Official
HÜSEYİN AVNİ EFENDİ
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Chania (Hanya) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1897 to 1904, 7 annual entries.
Archive reference 115_164; 325
Life#
HÜSEYİN AVNİ EFENDİ was born in Chania (Hanya) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Chania in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 540 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 27 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Crete (Girit), with 540 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kos (İstanköy), with 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Crete).
The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Muhabere Memuru. 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Chania (Hanya)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 5 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Greek (Rum)
- Kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- Place
- Chania (Hanya)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 540
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | First work | Chania (Hanya) | 540first-salary field |
| 1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Crete (Girit) | 540 |
| 1899 to 1904AH 1317 to 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Kos (İstanköy) | 540 |
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 540 | 500 | 400 | 61% |
| 1898/99 | 540 | 500 | 400 | 61% |
| 1899/1900 | 540 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1900/01 | 540 | 500 | 400 | 59% |
| 1901/02 | 540 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
| 1902/03 | 540 | 500 | 380 | 60% |
| 1903/04 | 540 | 475 | 350 | 61% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Halil Şükrü EfendiCrete (Girit), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Bahaattin BeyCrete (Girit), 2 shared years
- Mehmet Neşet EfendiCrete (Girit), 1 shared year
- İbrahim Cevat EfendiCrete (Girit), 1 shared year
- Mihran EfendiCrete (Girit), 1 shared year
6 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kos (İstanköy)
Same school recorded
- Abdülkadir EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Ahmet Bican EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Ahmet Harti EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mahmut Nihat EfendiChania (Hanya), born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Arif BeyChania (Hanya), born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
- İbrahim Cevat EfendiChania (Hanya), born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Unnamed official (0067_0248; sayfa no:493)Chania (Hanya), born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Bahattin EfendiChania (Hanya), born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
10 officials in all. Officials born in Chania (Hanya)
Full record
Annual entries (7)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Crete (Girit) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_164; 325 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Crete (Girit) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_164; 325 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Kos (İstanköy) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_164; 325 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Kos (İstanköy) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_164; 325 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Kos (İstanköy) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_164; 325 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Kos (İstanköy) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_164; 325 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Kos (İstanköy) | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 115_164; 325 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | HÜSEYİN AVNİ EFENDİ | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | hanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | girit | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1883 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Hanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 540 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 7 annual entries of 7 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.