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Official

Hasan Hüsnü Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1889 to 1900, 9 annual entries.

Life

Hasan Hüsnü Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). 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 Van in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Van, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Başkale, the salary going from 162 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Van). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 400 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Başkale). No annual entry is recorded for 1896 to 1898.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 29 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 9 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 238 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 12 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Place
Van
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150

Career

Career of Hasan Hüsnü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workVan150first-salary field
1889 to 1892AH 1307 to 1309Başmüdür Kitabeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1889/90150
1890/91150
1891/92162
Van150 to 162
1892 to 1896AH 1310 to 1313Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1892/93400
1893/94400
1894/95400
1895/96400
Başkale400
No annual entry: 1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)
1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1898/99250
1899/1900250
Konya250
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry01002003004001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316This 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 Hasan Hüsnü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1889/901505006005%
1890/911505005005%
1891/921625005508%
1892/9340050040029%
1893/9440050040030%
1894/9540050040030%
1895/9640050040030%
1898/9925050040013%
1899/190025050040012%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KemaliyeKonyaVanBaşkale

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

43 officials in all. Officials recorded in Başkale

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

63 officials in all. Officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin)

Full record

Annual entries (9)

Annual entries of Hasan Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Başmüdür KitabetiVan150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1890/91AH 1308Başmüdür KitabetiVan150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1891/92AH 1309Başmüdür KitabetiVan162Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruBaşkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruBaşkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruBaşkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruBaşkale400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruKonya250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruKonya250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0088_0248: 491
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 (13)

Recorded values of Hasan Hüsnü Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan Hüsnü EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1289Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceeginRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthelazigRecovered 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)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1888Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeVanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered 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.
  • 9 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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