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Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Hassa · Dated entries 1874 to 1906 (AH 1291 to 1323)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 12/145

The career, year by year

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

Follow 11 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.

AntakyaHarem (Harim)Raqqa (Rakka)Bilan
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 11 · Hassa

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Hassa

    Not yet located on the map: Hassa

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Antakya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. Maliye yazı işleri stajyeri

      Calculated age 19

  3. 3

    1875/76 (AH 1292) · 2 recorded years

    Antakya

    AH entries: 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.

      All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years

      Antakya / Place not recorded

      AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

        All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1878/79 (AH 1296) · 3 recorded years

        Antakya

        AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.

        Within-year entry order unresolved

          All 8 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1882/83 (AH 1300)

          Antakya

            All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

          1. 7

            1884/85 (AH 1302)

            Suruç

            Not yet located on the map: Suruç

              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

            1. 8

              1890/91 (AH 1308)

              Harem (Harim) / Antakya

              Within-year entry order unresolved

                All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1891/92 (AH 1309)

                Antakya

                Within-year entry order unresolved

                  All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1902/03 (AH 1320)

                  Raqqa (Rakka) / Bilan

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 3 recorded years

                    Bilan

                    AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

                    Within-year entry order unresolved

                    1. Mal Müdürü

                      540 kuruşCalculated age 49

                      Continuing service as described

                    2. Mal Müdürü (Azil)

                      Calculated age 51

                    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                  9 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.

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                  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.

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                  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
                  1875/76 (AH 1292)235450150 to 2,00019.8%976
                  1876/77 (AH 1293)235420150 to 2,00020.9%1102
                  1877/78 (AH 1294)475450150 to 1,80052.1%1160
                  1878 (AH 1295)475450150 to 2,00051.7%1196
                  1878/79 (AH 1296)150400150 to 2,0007.6%1328
                  1879/80 (AH 1297)334400180 to 1,80039.1%1534
                  1880/81 (AH 1298)300400160 to 1,50028.8%1448
                  1884/85 (AH 1302)400400150 to 1,50045.1%1748
                  1902/03 (AH 1320)540400150 to 1,50063.6%1627
                  1903/04 (AH 1321)540405150 to 1,45062.4%1578
                  1904/05 (AH 1322)540400135 to 1,50063.0%1493

                  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. 1874 to 1892 (AH 1291 to 1309)
                  2. 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)
                  3. Suruç1
                    1884/85 (AH 1302)

                  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. Antakya150 to 334
                  2. Suruç400

                  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. 1890 to 1905 (AH 1308 to 1322)
                  2. 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1294)
                  3. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)
                  4. 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
                  5. 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)
                  6. 1878 (AH 1295)

                  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

                  Schooling Mahalle mektebi; Antakya Camii [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 Kozan ve Cebel-i bereketli memurlar

                    SENEM ÖZDEMİR · 2019 · Pages 101, 102, 103

                    BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 12/145; 180 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 12/145.

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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 · 16 dated AH years

                  Annual salary study and register readings

                  The separate annual salary reference account has 28 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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