Official
Hüseyin Avni Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Erzurum in 1888/89 (AH 1306). On record 1906 to 1909, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 151-223-441
Life#
Hüseyin Avni Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1888/89 (AH 1306) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took four years, at Medrese, the Islamic college.
Hüseyin Avni began work in Erzurum in 1906/07, at about 17, paid from the start, on 150 kuruş a month. From the first annual entry, for 1906/07, to 1908/09, every annual entry places Hüseyin Avni in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Erzurum, the birthplace.
Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to a peak of 200 in 1908/09, as Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, when 16 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 6,000 kuruş, 45 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 | 150 | 450 | 300 | 6% |
| 1907/08 | 150 | 300 | 250 | 12% |
| 1908/09 | 200 | 350 | 250 | 16% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | First work | Erzurum | 150first-salary field |
| 1906 to 1909AH 1324 to 1326 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzurum | 150 to 200 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Birthplace
- Erzurum
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Religious school (medrese)
- Medrese (4 years)medrese (Islamic college)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives 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
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Place
- Erzurum
- 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 24 officials with entries in Erzurum in the same years, Hüseyin Avni Efendi had the 20th highest salary.
- Hasan Tahsin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mehmet Sitki Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ali Galip Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Hafiz Hasan Husnu Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Osman Reşad Bey2 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 743 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Hüseyin Avni Efendi had the 587th highest salary.
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mustafa Nuri Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Osman Hulusi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Besim Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Hasan Fehmi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same school
Of the 16 officials with Medrese among their schools, Hüseyin Avni Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Tevfik Lağme Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hafız Yusuf Efendiborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Cevdet Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 650 kuruş
- Mustafa Esir Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 1,600 kuruş
- Kaysar Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 800 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 56 officials born in Erzurum, Hüseyin Avni Efendi had the 50th highest salary.
- Mehmet Fehmi Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0156_0129;255)born 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0156_0134;265)born 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Hüseyin Naker Efendiborn 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Hasan Seyfi Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 340 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), Hüseyin Avni Efendi had the 105th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Naker Efendifirst entry in Erzurum; highest salary 250 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Erzurum; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Osman Reşad Beyfirst entry in Erzurum; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendifirst entry in Bilecik; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmet Vehbi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 100 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzurum | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 151-223-441 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzurum | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 151-223-441 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzurum | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 151-223-441 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Hüseyin Avni Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1306 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | erzurum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | erzurum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Medrese | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1324 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1906 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | erzurum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | Recovered 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Hüseyin Avni Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Erzurum
- Medrese
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)