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Official

Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1892/93 (AH 1310). On record 1909 to 1911, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 188-16-15

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Life

Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey was born in Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a director (müdür). Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi).

Work began in Çengelköy in 1908/09, at about 16, paid from the start, on 150 kuruş a month. From 1909/10 to 1911 every annual entry places Hüseyin Hayrettin in Istanbul, the birthplace, first as a candidate official (Mülazım), from 1911 as Muayene Memuru.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to a peak of 300 in 1911, as Muayene Memuru in Istanbul, when 7 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 8,400 kuruş, 47 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1911.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/09123Istanbul, Çengelköy

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1892/93 (AH 1310)

  2. Çengelköy

    First work 1908/09 (AH 1326)

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)

    Mülazım 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328); Muayene Memuru 1911 (AH 1329)

    200 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329300 kuruşMülazımMuayene Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1909/10200462.51507%
1910/112005001509%
19113005003257%

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 Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1908/09AH 1326First workÇengelköy150first-salary field
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Mülazım
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/10200
1910/11200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)200
1911AH 1329Muayene MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300

Record

Personal

Born
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish
Father's occupation
mudur

Education

Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

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
1908/09 (AH 1326)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150

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 148 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey had the 120th highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 18 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey had the 3rd highest salary.

All 22 officials with the title Mülazım

Same school

Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey had the 56th highest salary.

All 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey had the 1,419th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 123 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 122 have a recorded salary; Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey had the 56th highest salary of them.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327MülazımIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract188-16-15
1910/11AH 1328MülazımIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract188-16-15
1911AH 1329Muayene MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract188-16-15
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 (14)

Recorded values of Hacı Hüseyin Hayrettin Bey with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHacı Hüseyin Hayrettin BeyPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1310Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmudurRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionmuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityturkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
Schoolidadi mektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling9Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1 other valuePersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1326Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: placecengelkoyRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered 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.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

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

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