Hüseyin Sinan Efendi
Born 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Bilecik · Dated entries 1886 to 1911 (AH 1304 to 1329)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 59, s. 209
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Ertugrul
- İnegöl
5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Hüseyin Sinan Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The father’s occupation was Hamamcı. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Bilecik. Dated career entries span 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1911 (AH 1329) across 5 AH years, from Ertugrul to İnegöl, beginning with İdare Meclisi ikinci kâtipliği and ending with entries for Evkaf kâtipliği. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Ertugrul and İnegöl. [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 400 kuruş in 1911 (AH 1329); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1911 (AH 1329). [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 · Bilecik
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 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Bilecik
Birth
2 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Ertugrul
İdare Meclisi ikinci kâtipliği
50 kuruşCalculated age 17
3 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 3 recorded years
İnegöl
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Mal Müdürlüğü görevlisi
200 kuruşCalculated age 21
Mal Müdürlüğü görevlisi
200 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Mal Müdürlüğü görevlisi
200 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Evkaf kâtipliği
200 kuruşCalculated age 23
4 1911 (AH 1329)
İnegöl
Evkaf kâtipliği
400 kuruşCalculated age 42
4 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Nüfus İdaresi görevlisi · Bilecik · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · Ertugrul · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Evkaf kâtipliği · İnegöl · Undated · 300 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Bilecik · Year not recorded
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 50 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 1.9% | 1725 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 200 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 15.7% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 14.9% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 15.0% | 1935 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 400 | 600 | 250 to 2,500 | 26.4% | 402 |
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 rateRanges 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.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Bilecik50 other officialsSerkiz Efendi born 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- İnegöl16 other officialsAlyanakyan Ermanak Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1886/87 (AH 1304)175 other officialsAbdülkerim Efendi first entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- First work place
- Bilecik [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları
MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 50, 51
70 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 59, s. 209.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 6 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.