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Hüseyin Hüsnü Halet Efendi

Born 1830/31 (AH 1246) · Burdur · Dated entries 1844 to 1885 (AH 1260 to 1302)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 3, s. 490

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 17 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.

1BurdurIstanbul (Dersaadet)Mosul (Musul)Plovdiv (Filibe)Izmir (İzmir)Kastoria (Kesriye)AmasyaKomotini (Gümülcine)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 17 · Burdur

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.

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

  1. 1

    1830/31 (AH 1246)

    Burdur

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1844/45 (AH 1260)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 14

    2. Divan-ı Hümâyun Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 14

  3. 3

    1848/49 (AH 1265)

    Mosul (Musul)

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1849/50 (AH 1266) · 2 recorded years

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      AH entries: 1266, 1267. Gaps remain open.

        All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1851/52 (AH 1268)

        Plovdiv (Filibe)

          All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

        1. 6

          1852/53 (AH 1269)

          Plovdiv (Filibe) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

          Within-year entry order unresolved

            All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1853/54 (AH 1270)

            Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

            Within-year entry order unresolved

            Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

              All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1854/55 (AH 1271)

              Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Van ve Hakkâri

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              Not yet located on the map: Van ve Hakkâri

                All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1855/56 (AH 1272) · 2 recorded years

                Van ve Hakkâri

                AH entries: 1272, 1273. Gaps remain open.

                Not yet located on the map: Van ve Hakkâri

                  All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1857/58 (AH 1274)

                  Van ve Hakkâri / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                  Not yet located on the map: Van ve Hakkâri

                    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1858/59 (AH 1275) · 2 recorded years

                    Izmir (İzmir)

                    AH entries: 1275, 1276. Gaps remain open.

                      All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1860/61 (AH 1277)

                      Izmir (İzmir) / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded

                      Within-year entry order unresolved

                      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                        All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                      1. 13

                        1861/62 (AH 1278)

                        Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded / Ferecik ve Meğri

                        Within-year entry order unresolved

                        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Ferecik ve Meğri

                          All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                        1. 14

                          1863/64 (AH 1280) · 2 recorded years

                          Kastoria (Kesriye)

                          AH entries: 1280, 1281. Gaps remain open.

                          Within-year entry order unresolved

                            All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                          1. 15

                            1866/67 (AH 1283)

                            Amasya

                              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                            1. 16

                              1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years

                              Komotini (Gümülcine)

                              AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

                              Within-year entry order unresolved

                                All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                              1. 17

                                1884/85 (AH 1302)

                                Dersim

                                Not yet located on the map: Dersim

                                1. Dersim Vilayeti defterdarı (Azil)

                                  Calculated age 56

                              8 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.

                              Read all 8 undated entries and their source evidence →

                              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
                              1851/52 (AH 1268)1,00050050 to 3,00072.5%41
                              1854/55 (AH 1271)2,500400100 to 5,00080.3%67
                              1855/56 (AH 1272)2,500400100 to 5,00081.3%65
                              1856/57 (AH 1273)2,500400100 to 5,00082.7%76
                              1857/58 (AH 1274)150400100 to 3,00013.7%96
                              1858/59 (AH 1275)1,800500150 to 5,00081.7%105
                              1859/60 (AH 1276)1,800500150 to 3,35086.4%111
                              1861/62 (AH 1278)2,000500150 to 3,00081.9%161
                              1863/64 (AH 1280)2,000475125 to 3,00081.4%232
                              1864/65 (AH 1281)2,000400125 to 3,00084.5%253
                              1866/67 (AH 1283)3,500400146 to 2,00095.2%399
                              1878/79 (AH 1296)2,500400150 to 2,00091.6%1328
                              1879/80 (AH 1297)2,250400180 to 1,80092.4%1534

                              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. 1844 to 1862 (AH 1260 to 1278)
                              2. 1858 to 1861 (AH 1275 to 1277)
                              3. Van ve Hakkâri3
                                1854 to 1857 (AH 1271 to 1273)
                              4. 1863 to 1865 (AH 1280 to 1281)
                              5. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
                              6. 1851 to 1853 (AH 1268 to 1269)

                              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. Van ve Hakkâri2,500

                              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. 1853 to 1862 (AH 1270 to 1278)
                              2. 1849 to 1853 (AH 1266 to 1269)
                              3. 1854 to 1857 (AH 1271 to 1273)
                              4. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
                              5. 1858 to 1860 (AH 1275 to 1276)
                              6. 1863 to 1865 (AH 1280 to 1281)

                              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 İstanbul Sıbyan Mektebi; Mekteb-i Maarif-i Adliyye [source]

                              Language skills and historical terms

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

                              Honours and other personal details

                              Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
                              1 (recorded code) [source]
                              All personal fields and their sources

                              Sources and evidence

                              1. Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminde Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Burdurlu kamu görevlileri ve faaliyetleri (1879-1909)

                                ELİF YASEMİN YILMAZ · 2021 · Pages 154, 155, 156

                                BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 3, s. 490; 954 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 3, s. 490.

                              Read the original source accounts · 41 source entries →

                              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 · 21 dated AH years

                              Annual salary study and register readings

                              The separate annual salary reference account has 33 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

                              Open the salary study and register readings →

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