Official
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). On record 1874 to 1906, 32 annual entries. Death recorded 1906/07.
Archive reference 5_96; 189
Life#
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1854/55 (AH 1271). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1874/75, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1874/75, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Mubayaat Mukayyit in Istanbul, the salary going from 170 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1880/81 the record shows Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 385 kuruş a month (before: Mubayaat Mukayyit in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Ambar Baskitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.
The highest salary, 1,050 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Ambar Baskitabeti. 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 32 years with a salary the median is 725 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 230 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.98 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1906/07 (AH 1324): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Kaymakam
- Death recorded
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 50
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73AH 1289 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50first-salary field |
| 1874 to 1877AH 1291 to 1293 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 to 170 |
| 1877 to 1879AH 1294 to 1296 | Mubayaat Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297) | |||
| 1880 to 1888AH 1298 to 1305 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 385 to 500 |
| 1888 to 1906AH 1306 to 1323 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 to 1,050 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Death recorded | ||
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75 | 50 | 535 | 340 | 0% |
| 1875/76 | 50 | 530 | 280 | 0% |
| 1876/77 | 170 | 582.5 | 400 | 5% |
| 1877/78 | 400 | 560 | 16% | |
| 1878 | 400 | 600 | 17% | |
| 1878/79 | 400 | 600 | 18% | |
| 1880/81 | 385 | 500 | 33% | |
| 1881/82 | 400 | 500 | 31% | |
| 1882/83 | 400 | 500 | 28% | |
| 1883/84 | 500 | 500 | 450 | 43% |
| 1884/85 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 42% |
| 1885/86 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 42% |
| 1886/87 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 42% |
| 1887/88 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 41% |
| 1888/89 | 600 | 500 | 58% | |
| 1889/90 | 725 | 500 | 74% | |
| 1890/91 | 725 | 500 | 75% | |
| 1891/92 | 725 | 500 | 75% | |
| 1892/93 | 725 | 500 | 75% | |
| 1893/94 | 725 | 500 | 76% | |
| 1894/95 | 725 | 500 | 76% | |
| 1895/96 | 850 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1896/97 | 765 | 500 | 85% | |
| 1897/98 | 765 | 500 | 85% | |
| 1898/99 | 765 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1899/1900 | 850 | 500 | 85% | |
| 1900/01 | 850 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1901/02 | 850 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1902/03 | 850 | 500 | 84% | |
| 1903/04 | 950 | 475 | 87% | |
| 1904/05 | 1,050 | 450 | 89% | |
| 1905/06 | 1,050 | 475 | 88% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Refik BeyIstanbul, 32 shared years
- Mehmet Raşit Efendi 1277Istanbul, 32 shared years
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiIstanbul, 32 shared years
- Mehmet Ata EfendiIstanbul, 32 shared years
- Mehmet Şemsettin EfendiIstanbul, 32 shared years
1,455 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Besim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Ahmet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Ahmet Haydar BeyRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Ahmet Hayri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Ahmet Recai EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Agop EfendiIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Ahmet Muhittin BeyIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Ahmet Refik BeyIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Ali Şefik EfendiIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
- Antuvan EfendiIstanbul, born 1854/55 (AH 1271)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (32)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 50 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 170 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Mubayaat Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Mubayaat Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Mubayaat Mukayyit | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 385 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Eşya Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 725 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 725 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 725 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 725 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 725 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 725 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 765 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 765 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 765 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 950 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,050 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Ambar Baskitabeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,050 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 5_96; 189 |
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 (16)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1271 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Kaymakam | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1289 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1872 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 50 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1324 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 32 annual entries of 32 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.