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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 Giresun. Hüseyin Hüsnü began work in 1894/95 (AH 1312), on a first salary of 240 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Hüseyin Hüsnü as geçici kolcu and no place named, with a rise to muhafaza memuru in 1910/11. The lists have no entry for 1896 to 1910.

The salary went from 240 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to 300 in 1910/11, the peak, when one in five paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 7,920 kuruş, 50 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328300 kuruşgeçici kolcuKolcu
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 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
1894/9524040021%
1895/961204007%
1910/1130050020%

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)
1894/95AH 1312First work240first-salary field
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313geçici kolcu
4 entries
YearSalary
1894/95240
1894/95
1895/96120
1895/96
240
1895/96AH 1313Kolcu120
No annual entry: 1896 to 1910 (AH 1314 to 1327)
1910/11AH 1328muhafaza memuru300

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Giresun

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Kolcu in the same years, Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 14 officials with the title Kolcu

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Giresun, 67 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

The page of Giresun, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 118th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312geçici kolcuGiresun Rüsumat Müdüriyeti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475; 156 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475.
1894/95AH 1312geçici kolcu (Görevin sona ermesi)Giresun Rüsumat MüdüriyetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475; 156 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475.
1895/96AH 1313kolcu vekiliKeşap Rüsumat İdaresi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475; 156 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475.
1895/96AH 1313kolcu vekili (Nakil)Keşap Rüsumat İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475; 156 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475.
1895/96AH 1313KolcuGiresun Rüsumat Müdüriyeti120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475; 156 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475.
1910/11AH 1328muhafaza memuruGiresun Rüsumat Müdüriyeti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 195/475
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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