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Hüseyin Hüsnü 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 Hüsnü Efendi began in Kütahya in 1866/67 (AH 1283). At about 31, in 1897/98, Hüseyin Hüsnü began work in Istanbul. Both annual entries, for 1897/98 and 1898/99, place Hüseyin Hüsnü in Istanbul as İlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımı.

Pay rose from 30 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 50 in 1898/99, in Istanbul, when 1 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/9812KütahyaIstanbul

  1. Kütahya

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1897/98 (AH 1315); 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)

    İlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımı

    30 to 50 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02040601897/98AH 13151898/99AH 131650 kuruşİlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, 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 Hüsnü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/98304004801%
1898/99504005001%

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 Hüsnü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316İlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1897/9830
1898/9930
1898/9950
Istanbul (Dersaadet)50

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Kütahya

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 place, same years

Of the 231 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 227 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 224th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 150 officials born in Kütahya, 140 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 138th highest salary of them.

The page of Kütahya, with the 150 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 148th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315İlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11; 117 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11.
1897/98AH 1315İlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11; 117 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11.
1898/99AH 1316İlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11; 117 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11.
1898/99AH 1316İlamat-ı Nizamiye İcra Dairesi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11; 117 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.11.
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 Hüsnü 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.

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