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Turhan Hüsnü Bey

Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Tırhala · Dated entries 1866 to 1899 (AH 1283 to 1316)

Languages French, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 47/84

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 17 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)Şanlıurfa (Urfa)ParisCrete (Girit)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 17 · Tırhala

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

8 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1845/46 (AH 1262)

    Tırhala

    Not yet located on the map: Tırhala

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 21

    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1868/69 (AH 1285)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Petersburg

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Petersburg

        All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1869/70 (AH 1286) · 5 recorded years

        Petersburg

        AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Petersburg

          All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1874/75 (AH 1291) · 3 recorded years

          Berlin

          AH entries: 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Berlin

            All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1877/78 (AH 1294)

            Berlin / Viyana / Roma

            Within-year entry order unresolved

            Not yet located on the map: Berlin; Viyana; Roma

              All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1878 (AH 1295) · 3 recorded years

              Roma

              AH entries: 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              Not yet located on the map: Roma

                All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1880/81 (AH 1298) · 5 recorded years

                Teke

                AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.

                Not yet located on the map: Teke

                  All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1885/86 (AH 1303)

                  Teke / Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                  Not yet located on the map: Teke

                    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1886/87 (AH 1304)

                    Şanlıurfa (Urfa) / Madrid

                    Within-year entry order unresolved

                    Not yet located on the map: Madrid

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                    1. 12

                      1887/88 (AH 1305) · 6 recorded years

                      Madrid

                      AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.

                      Not yet located on the map: Madrid

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                      1. 13

                        1893/94 (AH 1311)

                        Madrid / Paris / Place not recorded

                        Within-year entry order unresolved

                        Not yet located on the map: Madrid; Location not recorded

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                        1. 14

                          1894/95 (AH 1312)

                          Madrid / Crete (Girit) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

                          Within-year entry order unresolved

                          Not yet located on the map: Madrid

                            All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

                          1. 15

                            1895/96 (AH 1313)

                            Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Crete (Girit)

                            Within-year entry order unresolved

                              All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                            1. 16

                              1896/97 (AH 1314)

                              Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

                              Within-year entry order unresolved

                              Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                                All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                              1. 17

                                1898/99 (AH 1316)

                                Lahey

                                Not yet located on the map: Lahey

                                1. Lahey silahlanmanın genişlemesini önleme konferansı murahhası

                                  Calculated age 54

                              4 entries without a resolved year

                              These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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                              Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

                              Pay over time

                              Pay in its time

                              Current collection salary comparison

                              Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

                              Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
                              Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

                              Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

                              Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

                              How the comparison is calculated

                              One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

                              Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

                              View the yearly values
                              Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
                              AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
                              1868/69 (AH 1285)2,000475150 to 3,00085.3%505
                              1869/70 (AH 1286)2,000400150 to 2,25087.3%609
                              1870/71 (AH 1287)2,000400150 to 2,00089.0%649
                              1871/72 (AH 1288)3,300420.5125 to 2,37592.7%712
                              1872/73 (AH 1289)3,300450140 to 2,35093.3%736
                              1873/74 (AH 1290)10,000405130 to 2,20097.4%805
                              1874/75 (AH 1291)3,133450150 to 1,80094.7%882
                              1875/76 (AH 1292)3,133450150 to 2,00094.0%976
                              1876/77 (AH 1293)12,000420150 to 2,00098.2%1102
                              1877/78 (AH 1294)20,000450150 to 1,80098.5%1160
                              1878 (AH 1295)20,000450150 to 2,00098.8%1196
                              1878/79 (AH 1296)20,000400150 to 2,00098.8%1328
                              1879/80 (AH 1297)20,000400180 to 1,80098.6%1534
                              1880/81 (AH 1298)5,000400160 to 1,50097.4%1448
                              1881/82 (AH 1299)5,000400150 to 1,50097.4%1489
                              1882/83 (AH 1300)5,000400150 to 1,40098.1%1655
                              1883/84 (AH 1301)5,000400150 to 1,40098.0%1720
                              1884/85 (AH 1302)5,000400150 to 1,50097.5%1748
                              1885/86 (AH 1303)5,000400150 to 1,50097.3%1787
                              1886/87 (AH 1304)10,000400150 to 1,50098.6%1725
                              1887/88 (AH 1305)10,000400150 to 1,50098.4%1762
                              1888/89 (AH 1306)10,000400135 to 1,50098.7%1797
                              1889/90 (AH 1307)10,000400130 to 1,50098.7%1874
                              1890/91 (AH 1308)10,000400125 to 1,50098.5%1896
                              1891/92 (AH 1309)10,000400140 to 1,60098.6%1927
                              1892/93 (AH 1310)10,000400135 to 1,50098.9%1935
                              1893/94 (AH 1311)10,000400140 to 1,40098.8%1929
                              1894/95 (AH 1312)30,000400140 to 1,50099.7%2004
                              1895/96 (AH 1313)40,000400140 to 1,50099.7%1981
                              1896/97 (AH 1314)20,000450150 to 1,57599.2%2119

                              Career patterns and pay

                              Recorded pay over the career

                              Kuruş · dated amounts

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                              ● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

                              Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

                              Where the career is recorded

                              Distinct AH years with career entries
                              1. Madrid9
                                1886 to 1895 (AH 1304 to 1312)
                              2. 1866 to 1897 (AH 1283 to 1314)
                              3. Petersburg6
                                1868 to 1874 (AH 1285 to 1290)
                              4. Teke6
                                1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)
                              5. Berlin4
                                1874 to 1878 (AH 1291 to 1294)
                              6. Roma4
                                1877 to 1880 (AH 1294 to 1297)

                              The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

                              Amounts recorded by place

                              Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
                              1. Madrid10,000
                              2. Petersburg2,000 to 10,000
                              3. Teke5,000
                              4. Berlin3,133 to 12,000
                              5. Roma20,000

                              Six places with the most recorded career years. Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

                              Titles across the recorded years

                              Distinct AH years with each recorded title
                              1. 1886 to 1895 (AH 1304 to 1312)
                              2. 1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)
                              3. 1874 to 1878 (AH 1291 to 1294)
                              4. 1868 to 1872 (AH 1285 to 1288)
                              5. 1877 to 1880 (AH 1294 to 1297)
                              6. 1866 to 1869 (AH 1283 to 1285)

                              The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

                              Related officials in the salary reference

                              All related groups and salary ranks

                              Education and personal record

                              Schooling Yanya medreseleri; Zosime (?) Rum Mektebi; Atina Hukuk Mektebi; özel hoca [source]

                              Qualification Zosime (?) Rum Mektebi şehadetnamesi [1]

                              Language skills and historical terms

                              Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

                              All personal fields and their sources

                              Sources and evidence

                              1. Sultan II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Osmanlı sefirlerinin tercüme-i halli

                                İBRAHİM DENİZ · 2021 · Pages 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

                                BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 47/84; 75 BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 47/84

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                              The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

                              Yearly entries and their source passages · 33 dated AH years

                              Annual salary study and register readings

                              The separate annual salary reference account has 58 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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