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Official

Hasan Tahsin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Tepelenë (Tepedelen) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). On record 1882 to 1904, 15 annual entries.

Archive reference 0068_0106; 209

Life

Hasan Tahsin Efendi was born in Tepelenë (Tepedelen) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Greek (Rum), with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Yenisehir in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhabere Memuru in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Larissa). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Leskovik, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Tepelenë, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Leskovik). In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Delvine, the salary going from 500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Tepelenë). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tarhuna (Terhune), the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Delvine). No annual entry is recorded for 1883 to 1886, 1887/88 and 1898 to 1901.

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as 2. Müdür. 84 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.84 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 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

Greek (Rum)
Asinafamiliarity. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
500

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Zimmet / Mumaileyh iki bin beş yüz yedi kuruş zimmetini kamilen tesviye eylediği nezaret-i müşarunileyha Meclis-i İdaresi'nin 21 Mayıs sene 1317 tarihli kararıyla tebliğ kılındığı mezkur şubenin 27 Receb sene 1319 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir.; Zimmet / iki bin beş yüz kuruş zimmeti zuhuruna mebni üç yüz on altı senesi Şevvalinin onunda 9 Şubat sene 1314 azledildiği; Zimmet
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1319; 1320; 1321

Career

Career of Hasan Tahsin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workYenisehir500first-salary field
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)500
No annual entry: 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)400
No annual entry: 1887/88 (AH 1305)
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
Ioannina (Yanya)400
1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92400
1892/93400
1893/94400
1894/95400
Leskovik400
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 13143. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/96500
1896/97500
Tepelenë (Tepedelen)500
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürDelvine540
No annual entry: 1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)
1901 to 1904AH 1319 to 13212. Müdür
3 entries
YearSalary
1901/02800
1902/03800
1903/04900
Tarhuna (Terhune)800 to 900
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry02004006008001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320900 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320This 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 Hasan Tahsin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1882/8350050040043%
1886/8740050040027%
1888/8940050040027%
1889/9040050040027%
1890/9140050040028%
1891/9240050040029%
1892/9340050040029%
1893/9440050040030%
1894/9540050040030%
1895/9650050060047%
1896/9750050054049%
1897/9854050054061%
1901/0280050080081%
1902/0380050080081%
1903/0490047580084%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
TepelenëTarhunaLarissaIoanninaLeskovikDelvine

Not drawn. No position recorded: Yenisehir.

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

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

20 officials in all. Officials recorded in Leskovik

Same school recorded

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

Full record

Annual entries (15)

Annual entries of Hasan Tahsin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruLarissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruLeskovik400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruLeskovik400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruLeskovik400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruLeskovik400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürTepelenë (Tepedelen)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürTepelenë (Tepedelen)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürDelvine540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1901/02AH 13192. MüdürTarhuna (Terhune)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1902/03AH 13202. MüdürTarhuna (Terhune)800Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
1903/04AH 13212. MüdürTarhuna (Terhune)900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0068_0106; 209
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 (17)

Recorded values of Hasan Tahsin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan Tahsin EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1282Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacetepedelenRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthyanyaRecovered 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)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1883Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeYenisehirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)500Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedZimmet / Mumaileyh iki bin beş yüz yedi kuruş zimmetini kamilen tesviye eylediği nezaret-i müşarunileyha Meclis-i İdaresi'nin 21 Mayıs sene 1317 tarihli kararıyla tebliğ kılındığı mezkur şubenin 27 Receb sene 1319 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet / iki bin beş yüz kuruş zimmeti zuhuruna mebni üç yüz on altı senesi Şevvalinin onunda 9 Şubat sene 1314 azledildiği other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedZimmet other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1319; 1320; 1321Later annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
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.
  • 15 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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