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HÜSEYİN HÜSNÜ EFENDİ (D)

Born 1874/75 (AH 1291) · Varna · Dated entries 1894 to 1913 (AH 1312 to 1331)

Languages English, French, Turkish

Archival references BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108/177; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 150/391

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 17 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1VarnaMytilene (Midilli)ÇemişgezekKâhtaAdıyaman (Hısnımansur)MuşSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 17 · Varna

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

11 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Varna

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Mytilene (Midilli) / Midilli Mekteb-i İdadisi / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Midilli Mekteb-i İdadisi; Location not recorded

    1. Mytilene (Midilli)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 21

    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Midilli Mekteb-i İdadisi / Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Midilli Mekteb-i İdadisi; Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi; Location not recorded

      All 8 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1896/97 (AH 1314)

      Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi / Place not recorded

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi; Location not recorded

        All 10 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1897/98 (AH 1315)

        Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi / Place not recorded / Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi; Location not recorded; Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi

          All 10 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1898/99 (AH 1316)

          Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi

            All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1899/1900 (AH 1317)

            Görice Mekteb-i İdadisi / Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi

            Within-year entry order unresolved

            Not yet located on the map: Görice Mekteb-i İdadisi; Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi

              All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1900/01 (AH 1318) · 2 recorded years

              Görice Mekteb-i İdadisi

              AH entries: 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              Not yet located on the map: Görice Mekteb-i İdadisi

                All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1902/03 (AH 1320)

                Besni

                Not yet located on the map: Besni

                  All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1904/05 (AH 1322)

                  Place not recorded

                  Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                    All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1905/06 (AH 1323)

                    Çemişgezek

                    Within-year entry order unresolved

                      All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1906/07 (AH 1324)

                      Kâhta

                        All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                      1. 13

                        1907/08 (AH 1325)

                        Adıyaman (Hısnımansur)

                          All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                        1. 14

                          1909/10 (AH 1327)

                          Place not recorded

                          Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                            All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                          1. 15

                            1910/11 (AH 1328)

                            Muş / Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)

                            Within-year entry order unresolved

                              All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                            1. 16

                              1911/12 (AH 1330)

                              Kayseriye

                              Not yet located on the map: Kayseriye

                                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                              1. 17

                                1912/13 (AH 1331)

                                Place not recorded / Maarif Nezareti

                                Within-year entry order unresolved

                                Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Maarif Nezareti

                                1. Place not recorded

                                  Azil

                                  Calculated age 40

                                All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                              20 entries without a resolved year

                              These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

                              Read all 20 undated entries and their source evidence →

                              Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

                              Pay over time

                              Pay in its time

                              Current collection salary comparison

                              Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

                              Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
                              Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

                              Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

                              Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

                              How the comparison is calculated

                              One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

                              Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

                              View the yearly values
                              Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
                              AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
                              1894/95 (AH 1312)300400140 to 1,50028.5%2004
                              1895/96 (AH 1313)500400140 to 1,50055.1%1981
                              1896/97 (AH 1314)400450150 to 1,57542.2%2119
                              1897/98 (AH 1315)450400140 to 1,42553.2%1891
                              1898/99 (AH 1316)450400144 to 1,40052.0%1844
                              1899/1900 (AH 1317)450400140 to 1,44052.4%1821
                              1900/01 (AH 1318)450400140 to 1,50052.9%1761
                              1901/02 (AH 1319)450400150 to 1,52051.5%1666
                              1902/03 (AH 1320)1,125400150 to 1,50085.4%1627
                              1905/06 (AH 1323)562.5430125 to 1,50063.8%1423
                              1906/07 (AH 1324)1,125450150 to 1,52582.5%1371
                              1907/08 (AH 1325)1,125460135 to 1,61581.5%1290
                              1910/11 (AH 1328)6,000500200 to 2,00098.9%732
                              1911/12 (AH 1330)5,0001,000300 to 3,00094.0%233
                              1912/13 (AH 1331)4,0001,200300 to 4,00087.3%151

                              Career patterns and pay

                              Recorded pay over the career

                              Kuruş · dated amounts

                              Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

                              ● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

                              Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

                              Where the career is recorded

                              Distinct AH years with career entries
                              1. Görice Mekteb-i İdadisi3
                                1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)
                              2. Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi3
                                1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)
                              3. Midilli Mekteb-i İdadisi2
                                1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)
                              4. Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi2
                                1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)
                              5. 1907/08 (AH 1325)
                              6. Besni1
                                1902/03 (AH 1320)

                              The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

                              Amounts recorded by place

                              Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
                              1. Görice Mekteb-i İdadisi150 to 450
                              2. Selanik Mekteb-i İdadisi200 to 500
                              3. Midilli Mekteb-i İdadisi200 to 300
                              4. Siroz Mekteb-i İdadisi45 to 450
                              5. Besni1,125

                              Six places with the most recorded career years. Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

                              Titles across the recorded years

                              Distinct AH years with each recorded title
                              1. 1894 to 1902 (AH 1312 to 1319)
                              2. 1894 to 1902 (AH 1312 to 1319)
                              3. 1895 to 1902 (AH 1313 to 1319)
                              4. 1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319)
                              5. 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)
                              6. 1902 to 1908 (AH 1320 to 1325)

                              The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

                              Related officials in the salary reference

                              All related groups and salary ranks

                              Education and personal record

                              Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Vasat ve karîbü’l-alâ dereceli iki şehadetname [1]

                              Schooling Varna Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane İdadi ve Âli şubeleri [source]

                              Language skills and historical terms

                              Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

                              Honours and other personal details

                              Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
                              1 (recorded code) [source]
                              All personal fields and their sources

                              Sources and evidence

                              1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

                                İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117

                                267 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108/177.; 268 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 150/391.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 150/391.

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                              The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

                              Yearly entries and their source passages · 17 dated AH years

                              Annual salary study and register readings

                              The separate annual salary reference account has 76 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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