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Official

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Enez (İnoz) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). On record 1908 to 1910, 2 annual entries.

Life

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi was born in Enez (İnoz) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as banka memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Feres (Ferecik) in 1906/07 (AH 1324). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1908/09, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1908/09, shows Muhabere Memuru in Feres, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Vize sarayi, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Feres).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Muhabere Memuru. 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 33.33 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Enez (İnoz)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish
Father's occupation
banka memuru

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

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
1906/07 (AH 1324)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1906/07AH 1324First workFeres (Ferecik)300first-salary field
1908/09AH 1326Muhabere MemuruFeres (Ferecik)300
1909/10AH 1327Muhabere MemuruVize sarayi400
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1908/0930035025036%
1909/10400462.530033%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
EnezVize sarayiFeres

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

Officials born in Enez (İnoz)

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1908/09AH 1326Muhabere MemuruFeres (Ferecik)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract161-28-51
1909/10AH 1327Muhabere MemuruVize sarayi400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract161-28-51
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 (14)

Recorded values of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHüseyin Hüsnü EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1305Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceinozRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthedirneRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationbanka memuruRecovered 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)0 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1324Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placefirecikRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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