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Hüseyin Hüsnü 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 Hüsnü Efendi began in Kozan in 1883/84 (AH 1301); the father's occupation was "Saruhan Ticaret Mahkemesi başkâtibi". Work began in 1903/04, at about 19, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1903/04, with Hüseyin Hüsnü as Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibi and no place named.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 300 in 1908/09, the peak, when one in three paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 9,600 kuruş, 31 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326300 kuruşMuhasebe Kalemi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officials

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 Hüsnü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/041004055%
1904/051004004%
1905/061004305%
1906/071004504%
1907/081004605%
1908/0930040032%

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 Hüsnü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1903/04AH 1321First work100first-salary field
1903 to 1909AH 1321 to 1326Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1903/04100
1904/05100
1905/06100
1906/07100
1907/08100
1908/09100
1908/09300
100 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Birthplace
Kozan
Father's occupation
Saruhan Ticaret Mahkemesi başkâtibi

First work

Year
1903/04 (AH 1321)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 60th highest salary of them.

All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiSaruhan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89; 179 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89.
1904/05AH 1322Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiSaruhan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89; 179 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89.
1905/06AH 1323Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiSaruhan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89; 179 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89.
1906/07AH 1324Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiSaruhan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89; 179 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89.
1907/08AH 1325Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiSaruhan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89; 179 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89.
1908/09AH 1326Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiSaruhan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89; 179 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89.
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Şubesi bayındırlık mukayyidiSaruhan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89; 179 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 165/89.
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 Hüsnü 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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