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Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

The life of Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi began in Çemişgezek in 1869/70 (AH 1286); the father's occupation was "Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti eski senedat mevzii". Hüseyin Tahsin began work in Istanbul in 1884/85, at about 16. Every annual entry from 1884/85 to 1899/1900 places Hüseyin Tahsin in the same post, Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet Senedat Kalemi mülazımı, in Istanbul.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to 400 in 1887/88, the peak, in Istanbul, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1899/1900.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1884/8512ÇemişgezekIstanbul
  1. Çemişgezek

    Born 1869/70 (AH 1286)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1884/85 (AH 1302); 1884 to 1900 (AH 1302 to 1317)

    Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet Senedat Kalemi mülazımı 1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305); Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet senedat mevzii 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    200 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1899 (AH 1306 to 1316).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/8620040046013%
1886/8720040048013%
1887/8840040055043%
1899/190040040050644%

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

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1884/85AH 1302First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1884 to 1888AH 1302 to 1305Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet Senedat Kalemi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1885/86
1885/86200
1886/87200
1887/88200
1887/88400
Istanbul (Dersaadet)400
No annual entry: 1888 to 1899 (AH 1306 to 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet senedat mevziiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Birthplace
Çemişgezek
Father's occupation
Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti eski senedat mevzii

First work

Year
1884/85 (AH 1302)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 365 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 347 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 279th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 105 officials born in Çemişgezek, 102 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

The page of Çemişgezek, with the 105 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 82nd highest salary of them.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet Senedat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH_SAİDd_____00088_00202
1885/86AH 1303Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet Senedat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH_SAİDd_____00088_00202
1885/86AH 1303Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet senedat mevziiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records355 DH_SAİDd_____00088_00202
1886/87AH 1304Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet senedat mevziiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records355 DH_SAİDd_____00088_00202
1887/88AH 1305Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet senedat mevziiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records355 DH_SAİDd_____00088_00202
1887/88AH 1305Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet senedat mevziiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records355 DH_SAİDd_____00088_00202
1899/1900AH 1317Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti Dersaadet senedat mevziiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records355 DH_SAİDd_____00088_00202
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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