Hüseyin Nazmi
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
Hüseyin Nazmi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Seraskerlik Piyade Dairesi Üçüncü Şubesi müdür muavini, binbaşı". Work began in Istanbul in 1888/89, at about 15. The first annual entry, for 1888/89, places Hüseyin Nazmi in Istanbul, the birthplace, as Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı, where the entries run to 1898/99. The lists have no entry for 1889 to 1897. At the same time, from 1898/99, the lists also place Hüseyin Nazmi in Tulcea (Tulça) as Şehbender vekili.
The salary went from 90 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 900 in 1898/99, the peak, in Tulcea, when 81 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.
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.
Born 1874/75 (AH 1291); First work 1888/89 (AH 1306); 1888 to 1899 (AH 1306 to 1316)
Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
90 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
No annual entry for 1889 to 1897 (AH 1307 to 1314).
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 90 | 400 | 480 | 4% | |
| 1898/99 | 900 | 400 | 650 | 81% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| No annual entry: 1889 to 1897 (AH 1307 to 1314) | |||
| 1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 90 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Şehbender vekili | Tulcea (Tulça) | 900 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Father's occupation
- Seraskerlik Piyade Dairesi Üçüncü Şubesi müdür muavini, binbaşı
First work
- Year
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 place, same years
Of the 321 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 312 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Nazmi had the 147th highest salary of them.
- Ali Nazif Bey3 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Cemil Beğ (Cemil Molla)3 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Said3 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Abdullah Sadık Bey3 shared years; highest salary 6,600 kuruş
- Abdurrahman Zeynüttin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Nazmi had the 252nd highest salary of them.
- Hüseyin Sadeddin Beyborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 1,115 kuruş
- Hüseyin Talat Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 500 kuruş
- İbrahim Edhem Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 1,150 kuruş
- Kâniye Hanımborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmed İzzet Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 550 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Nazmi had the 24th highest salary of them.
- Dimitri Lefteryadi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Anastaş Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mustafa Hasbi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
- İlyas Fahri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Lütfi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 275 kuruş
All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 90 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 90 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Şehbender vekili | Tulcea (Tulça) | 900 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)