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Official

Hüseyin Rüştü Efend

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). On record 1894 to 1901, 7 annual entries.

Life

Hüseyin Rüştü Efend was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Istanbul in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 34 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 37 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Seyyar Memur in Kütahya, with 500 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Seyyar Memur. 76 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 7 years with a salary the median is 575 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.36 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
3 years
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
1891/92 (AH 1309)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Hırsızlık / Mumaileyhin müstahsibi bulunduğu postada zayi olan on iki bin küsur kuruşluk bir parça emanet hakkında mahallince cereyan eden mahkeme neticesinde meblağ-ı mezburun maꞌa faiz ve masarif-i muhakeme tazminiyle bir aylık kat-ꞌı maaş cezasına mahkûm olduğu Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresinin “26 Ağustos sene 318” tarihli kararıyla bildirildiği vazifesinin tûl müddet vekâletle idaresi caiz görülemediğinden sene-i merkume Recebinin on dokuzunda 8 Teşrinievvel sene 318 açığa çıkarıldığı Şube-i merkumenin 15 Zilkade sene 321 tarihli vukuat pusulasında bildirilmiştir. M.; zimmet / müstahsibi bulunduğu postada zuhur eden on iki bin küsur kuruşluk bir parça emanatın ziyaından dolayı sene-i merkume Ramazanꞌının dokuzunda “8 Teşrinisani sene 317” Meclis-i İdare-i Nezaret kararıyla işten el çektirildiği; Zimmet

Career

Career of Hüseyin Rüştü Efend, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)500first-salary field
1894 to 1901AH 1312 to 1318Seyyar Memur
7 entries
YearSalary
1894/95500
1895/96750
1896/97575
1897/98575
1898/99575
1899/1900575
1900/01575
Kütahya500 to 575
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006008001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 1318750 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
5001,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 1318This 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 Hüseyin Rüştü Efend against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1894/9550050060046%
1895/9675050067576%
1896/9757550057572%
1897/9857550060071%
1898/9957550057571%
1899/190057550054069%
1900/0157550060067%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulKütahya

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

10 officials in all. Officials recorded in Kütahya

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 (7)

Annual entries of Hüseyin Rüştü Efend
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Seyyar MemurKütahya500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0124: 243
1895/96AH 1313Seyyar MemurKütahya750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0124: 243
1896/97AH 1314Seyyar MemurKütahya575Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0124: 243
1897/98AH 1315Seyyar MemurKütahya575Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0124: 243
1898/99AH 1316Seyyar MemurKütahya575Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0124: 243
1899/1900AH 1317Seyyar MemurKütahya575Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0124: 243
1900/01AH 1318Seyyar MemurKütahya575Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0124: 243
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 (16)

Recorded values of Hüseyin Rüştü Efend with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHüseyin Rüştü EfendPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1274Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered 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)3Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1309Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1892Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedHırsızlık / Mumaileyhin müstahsibi bulunduğu postada zayi olan on iki bin küsur kuruşluk bir parça emanet hakkında mahallince cereyan eden mahkeme neticesinde meblağ-ı mezburun maꞌa faiz ve masarif-i muhakeme tazminiyle bir aylık kat-ꞌı maaş cezasına mahkûm olduğu Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresinin “26 Ağustos sene 318” tarihli kararıyla bildirildiği vazifesinin tûl müddet vekâletle idaresi caiz görülemediğinden sene-i merkume Recebinin on dokuzunda 8 Teşrinievvel sene 318 açığa çıkarıldığı Şube-i merkumenin 15 Zilkade sene 321 tarihli vukuat pusulasında bildirilmiştir. M. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedzimmet / müstahsibi bulunduğu postada zuhur eden on iki bin küsur kuruşluk bir parça emanatın ziyaından dolayı sene-i merkume Ramazanꞌının dokuzunda “8 Teşrinisani sene 317” Meclis-i İdare-i Nezaret kararıyla işten el çektirildiği other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 7 annual entries of 7 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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