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Official

Hüseyin Şevket Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1891 to 1894, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 0073_0088; 173

Compare Hüseyin Şevket Efendi with other officials

Life

Born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291), Hüseyin Şevket Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father's occupation was "Bahriye Kolagasi". Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi); Hüseyin Şevket also held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

At about 15, in 1888/89, Hüseyin Şevket began work in the telegraph service (Telgraf) in Istanbul, with three unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 70 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1891/92, to 1893/94, every annual entry places Hüseyin Şevket in the same office, accounts office (Muhasebe Kalemi), in Istanbul, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 70 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 90 in 1892/93, in the Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 3,000 kuruş, 16 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1893/94.

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionyears with one job titleno annual entry
0204060801001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 131190 kuruşMuhasebe Kalemi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Hüseyin Şevket Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1891/92705002002%
1892/9390500182.53%
1893/94905002003%

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 Şevket Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306Telgraffirst workIstanbul (Dersaadet)70first-salary field
1891/92AH 1309Muhasebe KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)70
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe Kalemi
Other institution
Istanbul (Dersaadet)90
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)90

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Bahriye Kolagasi

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
3 years
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)
First job as worded
Telgraf
Age at first work (workbook field)
15
First salary field (kuruş a month)
70
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
70

Notes from the record

Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
1

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 609 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Hüseyin Şevket Efendi had the 603rd highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 75 officials with the title Muhasebe Kalemi in the same years, Hüseyin Şevket Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 258 officials with the title Muhasebe Kalemi

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Şevket Efendi had the 3,125th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Şevket Efendi had the 1,914th highest salary of them.

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First annual entry in the same year

Of the 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), Hüseyin Şevket Efendi had the 132nd highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Hüseyin Şevket Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Muhasebe KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)70Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0073_0088; 173
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)90OtherCross-ministry personnel workbook0073_0088; 173
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)90Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0073_0088; 173
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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 (25)

Recorded values of Hüseyin Şevket Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHüseyin Şevket EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplacedersaadet used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birthplaceistanbul other valueCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: district (kaza)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: sancakistanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birthplace: province (vilayet)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationbahriye kolagasiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year (AH)1306Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook
First work: Gregorian year as stored1889Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: district (kaza)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: sancakistanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
First work: province (vilayet)istanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedTelgrafLinked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Age at first work (workbook field)15Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First salary field (kuruş a month)70Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)70Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Other recorded values
Merit and competence grade (recorded code)1Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
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.
Linked personnel workbook
The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 2 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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