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Official

Mustafa Hulusi Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Antalya in 1856/57 (AH 1273). On record 1875 to 1886, 12 annual entries. Death recorded 1896/97.

Life

Mustafa Hulusi Efendi was born in Antalya in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1874/75 (AH 1291): Telgraf. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Mukayyit in Izmir, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Nazilli, the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Izmir). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bozdoğan, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Nazilli). In 1885/86 the record shows no title (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bozdoğan).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.79 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1884/85, when 42 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1896/97 (AH 1314): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Birthplace
Antalya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Tuccar
Death recorded
1896/97 (AH 1314)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

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

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)
First job as worded
Telgraf
Age at first work (workbook field)
18
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
150

Career

Career of Mustafa Hulusi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291Telgraffirst workIzmir (İzmir)150first-salary field
1875/76AH 1292MukayyitIzmir (İzmir)150
1876 to 1880AH 1293 to 1297Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1876/77400
1877/78400
1878400
1878/79400
1879/80380
Nazilli400 to 380
1880 to 1885AH 1298 to 1302Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1880/81500
1881/82500
1882/83500
1883/84500
1884/85500
Bozdoğan500
1885/86AH 1303
Other institution
1896/97AH 1314Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 1302500 kuruşEntry of another institution
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 1302This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Mustafa Hulusi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1875/761505302504%
1876/77400582.541017%
1877/7840056041016%
187840060050017%
1878/7940060042018%
1879/8038050038022%
1880/8150050040047%
1881/8250050040046%
1882/8350050040043%
1883/8450050040043%
1884/8550050040042%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
AntalyaBozdoğanIzmirNazilli

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

18 officials in all. Officials recorded in Nazilli

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

Officials born in Antalya

Full record

Annual entries (12)

Annual entries of Mustafa Hulusi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1875/76AH 1292MukayyitIzmir (İzmir)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruNazilli400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruNazilli400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruNazilli400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruNazilli400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruNazilli380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruBozdoğan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruBozdoğan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruBozdoğan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruBozdoğan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1884/85AH 1302Muhabere MemuruBozdoğan500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract54_168; 333
1885/86AH 1303OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook54_168; 333
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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 (24)

Recorded values of Mustafa Hulusi Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMustafa Hulusi EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1273Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceantalyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)AntalyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakAntalyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)KonyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthkonyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationtuccarRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1874Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)izmirCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakizmirCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)aydinCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)18Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)150Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1314Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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.
Linked personnel workbook
The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 11 annual entries of 12 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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