Official
Hüsnü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kastamonu in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1889 to 1906, 17 annual entries.
Archive reference 0065_0084; 165
Life#
Hüsnü Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1873/74 (AH 1290). 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 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 Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 60 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 16 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Memur in Babi seraskeri, with 60 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 490 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Memur. 50 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 17 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.03 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Kastamonu
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- 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
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 60
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 60first-salary field |
| 1889 to 1906AH 1307 to 1323 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 60 to 490 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 | 60 | 500 | 300 | 1% |
| 1890/91 | 60 | 500 | 285 | 1% |
| 1891/92 | 110 | 500 | 200 | 5% |
| 1892/93 | 150 | 500 | 200 | 7% |
| 1893/94 | 200 | 500 | 225 | 9% |
| 1894/95 | 250 | 500 | 268.5 | 13% |
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 281 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 19% |
| 1898/99 | 300 | 500 | 362.5 | 19% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 425 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 33% |
| 1903/04 | 400 | 475 | 450 | 36% |
| 1904/05 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 48% |
| 1905/06 | 490 | 475 | 520 | 50% |
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 and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mustafa Kamil EfendiBabi seraskeri, 13 shared years
- Mehmet Ali EfendiBabi seraskeri, 12 shared years
- Bekir Selami EfendiBabi seraskeri, 6 shared years
- Süleyman Reşid EfendiBabi seraskeri, 6 shared years
- Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189)Babi seraskeri, 5 shared years
11 officials in all. Officials recorded in Babi seraskeri
Same school recorded
- Abdi Zühtü EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Abdülkadir Ziya EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Naim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1889/90 (AH 1307)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Cevdet EfendiKastamonu, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Hamdi EfendiKastamonu, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Mehmet Emin Nuri EfendiKastamonu, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- Mehmet Naili EfendiKastamonu, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
- İbrahim Hakkı EfendiKastamonu, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
33 officials in all. Officials born in Kastamonu
Full record
Annual entries (17)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 60 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 60 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 110 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Memur | Babi seraskeri | 490 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0065_0084; 165 |
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 (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Hüsnü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | kastamonu | 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 |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1889 | 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) | 60 | Recovered 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 17 annual entries of 17 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.