered annual personnel extract
mamuretul aziz
Archival reference 158-30-55 · Personnel attributes extract
mamuretul aziz
Archival reference 158-30-55 · Earlier annual personnel extract
Source alternatives are preserved. The displayed value follows the selected personnel record.
Recorded telegraph-school field
1
Archival reference 158-30-55 · Recovered annual personnel extract
0
Archival reference 158-30-55 · Personnel attributes extract
1
Archival reference 158-30-55 · Earlier annual personnel extract
Source alternatives are preserved. The displayed value follows the selected personnel record.
Recorded values and source alternatives (78)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded birth year (AH)1299Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacearapgirArchival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacearapgirArchival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace provinceelazigArchival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded school or programmeDarussafakaArchival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration12Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration12Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration0Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded qualification field1Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Derived qualification indicator1Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded telegraph-school field1Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1325Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Stored first-work year label1907Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work localityistanbulArchival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work salary field300Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace latitude39.042863000000004Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace longitude38.489643Archival reference 158-30-55
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded nameHüseyin Hüsnü EfendiArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birth year (AH)1299Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplacearapgirArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace provincemamuretul azizArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded school or programmedarussafakaArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded schooling duration12Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded qualification field1Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded telegraph-school field0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded religion wordingmuslumanArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded nationality wordingturkishArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1325Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work localityistanbulArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work salary field300Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace latitude39.042863000000004Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace longitude38.489643Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Turkish3Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Arabic0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: FrenchKitabetArchival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: French2Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Persian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: English0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Italian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Armenian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Greek0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Rum0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Bulgarian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Russian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded nameHüseyin Hüsnü EfendiArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birth year (AH)1299Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacearapgirArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace provincemamuretul azizArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded school or programmedarussafakaArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration12Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded qualification field1Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded telegraph-school field1Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded religion wordingmuslumanArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded nationality wordingturkishArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1325Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work localityistanbulArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work salary field300Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace latitude39.042863000000004Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace longitude38.489643Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Turkish3Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Arabic0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: FrenchKitabetArchival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: French2Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Persian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: English0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Italian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Armenian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Greek0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Rum0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Bulgarian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Russian0Archival reference 158-30-55
Earlier annual personnel extract

Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 158-30-55. Personnel records coded by Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis; original wording and differing assertions are retained.

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Cite this record

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-30-55. Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis. Annual edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a; additional source edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-edcc450f53e488f7. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-0b4ba851b633977c/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-30-55
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival reference: 158-30-55. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.