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Official

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Mudurnu in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1896 to 1907, 11 annual entries.

Life

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi was born in Mudurnu in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 400 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 425 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 64 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Mudurnu
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Kaymakam

Education

Darüşşafaka
Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
Higher or professional
Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Darüşşafaka
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

French
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)400first-salary field
1896 to 1907AH 1314 to 1324Muhabere Memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99425
1899/1900425
1900/01425
1901/02425
1902/03475
1903/04475
1904/05475
1905/06550
1906/07550
Beyoğlu400 to 550
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324550 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Hüsnü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1896/9740050040032%
1897/9840050040032%
1898/9942550040043%
1899/190042550040043%
1900/0142550040043%
1901/0242550040044%
1902/0347550038048%
1903/0447547535049%
1904/0547545035050%
1905/0655047533065%
1906/0755045030064%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
MudurnuBeyoğluIstanbul

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

246 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu

Same school recorded

202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded

Same birthplace

6 officials in all. Officials born in Mudurnu

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu475Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu550Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0087_0138. 273
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 (15)

Recorded values of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHüseyin Hüsnü EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1290Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacemudurnuRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkastamonuRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationkaymakamRecovered 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
SchoolDarussafakaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling12Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1314Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1896Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered 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.
  • 10 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.