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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

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi was born in Varna in 1846/47 (AH 1263). At about 17, in 1864/65, Hüseyin Hüsnü began work in Varna, on a first salary of 50 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1864/65, places Hüseyin Hüsnü in Varna, the birthplace, as Tahrirat Kalemi çırağı. Alongside, the lists for 1867 to 1878 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Mal Muduru, with a rise to Mal Muduru and to Tahrirat başkâtibi in 1873/74. Alongside, the lists for 1878 to 1879 give a second post, in Istanbul as Maliye Hazinesi ve Evrak İrade-i Umumiyesi mülazımı. Alongside, the lists for 1878 to 1880 give a second post, in Muş as Aşar başkâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1879/80 give a second post, in Siirt as Aşar ve Ağnam müdürü. The last posts were in Ankara from 1880 to 1891 and Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) in 1896/97. Few officials served in as many provinces; fewer than 6 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service did.

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1864/65 to a peak of 2,500 in 1896/97, as Sancak Muhasebecisi in Novi Pazar, when 94 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak was 50 times the first salary, a rise matched by fewer than 4 per cent of the 2,724 officials paid for ten years or more. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 9 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
18781878/791879/801880/811896/97145679VarnaIstanbulMuşSiirtAnkaraNovi Pazar

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Mankalya), stop 3 (Bazarcık), stop 8 (İçel).

  1. Varna

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263); First work 1864/65 (AH 1281); 1864 to 1868 (AH 1281 to 1284)

    Tahrirat Kalemi çırağı

    50 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  2. Mankalya as worded, no place record not on the map

    1867 to 1873 (AH 1284 to 1289)

    Mal Muduru 1867 to 1873 (AH 1284 to 1289); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1872/73 (AH 1289)

    450 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Bazarcık as worded, no place record not on the map

    1873 to 1878 (AH 1290 to 1295)

    Tahrirat başkâtibi

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  4. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)

    Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297); Maliye Hazinesi ve Evrak İrade-i Umumiyesi mülazımı 1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)

    900 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Muş

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

    Aşar başkâtibi

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  6. Siirt

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Aşar ve Ağnam müdürü

    1,750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  7. Ankara

    1880 to 1891 (AH 1298 to 1308)

    Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyizi 1880 to 1891 (AH 1298 to 1308); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1890/91 (AH 1308)

    900 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  8. İçel as worded, no place record not on the map

    1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    Sancak Muhasebecisi 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1892/93 (AH 1310)

    1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  9. Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313) before it.

    Sancak Muhasebecisi

    2,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01,0002,0003,0001865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13142,500 kuruşMal MuduruTahrirat başkâtibiVilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziSancak Muhasebecisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0005,0001865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same province

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
1864/65504005003%
1865/661004004803%
1866/6730040071031%
1867/6845045843349%
1868/6945047543348%
1869/7045040050052%
1870/7145040050052%
1871/72450420.545050%
1872/7345045043349%
1873/7450040555%
1874/7550045055%
1875/7650045054%
1876/7750042055%
1877/7850045054%
187850045054%
1878/791,5004001,25084%
1879/801,75040050088%
1880/811,20040030084%
1881/821,20040040085%
1882/831,20040039085%
1883/841,20040040086%
1884/851,20040032584%
1885/861,20040034683%
1886/871,20040038084%
1887/881,20040030082%
1888/891,20040047583%
1889/901,20040040084%
1890/911,20040040083%
1891/921,80040091%
1892/931,80040092%
1896/972,5004501,80039094%

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)
1864/65AH 1281First workVarna50first-salary field
1864 to 1868AH 1281 to 1284Tahrirat Kalemi çırağı
9 entries
YearSalary
1864/6550
1865/6650
1865/66
1865/66100
1866/67100
1866/67300
1866/67250
1867/68
1867/68250
Varna50 to 250
1867 to 1873AH 1284 to 1289Mal Muduru
6 entries
YearSalary
1867/68450
1868/69450
1869/70450
1870/71450
1871/72450
1872/73450
450
1872/73AH 1289İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1873 to 1878AH 1290 to 1295Tahrirat başkâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1873/74500
1874/75500
1875/76500
1876/77500
1877/78500
1878500
500
1878AH 1295Infisala note on status, not a jobIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1878 to 1879AH 1295 to 1296Maliye Hazinesi ve Evrak İrade-i Umumiyesi mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1878
1878/79
1878/79
1878/79900
Istanbul (Dersaadet)900
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Infisala note on status, not a job
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1879/80
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Aşar başkâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1878/791,500
1879/801,500
1879/80
Muş1,500
1879/80AH 1297Aşar ve Ağnam müdürüSiirt1,750
1880 to 1891AH 1298 to 1308Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyizi
17 entries
YearSalary
1880/81900
1880/81900
1880/811,200
1881/821,200
1882/831,200
1883/841,200
1884/851,200
1885/861,200
1886/871,200
1886/87
1886/87
1887/881,200
1888/891,200
1889/901,200
1890/911,200
1890/91
1890/91
Ankara900
1890/91AH 1308Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310Sancak Muhasebecisi
2 entries
YearSalary
1891/921,800
1892/931,800
1,800
1892/93AH 1310Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Sancak MuhasebecisiNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)2,500

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Varna

First work

Year
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Place
Varna

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 place, same years

Of the 28 officials with entries in Ankara in the same years, 23 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 6th highest salary of them.

All 119 officials with entries in Ankara

Same job title, same years

Of the 25 officials with the title Mal Muduru in the same years, 23 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

All 223 officials with the title Mal Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281), 61 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1864/65AH 1281Tahrirat Kalemi çırağıVarna50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1865/66AH 1282Tahrirat Kalemi çırağıVarna50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1865/66AH 1282Tahrirat Kalemi çırağı (Nakil)VarnaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1865/66AH 1282Muhasebe Kalemi memuruVarna100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1866/67AH 1283Muhasebe Kalemi memuruVarna100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1866/67AH 1283Muhasebe Kalemi memuruVarna300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1866/67AH 1283Muhasebe Kalemi memuruVarna250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1867/68AH 1284Muhasebe Kalemi memuru (Nakil)VarnaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1867/68AH 1284Muhasebe Kalemi memuruVarna250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1867/68AH 1284Mal MuduruMankalya450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1868/69AH 1285Mal MuduruMankalya450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1869/70AH 1286Mal MuduruMankalya450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1870/71AH 1287Mal MuduruMankalya450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1871/72AH 1288Mal MuduruMankalya450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1872/73AH 1289Mal MuduruMankalya450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1872/73AH 1289İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1873/74AH 1290Tahrirat başkâtibiBazarcık500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1874/75AH 1291Tahrirat başkâtibiBazarcık500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1875/76AH 1292Tahrirat başkâtibiBazarcık500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1876/77AH 1293Tahrirat başkâtibiBazarcık500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1877/78AH 1294Tahrirat başkâtibiBazarcık500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878AH 1295Tahrirat başkâtibiBazarcık500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878AH 1295InfisalIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878AH 1295Maliye Hazinesi ve Evrak İrade-i Umumiyesi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878/79AH 1296Maliye Hazinesi ve Evrak İrade-i Umumiyesi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878/79AH 1296Maliye Hazinesi ve Evrak İrade-i Umumiyesi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878/79AH 1296Şehremaneti Nan-ı Aziz Fark-ı Fiyat Komisyonu memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878/79AH 1296InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1878/79AH 1296Aşar başkâtibiMuş1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1879/80AH 1297Aşar başkâtibiMuş1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1879/80AH 1297Aşar başkâtibi (Nakil)MuşAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1879/80AH 1297Aşar ve Ağnam müdürüSiirt1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1879/80AH 1297InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1880/81AH 1298Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1880/81AH 1298Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1880/81AH 1298Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1881/82AH 1299Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1882/83AH 1300Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1883/84AH 1301Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1884/85AH 1302Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1885/86AH 1303Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1886/87AH 1304Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1886/87AH 1304Defterdar vekiliAnkaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1886/87AH 1304Defterdar vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)AnkaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1887/88AH 1305Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1888/89AH 1306Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1889/90AH 1307Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1890/91AH 1308Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyiziAnkara1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1890/91AH 1308Defterdar vekiliAnkaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1890/91AH 1308Defterdar vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)AnkaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1890/91AH 1308AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1891/92AH 1309Sancak Muhasebecisiİçel1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1892/93AH 1310Sancak Muhasebecisiİçel1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1892/93AH 1310AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99; 264 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99.
1896/97AH 1314Sancak MuhasebecisiNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 15/99
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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