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Official

Hüseyin Lebib Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1832/33 (AH 1248). On record 1856 to 1891, 34 annual entries.

Life

Hüseyin Lebib Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1832/33 (AH 1248), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Work began in Istanbul in 1853/54, at about 21, with three unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1856/57, with Hüseyin Lebib as an official (Memur) in Istanbul, the birthplace. Next came Vidin from 1857 to 1864, with a rise to director of the first grade (1. Müdür), then Istanbul in 1864/65. The annual lists then follow Hüseyin Lebib to Bosna from 1865 to 1872, with a rise to inspector (Müfettiş), then Trabzon, Beyoğlu, Izmir (İzmir), Istanbul and Hudavendigar, five places in five years. From 1877 to 1891 every annual entry places Hüseyin Lebib again in Istanbul. Six provinces on two continents in all, a number reached by fewer than 7 per cent of the 5,200 officials with a place of service.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1856/57 to 4,000 in 1865/66, the peak, as Müfettiş in Bosna, when 97 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 34 years of salary come to 1,127,400 kuruş, 5.2 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years, a level reached by 45 of the 3,805 officials paid for five years or more. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.

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 10 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1857/581864/651865/661872/731873/741874/751875/7612345678910Istanbul, Beyoğlu, HudavendigarVidinBosnaTrabzonIzmir
  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1832/33 (AH 1248); First work 1853/54 (AH 1270); 1856/57 (AH 1273)

    Memur

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Vidin

    1857 to 1864 (AH 1274 to 1280)

    1. Müdür

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

    No annual entry for 1859/60 (AH 1276).

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    PT Mektebi Muallimi

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Bosna

    1865 to 1872 (AH 1282 to 1288)

    Müfettiş

    4,000 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  5. Trabzon

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Müfettiş

    3,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Beyoğlu

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Müdür

    3,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  7. Izmir (İzmir)

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Müfettiş

    3,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  8. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Meclis Azaligi

    2,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  9. Hudavendigar

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Başmüdür

    3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  10. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1877 to 1891 (AH 1294 to 1308)

    Müdür

    2,200 to 3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

    No annual entry for 1878/79 (AH 1296).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01,0002,0003,0004,0001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13084,000 kuruş1. MüdürMüfettişMüdür
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same province

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 Lebib Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1856/5725037530025029%
1857/581,5004751,50075080%
1858/591,5005001,50087581%
1860/611,5005001,50075082%
1861/621,5006001,50072580%
1862/631,5005001,50075079%
1863/641,5005001,50065579%
1864/651,50062556079%
1865/664,0006504,00097%
1866/674,0006004,00048098%
1867/684,0006003,75060098%
1868/694,0006003,30060098%
1869/704,0006003,50070098%
1870/714,0006003,50070097%
1871/724,0005503,00065098%
1872/733,5005502,85046098%
1873/743,5005001,84550098%
1874/753,5005353,00076098%
1875/762,50053055094%
1876/773,000582.53,00055096%
1877/783,0005602,00060096%
18783,0006002,25060095%
1879/802,2005002,00050095%
1880/812,2005002,20050096%
1881/822,2005002,10050095%
1882/832,8005002,40050097%
1883/842,8005002,25050097%
1884/853,0005002,40050097%
1885/863,0005002,50050097%
1886/873,0005002,50050097%
1887/883,0005002,50050097%
1888/893,0005002,25050097%
1889/903,0005002,00050097%
1890/913,0005002,25050097%

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 Lebib Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1853/54AH 1270First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)250first-salary field
1856/57AH 1273MemurIstanbul (Dersaadet)250
1857 to 1859AH 1274 to 12751. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1857/581,500
1858/591,500
Vidin1,500
No annual entry: 1859/60 (AH 1276)
1860 to 1864AH 1277 to 12801. Müdür
4 entries
YearSalary
1860/611,500
1861/621,500
1862/631,500
1863/641,500
Vidin1,500
1864/65AH 1281PT Mektebi MuallimiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500
1865 to 1872AH 1282 to 1288Müfettiş
7 entries
YearSalary
1865/664,000
1866/674,000
1867/684,000
1868/694,000
1869/704,000
1870/714,000
1871/724,000
Bosna4,000
1872/73AH 1289MüfettişTrabzon3,500
1873/74AH 1290MüdürBeyoğlu3,500
1874/75AH 1291MüfettişIzmir (İzmir)3,500
1875/76AH 1292Meclis AzaligiIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500
1876/77AH 1293BaşmüdürHudavendigar3,000
1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1877/783,000
18783,000
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3,000
No annual entry: 1878/79 (AH 1296)
1879 to 1891AH 1297 to 1308Müdür
12 entries
YearSalary
1879/802,200
1880/812,200
1881/822,200
1882/832,800
1883/842,800
1884/853,000
1885/863,000
1886/873,000
1887/883,000
1888/893,000
1889/903,000
1890/913,000
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2,200 to 3,000

Record

Personal

Born
1832/33 (AH 1248)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Other named school
Maarif Mektebi (7 years)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
3 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

French
Tekellumspeaking
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1853/54 (AH 1270)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Beraat / müdüriyet-i mezkureden hakkında vuku bulan bazı isnadatdan dolayı infisal eylemiş ise de Şurâ-yı Devlet’te icra olunan muhakemesinde azviyyat-ı mezbureden beraet-i zimmet eylemiştir.; Zimmet/ Mumaileyhin bin küsur frank zimmeti ile istihkakdan fazla üç bin küsur maaş aldığı tahakkuk ettiğine ve memuriyetinin istihkakı olmaksızın aldığı mebaliğ zimmet-i emiriye add olunacağı binaen bunlardan dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmasına Şurâ-yı Devlet kararıyla bi’l-istizan sene-i merkume şehr-i şerif-i Ramazanının sekizinde (14 Mart sene 1309) irade-i seniyye-i hazret-i hilafet-penahî şeref-sadır buyrulmuştur. Mumaileyhin bâlâda muharrer olduğu üzere zimmet-i emiriyesinden dolayı Şurâ-yı Devlet Bidayet Mahkemesi’nce muhakemesi neticesinde meblağ-ı mezburu kasden zimmetine geçirmiş olması usulen sabit olamayıp bu paranın bir kısmı kaiden kendisinin tazmin etmesi iktiza eden mebaliğden ve bir kısmı dahi hastalık halinde ve tedkik-i hesaba gayr-i müsait ihtar-ı ayat içinde iken talebi üzerine hanesine gönderilmiş akçelerden ibaret idiğine ve kendisi kırk seneden beri hidemat-ı devlette sadıkane ifa-yı vazife etmiş asdika-yı bendegân-ı saltanat-ı seniyyeden olarak bu babda isnad ve irtikaba mahal olmadığına binaen hukuk-ı umumiyyeden beraetine ekseriyetle ve taleb olunmakta olan dokuz bin iki yüz elli dört kuruş on paranın maa masarıf-ı muhakeme mumaileyh ile kefili tuhfeciler kethüda vekili Keşişyan Hamparson Efendi’den tahsiline ve meblağ-ı mezbur için tarih-i istid‘adan itibaren güzeşte nizamı yürütülmesine ve masarıf-ı muhakeme olan üç yüz altmış dört kuruş on paranın mumaileyhaya hakk-ı müracatı olmak üzere Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti veznesinden ahzına müttefiken verilen karara havi olup kesb-i katiyyet etmiş olan ilam mucebince icra-yı icabı Şurâ-yı Devlet riyaseti vekaletinin iş‘arı üzerine Dahiliye Nezareti’ne tebliğ kılındığı 9 Safer sene 1311 tarih ve kırk ikia adetli tezkere-i samiye ile Sicill-i Ahval Daire-i Umumiyesi’ne işar buyrulmuştur.; Bereat; Zimmet
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308

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 post (job title and place), same years

Of the 10 officials who held Müdür in Istanbul in the same years, Hüseyin Lebib Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

Same place, same years

Of the 770 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Hüseyin Lebib Efendi had the 50th highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 29 officials with the title Müdür in the same years, Hüseyin Lebib Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 82 officials with the title Müdür

Same school

Of the 12 officials with Maarif Mektebi among their schools, Hüseyin Lebib Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 12 officials with Maarif Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Lebib Efendi had the 45th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 19 officials whose first annual entry is for 1856/57 (AH 1273), Hüseyin Lebib Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (34)

Annual entries of Hüseyin Lebib Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1856/57AH 1273MemurIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1857/58AH 12741. MüdürVidin1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1858/59AH 12751. MüdürVidin1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1860/61AH 12771. MüdürVidin1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1861/62AH 12781. MüdürVidin1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1862/63AH 12791. MüdürVidin1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1863/64AH 12801. MüdürVidin1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1864/65AH 1281PT Mektebi MuallimiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1865/66AH 1282MüfettişBosna4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1866/67AH 1283MüfettişBosna4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1867/68AH 1284MüfettişBosna4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1868/69AH 1285MüfettişBosna4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1869/70AH 1286MüfettişBosna4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1870/71AH 1287MüfettişBosna4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1871/72AH 1288MüfettişBosna4,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1872/73AH 1289MüfettişTrabzon3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1873/74AH 1290MüdürBeyoğlu3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1874/75AH 1291MüfettişIzmir (İzmir)3,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1875/76AH 1292Meclis AzaligiIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1876/77AH 1293BaşmüdürHudavendigar3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1877/78AH 1294MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1878AH 1295MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1879/80AH 1297MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1880/81AH 1298MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1881/82AH 1299MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1882/83AH 1300MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1883/84AH 1301MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1884/85AH 1302MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1885/86AH 1303MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1886/87AH 1304MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1887/88AH 1305MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1888/89AH 1306MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1889/90AH 1307MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
1890/91AH 1308MüdürIstanbul (Dersaadet)3,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0002_0222; 440
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 (19)

Recorded values of Hüseyin Lebib Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHüseyin Lebib EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1248Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
Schoolmaarif mektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1270Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1854Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedBeraat / müdüriyet-i mezkureden hakkında vuku bulan bazı isnadatdan dolayı infisal eylemiş ise de Şurâ-yı Devlet’te icra olunan muhakemesinde azviyyat-ı mezbureden beraet-i zimmet eylemiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet/ Mumaileyhin bin küsur frank zimmeti ile istihkakdan fazla üç bin küsur maaş aldığı tahakkuk ettiğine ve memuriyetinin istihkakı olmaksızın aldığı mebaliğ zimmet-i emiriye add olunacağı binaen bunlardan dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmasına Şurâ-yı Devlet kararıyla bi’l-istizan sene-i merkume şehr-i şerif-i Ramazanının sekizinde (14 Mart sene 1309) irade-i seniyye-i hazret-i hilafet-penahî şeref-sadır buyrulmuştur. Mumaileyhin bâlâda muharrer olduğu üzere zimmet-i emiriyesinden dolayı Şurâ-yı Devlet Bidayet Mahkemesi’nce muhakemesi neticesinde meblağ-ı mezburu kasden zimmetine geçirmiş olması usulen sabit olamayıp bu paranın bir kısmı kaiden kendisinin tazmin etmesi iktiza eden mebaliğden ve bir kısmı dahi hastalık halinde ve tedkik-i hesaba gayr-i müsait ihtar-ı ayat içinde iken talebi üzerine hanesine gönderilmiş akçelerden ibaret idiğine ve kendisi kırk seneden beri hidemat-ı devlette sadıkane ifa-yı vazife etmiş asdika-yı bendegân-ı saltanat-ı seniyyeden olarak bu babda isnad ve irtikaba mahal olmadığına binaen hukuk-ı umumiyyeden beraetine ekseriyetle ve taleb olunmakta olan dokuz bin iki yüz elli dört kuruş on paranın maa masarıf-ı muhakeme mumaileyh ile kefili tuhfeciler kethüda vekili Keşişyan Hamparson Efendi’den tahsiline ve meblağ-ı mezbur için tarih-i istid‘adan itibaren güzeşte nizamı yürütülmesine ve masarıf-ı muhakeme olan üç yüz altmış dört kuruş on paranın mumaileyhaya hakk-ı müracatı olmak üzere Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti veznesinden ahzına müttefiken verilen karara havi olup kesb-i katiyyet etmiş olan ilam mucebince icra-yı icabı Şurâ-yı Devlet riyaseti vekaletinin iş‘arı üzerine Dahiliye Nezareti’ne tebliğ kılındığı 9 Safer sene 1311 tarih ve kırk ikia adetli tezkere-i samiye ile Sicill-i Ahval Daire-i Umumiyesi’ne işar buyrulmuştur. other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedBereat other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308Later annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 21 annual entries of 34 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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