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Official

Hüseyin Hayri Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Adapazarı in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1894 to 1905, 11 annual entries.

Life

Hüseyin Hayri Efendi was born in Adapazarı in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Adapazarı in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Adapazarı, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows 3. Müdür in Karamürsel, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adapazarı).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as 3. Müdür. 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.24 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Adapazarı
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Telgraf Muduru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

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
1893/94 (AH 1311)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Hüseyin Hayri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workAdapazarı300first-salary field
1894 to 1904AH 1312 to 1321Muhabere Memuru
10 entries
YearSalary
1894/95300
1895/96300
1896/97300
1897/98300
1898/99300
1899/1900300
1900/01300
1901/02300
1902/03300
1903/04300
Adapazarı300
1904/05AH 13223. MüdürKaramürsel500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 Hayri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1894/9530050040017%
1895/9630050040017%
1896/9730050040018%
1897/9830050040019%
1898/9930050040019%
1899/190030050040018%
1900/0130050040018%
1901/0230050040020%
1902/0330050038021%
1903/0430047535023%
1904/0550045054052%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
AdapazarıKaramürsel

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

9 officials in all. Officials recorded in Adapazarı

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

10 officials in all. Officials born in Adapazarı

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hayri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruAdapazarı300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
1904/05AH 13223. MüdürKaramürsel500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract89_84; 165
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 (14)

Recorded values of Hüseyin Hayri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHüseyin Hayri EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceadapazariRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthizmitRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationtelgraf muduruRecovered 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)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1311Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1893Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeAdapazariRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 11 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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