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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

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi was born in Bursa in 1875/76 (AH 1292), into the İslam community. Work began in 1889/90, at about 15, on a first salary of 30 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1889/90, with Hüseyin Hüsnü as merkez kaza kitâbeti and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1895 to 1908. In place of a title the lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1894/95.

The salary went from 30 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to 500 in 1911, the peak, when 38 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 22,560 kuruş, 41 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1911.

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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292)

  2. Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record

    1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312)

    merkez kaza kitâbeti 1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1894/95 (AH 1312)

    30 to 50 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Mıhalıç kazası as worded, no place record

    1908 to 1911 (AH 1326 to 1329)

    No annual entry for 1895 to 1908 (AH 1313 to 1325) before it.

    evkaf me'murluğu

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328500 kuruşmerkez kaza kitâbetievkaf me'murluğu
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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
1889/90304001%
1890/91504002%
1891/92504001%
1892/93504002%
1893/94504002%
1894/95504002%
1908/0930040032%
1909/1040060031%
1910/1140050031%
191150060038%

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)
1889/90AH 1307First work30first-salary field
1889 to 1895AH 1307 to 1312merkez kaza kitâbeti
7 entries
YearSalary
1889/9030
1890/9130
1890/9150
1891/9250
1892/9350
1893/9450
1894/9550
30 to 50
1894/95AH 1312İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1895 to 1908 (AH 1313 to 1325)
1908 to 1911AH 1326 to 1329evkaf me'murluğu
6 entries
YearSalary
1908/09300
1909/10300
1909/10400
1910/11400
1911400
1911500
300 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 148th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307merkez kaza kitâbetiHüdâvendigâr30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1890/91AH 1308merkez kaza kitâbetiHüdâvendigâr30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1890/91AH 1308merkez kaza kitâbetiHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1891/92AH 1309merkez kaza kitâbetiHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1892/93AH 1310merkez kaza kitâbetiHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1893/94AH 1311merkez kaza kitâbetiHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1894/95AH 1312merkez kaza kitâbetiHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1894/95AH 1312İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1908/09AH 1326evkaf me'murluğuMıhalıç kazası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1909/10AH 1327evkaf me'murluğuMıhalıç kazası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1909/10AH 1327evkaf me'murluğuMıhalıç kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1910/11AH 1328evkaf me'murluğuMıhalıç kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1911AH 1329evkaf me'murluğuMıhalıç kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
1911AH 1329evkaf me'murluğuMıhalıç kazası500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162/234; 465
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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