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Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi

Born 1836/37 (AH 1252) · Gümüşhane, Cami-i Kebir Mahallesi · Dated entries 1855 to 1886 (AH 1272 to 1303)

Languages Turkish

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 16 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

GümüşhaneVidinBoyabatBartınSilivriSafranboluAkçaabat (Polathane)MazgirtOvacık
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 16 · Gümüşhane, Cami-i Kebir Mahallesi

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1836/37 (AH 1252)

    Gümüşhane, Cami-i Kebir Mahallesi

    Not yet located on the map: Gümüşhane, Cami-i Kebir Mahallesi

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Gümüşhane

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 20

  3. 3

    1856/57 (AH 1273)

    Gümüşhane

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1857/58 (AH 1274)

    Place not recorded / Gümüşhane

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Place not recorded

      Görevin sona ermesi

      Calculated age 22

    2. Gümüşhane

      Mahkeme-i Şeriye kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 22

  5. 5

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. İstifa

      Calculated age 26

  6. 6

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Vidin

    1. Sadreddin Efendi maiyetinde vekâleten naiplik ve kâtiplik

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 27

  7. 7

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Eyüp, İstanbul

    Not yet located on the map: Eyüp, İstanbul

    1. Kadri Efendi maiyetinde kâtiplik ve kethüdalık

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 30

  8. 8

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Boyabat / Girzesaray

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Girzesaray

    1. Boyabat

      Sadreddin Efendi maiyetinde naiplik hizmeti

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 32

    2. Girzesaray

      Girzesaray naibi

      Calculated age 32

  9. 9

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Bartın

    1. Mahmud Zühdü Efendi maiyetinde naiplik ve kâtiplik

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 35

  10. 10

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Silivri

    1. Ahmed Necip Efendi maiyetinde naiplik hizmeti

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 39

  11. 11

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Safranbolu

    1. Ahmed Necip Efendi maiyetinde naiplik ve kâtiplik

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 42

  12. 12

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Akçaabat (Polathane)

    1. Akçaabat naibi

      Calculated age 45

  13. 13

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Mazgirt

    1. Mazgirt Sancağı naip vekili

      750 kuruşCalculated age 47

  14. 14

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Kuzucıyan / Ovacık

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kuzucıyan

    1. Kuzucıyan

      Ağnam memuru

      Calculated age 48

    2. Ovacık

      Ovacık aşar ihalesini gerçekleştirme

      Calculated age 48

  15. 15

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Ovacık

    1. Ovacık naibi

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 50

  16. 16

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Ovacık / Torul

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Torul

    1. Ovacık

      Ovacık naibi

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

    2. Torul

      Torul naibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 51

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

6 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

View the yearly values
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1857/58 (AH 1274)500400100 to 3,00056.8%96
1862/63 (AH 1279)1,000400140 to 3,00071.9%197
1865/66 (AH 1282)1,000400150 to 2,00075.9%341
1867/68 (AH 1284)1,000458150 to 2,50071.4%435
1870/71 (AH 1287)1,000400150 to 2,00076.4%649
1874/75 (AH 1291)1,000450150 to 1,80078.4%882
1877/78 (AH 1294)1,000450150 to 1,80077.9%1160
1881/82 (AH 1299)750400150 to 1,50075.4%1489
1884/85 (AH 1302)1,250400150 to 1,50086.4%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)1,250400150 to 1,50086.1%1787

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1855 to 1858 (AH 1272 to 1274)
  2. 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)
  4. 1870/71 (AH 1287)
  5. 1867/68 (AH 1284)
  6. Eyüp, İstanbul1
    1865/66 (AH 1282)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Ovacık1,250
  2. Bartın1,000
  3. Boyabat1,000
  4. Eyüp, İstanbul1,000

Six places with the most recorded career years. Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
  2. 1855 to 1857 (AH 1272 to 1273)
  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  4. 1874/75 (AH 1291)
  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  6. 1879/80 (AH 1297)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Gümüşhane mekteb-i ibtidaisi; ders-i âm hocaları [source]

Qualification Şahadetname yok; intihabname kayıtlı, henüz teslim edilmemiş [1]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Meşîhat arşivi'ne göre Gümüşhaneli son dönem Osmanlı ulemâsı

    YUNUS EMRE NAYİR · 2025 · Pages 44, 45, 46, 47

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 15 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 20 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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