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Official

HÜSAMETTİN EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Erzurum in 1878 (AH 1295). On record 1898 to 1904, 6 annual entries.

Life

HÜSAMETTİN EFENDİ was born in Erzurum in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ambar Memuru.

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 Erzurum in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, with 80 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 80 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 270 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 34.34 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Erzurum
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Ambar Memuru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
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
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Place
Erzurum
First salary field (kuruş a month)
80

Career

Career of HÜSAMETTİN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workErzurum80first-salary field
1898 to 1904AH 1316 to 1321Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1898/9980
1899/190080
1900/0180
1901/0280
1902/03350
1903/04350
Erzurum80 to 350
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321350 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of HÜSAMETTİN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1898/99805004002%
1899/1900805004000%
1900/01805004000%
1901/02805004001%
1902/0335050038029%
1903/0435047535032%

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

49 officials in all. Officials recorded in Erzurum

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

55 officials in all. Officials born in Erzurum

Full record

Annual entries (6)

Annual entries of HÜSAMETTİN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruErzurum80Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_170; 337
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruErzurum80Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_170; 337
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruErzurum80Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_170; 337
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruErzurum80Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_170; 337
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruErzurum350Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_170; 337
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruErzurum350Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_170; 337
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 (14)

Recorded values of HÜSAMETTİN EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHÜSAMETTİN EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1295Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceerzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birtherzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationAmbar MemuruRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1315Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1897Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeErzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)80Recovered 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.
  • 6 annual entries of 6 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.