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Official

Huseyin Mirat Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1905 to 1908, 3 annual entries.

Life

Huseyin Mirat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Belediye Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Belediye Kitabeti. 2 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 years

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

First job as worded
Telgraf
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
100

Career

Career of Huseyin Mirat Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905 to 1908AH 1323 to 1325Belediye Kitabeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1905/06100
1906/07100
1907/08100
Istanbul (Dersaadet)100
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325100 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Huseyin Mirat Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1905/061004752%
1906/071004502%
1907/081003004%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

570 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Huseyin Mirat Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Belediye KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Interior (Dahiliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook145-244-483
1906/07AH 1324Belediye KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Interior (Dahiliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook145-244-483
1907/08AH 1325Belediye KitabetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Interior (Dahiliye)Cross-ministry personnel workbook145-244-483
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.

Sources and original values (12)

Recorded values of Huseyin Mirat Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHuseyin Mirat EfendiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1291Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceDersaadetCross-ministry personnel workbook
Father's occupationEsnafCross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanCross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishCross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year as written (calendar not established)1321Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafCross-ministry personnel workbook
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)100Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
  • Origin of the record: Cross-ministry workbook.

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