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Hüseyin Tahsin 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 Tahsin Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki); the father was a tradesman (esnaf). The first annual entry, for 1894/95 (AH 1312), names Hüseyin Tahsin as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru), with no place.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 600 in 1899/1900, when two in three paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work here

  2. Konya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315)

    Muhabere Memuru 1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315); muhabere memuru (İnfisal) 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)

    200 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Yesaç as worded, no place record

    1899 to 1904 (AH 1317 to 1321)

    No annual entry for 1898/99 (AH 1316) before it.

    telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  4. Pazar Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi as worded, no place record

    1902 to 1908 (AH 1320 to 1325)

    Muhabere Memuru

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  5. Mamuretülaziz Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi as worded, no place record

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    muhabere memuru (Nakil)

    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 entry02004006001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325600 kuruşMuhabere Memurumuhabere memuru (İnfisal)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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, 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 Tahsin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/9540040040044%
1895/9640040040044%
1896/9720045040012%
1897/9820040040014%
1899/190060040067%
1900/0160040067%
1901/0260040066%
1902/0360040067%
1903/0450040538053%
1904/0550040040055%
1905/0650043040052%
1906/0750045038051%
1907/0850046030050%

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 Tahsin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1894 to 1898AH 1312 to 1315Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1894/95400
1895/96400
1896/97200
1897/98200
400 to 200
1895/96AH 1313muhabere memuru (İnfisal)
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1895/96
1897/98AH 1315muhabere memuru (İnfisal)
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1897/98
No annual entry: 1898/99 (AH 1316)
1899 to 1904AH 1317 to 1321telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
6 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900600
1900/01600
1901/02600
1902/03600
1902/03
1903/04
600
1902 to 1908AH 1320 to 1325Muhabere Memuru
8 entries
YearSalary
1902/03300
1903/04300
1903/04500
1904/05500
1905/06500
1906/07500
1907/08500
1907/08400
300 to 400
1907/08AH 1325muhabere memuru (Nakil)

Record

Personal

Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

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 job title, same years

Of the 137 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 28th highest salary.

All 232 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi had the 47th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Tahsin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruKonya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruKonya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1895/96AH 1313muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Konya Telgraf ve Posta MerkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1895/96AH 1313muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Konya Telgraf ve Posta MerkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruKonya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruKonya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1897/98AH 1315muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Konya Telgraf ve Posta MerkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1897/98AH 1315askerlik (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1899/1900AH 1317telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüYesaç600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1900/01AH 1318telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüYesaç600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1901/02AH 1319telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüYesaç600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1902/03AH 1320telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüYesaç600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1902/03AH 1320telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü (Nakil)YesaçAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruPazar Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruPazar Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1903/04AH 1321muhabere memuru (Nakil)Pazar Telgraf ve Posta MerkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107; 350 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107.
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruMamuretülaziz Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruMamuretülaziz Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruMamuretülaziz Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruMamuretülaziz Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107
1907/08AH 1325Muhabere MemuruMamuretülaziz Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107
1907/08AH 1325muhabere memuru (Nakil)Mamuretülaziz Telgraf ve Posta MerkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107
1907/08AH 1325Muhabere MemuruKarahisar-ı Şarki Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 91/107
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 Tahsin 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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