Official
Hüseyin Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1892 to 1907, 15 annual entries.
Archive reference 53_0165; 327
Life#
Hüseyin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
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 Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 75 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 75 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 75 to 130 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 280 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 55 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.7 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 75
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75first-salary field |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Memur | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75 |
| 1893 to 1907AH 1311 to 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 130 to 400 |
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 | 75 | 500 | 200 | 2% |
| 1893/94 | 130 | 500 | 400 | 5% |
| 1894/95 | 150 | 500 | 400 | 7% |
| 1895/96 | 200 | 500 | 400 | 9% |
| 1896/97 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 13% |
| 1897/98 | 280 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1898/99 | 280 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1899/1900 | 280 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1900/01 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1901/02 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1902/03 | 300 | 500 | 380 | 21% |
| 1903/04 | 350 | 475 | 350 | 32% |
| 1904/05 | 350 | 450 | 350 | 32% |
| 1905/06 | 370 | 475 | 330 | 35% |
| 1906/07 | 400 | 450 | 300 | 39% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- İbrahim Feridun EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Mehmed Hilmi EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Tevfik EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Ahmet Münir EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Ali Kemal BeyIstanbul, 15 shared years
1,179 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdülgani EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdullah Kemali EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdurrezzak EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Abdüssamed Salih EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
- Ahmed Gazi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1892/93 (AH 1310)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Zühdü EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdülvahap EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Abdürrahim Haşim EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Ahmet Fuat EfendiIstanbul, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (15)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Memur | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 75 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 130 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 280 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 280 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 280 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 370 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 53_0165; 327 |
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 (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Hüseyin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 75 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 14 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.