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Hüseyin Şükrü 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

The life of Hüseyin Şükrü Efendi began in Istanbul in 1835/36 (AH 1251); the father's occupation was "Saray-ı Hümayun Hatab Anbarı çetelecesi". Work began in Erzurum in 1854/55, at about 19, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1854/55, names Hüseyin Şükrü as Hastahane memuru, with no place. In place of a title the lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1863/64. Entries spanning 44 years are rare, reached by fewer than 4 per cent of the 8,239 officials.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1854/55 to a peak of 1,000 in 1886/87, when four in five paid officials earned less. In all, 38 years of salary come to 296,736 kuruş, 1.5 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1854/5512IstanbulErzurum

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Erzurum Merkez Hastahanesi), stop 4 (İkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1835/36 (AH 1251)

  2. Erzurum

    First work 1854/55 (AH 1271)

  3. Erzurum Merkez Hastahanesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1854 to 1864 (AH 1271 to 1280)

    Hastahane memuru 1854 to 1864 (AH 1271 to 1280); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1863/64 (AH 1280)

    400 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  4. İkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1865 to 1897 (AH 1282 to 1314)

    No annual entry for 1864/65 (AH 1281) before it.

    Başeczacı

    414 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 33 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101,000 kuruşHastahane memuruBaşeczacı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 1310This officialMedian, all officials

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
Salary of Hüseyin Şükrü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1854/5540040043%
1855/5640040043%
1856/5740040046%
1857/5850040056%
1858/5950050046%
1859/6050050048%
1860/6150050047%
1861/6250050043%
1862/6350040053%
1863/6450047550%
1865/6650040053%
1866/6750040055%
1867/6850045852%
1868/6950047552%
1869/7050040055%
1870/7150040054%
1871/72414420.549%
1872/7341445049%
1873/7450040555%
1874/7550045055%
1875/7660045063%
1876/7760042064%
1877/7860045063%
187860045064%
1878/7960040063%
1879/8060040065%
1880/8160040068%
1886/871,00040080%
1887/881,00040078%
1888/891,00040080%
1889/901,00040081%
1890/911,00040079%
1891/921,00040080%
1892/931,00040080%
1893/941,00040081%
1894/951,00040080%
1895/961,00040080%
1896/971,00045079%

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.

Career of Hüseyin Şükrü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1854/55AH 1271First workErzurum400first-salary field
1854 to 1864AH 1271 to 1280Hastahane memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1854/55400
1855/56400
1856/57400
1857/58400
1857/58500
1858/59500
1859/60500
1860/61500
1861/62500
1862/63500
1863/64500
400 to 500
1863/64AH 1280İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1864/65 (AH 1281)
1865 to 1897AH 1282 to 1314Başeczacı
40 entries
YearSalary
1865/66500
1866/67500
1867/68500
1868/69500
1869/70500
1870/71500
1870/71414
1871/72414
1872/73414
1873/74414
1873/74500
1874/75500
1875/76500
1875/76600
1876/77600
1877/78600
1878600
1878600
1878/79600
1879/80600
1880/81600
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1886/871,000
1887/881,000
1888/891,000
1889/901,000
1890/911,000
1891/921,000
1892/931,000
1893/941,000
1894/951,000
1895/961,000
1896/971,000
1896/97800
500 to 800

Record

Personal

Born
1835/36 (AH 1251)
Father's occupation
Saray-ı Hümayun Hatab Anbarı çetelecesi

First work

Year
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Place
Erzurum

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Şükrü Efendi had the 204th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 26 officials whose first annual entry is for 1854/55 (AH 1271), 24 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Şükrü Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.

All 26 officials whose first annual entry is for 1854/55 (AH 1271)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Şükrü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1854/55AH 1271Hastahane memuruErzurum Merkez Hastahanesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1855/56AH 1272Hastahane memuruErzurum Merkez Hastahanesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1856/57AH 1273Hastahane memuruErzurum Merkez Hastahanesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1857/58AH 1274Hastahane memuruErzurum Merkez Hastahanesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1857/58AH 1274BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Dördüncü Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1858/59AH 1275BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Dördüncü Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1859/60AH 1276BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Dördüncü Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1860/61AH 1277BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Dördüncü Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1861/62AH 1278BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Dördüncü Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1862/63AH 1279BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Dördüncü Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1863/64AH 1280BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Dördüncü Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1863/64AH 1280İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1865/66AH 1282Başeczacıİkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1866/67AH 1283Başeczacıİkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1867/68AH 1284Başeczacıİkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1868/69AH 1285Başeczacıİkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1869/70AH 1286Başeczacıİkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1870/71AH 1287Başeczacıİkinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Merkez Hastahanesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1870/71AH 1287BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi414Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1871/72AH 1288BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi414Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1872/73AH 1289BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi414Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1873/74AH 1290BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi414Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1873/74AH 1290BaşeczacıHassa Ordu-yı Hümayunu İstihkâm Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1874/75AH 1291BaşeczacıHassa Ordu-yı Hümayunu İstihkâm Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1875/76AH 1292BaşeczacıHassa Ordu-yı Hümayunu İstihkâm Alayı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1875/76AH 1292BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1876/77AH 1293BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1877/78AH 1294BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1878AH 1295BaşeczacıDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1878AH 1295BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1878/79AH 1296BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1879/80AH 1297BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1880/81AH 1298BaşeczacıHaydarpaşa Hastahanesi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1880/81AH 1298BaşeczacıMekteb-i Tıbbiye-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1881/82AH 1299BaşeczacıMekteb-i Tıbbiye-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1882/83AH 1300BaşeczacıMekteb-i Tıbbiye-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1883/84AH 1301BaşeczacıMekteb-i Tıbbiye-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1884/85AH 1302BaşeczacıMekteb-i Tıbbiye-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1885/86AH 1303BaşeczacıMekteb-i Tıbbiye-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1886/87AH 1304BaşeczacıMekteb-i Tıbbiye-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1886/87AH 1304Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1887/88AH 1305Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1888/89AH 1306Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1889/90AH 1307Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1890/91AH 1308Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1891/92AH 1309Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1892/93AH 1310Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1893/94AH 1311Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1894/95AH 1312Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1895/96AH 1313Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1896/97AH 1314Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
1896/97AH 1314Eczahane memuruMabeyn-i Hümayun Cenab-ı Mülükane Eczahanesi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.777
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.
Recorded values of Hüseyin Şükrü Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
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.

Subjects