İhsan Hüsnü Bey
Born 1857/58 (AH 1274) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1874 to 1888 (AH 1291 to 1305)
Languages French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
İhsan Hüsnü Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The father’s occupation was Rüsumat Emaneti müfettişi; Kendire kaymakamı. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Kendire Rum mektebi; Beşiktaş Rüştiyesi; Hukuk Mektebi. The language repertoire included French, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Dated career entries span 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 1887/88 (AH 1305) across 11 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Tahran, beginning with Hariciye Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet) and Tahran. [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 4 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Hariciye Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 9 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Hariciye Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Hariciye Mektubî Kalemi ikinci sınıf halifesi
750 kuruşCalculated age 26
4 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Tahran
Not yet located on the map: Tahran
Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 31
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Başşehbender · Constanța (Köstence) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Istanbul (Dersaadet)150 to 750
- Tahran3,000
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Kendire Rum mektebi; Beşiktaş Rüştiyesi; Hukuk Mektebi [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 189
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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.