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Hüsnü Bey

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

Hüsnü Bey was born in Bursa in 1885/86 (AH 1303), into the İslam community. The annual lists begin in 1909/10, with Hüsnü as on dokuzuncu idare-i belediye tahrîrat baş kitâbeti and no place named.

The salary went from 600 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to 800 in 1910/11, the peak, when 62 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1885/86 (AH 1303)

  2. Place not recorded

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    on dokuzuncu idare-i belediye tahrîrat baş kitâbeti

    600 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328800 kuruşon dokuzuncu idare-i belediye tahrîrat baş kitâbeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
5001,0001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This officialMedian, all officials

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 Hüsnü Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/1060060049%
1910/1180050062%

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 Hüsnü Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328on dokuzuncu idare-i belediye tahrîrat baş kitâbeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1909/10600
1910/11600
1910/11800
600 to 800

Record

Personal

Born
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

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 birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Hüsnü Bey had the 94th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 109 have a recorded salary; Hüsnü Bey had the 30th highest salary of them.

All 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüsnü Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327on dokuzuncu idare-i belediye tahrîrat baş kitâbeti600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records178/79; 155
1910/11AH 1328on dokuzuncu idare-i belediye tahrîrat baş kitâbeti600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records178/79; 155
1910/11AH 1328on dokuzuncu idare-i belediye tahrîrat baş kitâbeti800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records178/79; 155
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 Hüsnü Bey 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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