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Official

Hasan Tahsin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Antalya in 1868/69 (AH 1285). On record 1885 to 1910, 24 annual entries.

Archive reference 0065_0248; 493

Life

Hasan Tahsin Efendi was born in Antalya in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Antalya in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Memur in Tarsus, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aleppo (Halep), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Tarsus). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Burdur, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aleppo). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Antalya, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Burdur). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Manavgat, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Antalya). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sirkeci, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Manavgat). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Manavgat, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sirkeci). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Akseki, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Manavgat). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Burdur, the salary going from 500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Akseki). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Müdür in Erzurum, the salary going from 540 to 900 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Burdur). In 1909/10 the record shows 1. Müdür in Erzurum, the salary going from 900 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Erzurum). No annual entry is recorded for 1904/05.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as 1. Müdür. 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 24 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 360 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.91 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Birthplace
Antalya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 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
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Place
Antalya
First salary field (kuruş a month)
380

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
edepsizlik / Mumaileyhin merkezin musıl ve çavuşanına muhill-i namus elfaz-ı galiza ve müstehcene istimal ederek her birini birer suretle dilgir ve tenfir ve mahrukat-ı şiteviye ile tamirat-ı hutut masarifatından ihtilas eylemekte olduğu müstahdimin tarafından bâ-arzuhal beyan ve tezallüm-i hal olunmuş ve ahlaksız ve münasebetsizliği Başmüdüriyetçe de musaddak bulunmuş olduğundan bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Şevvalinin yirmi altısında 21 Kânunuevvel sene 1320 mütenebbih olmak üzre idareten azil; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1323; 1324; 1325; 1326; 1327

Career

Career of Hasan Tahsin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workAntalya380first-salary field
1885/86AH 1303MemurTarsus380
1886/87AH 1304Başmüdür KitabetiAleppo (Halep)380
1887 to 1889AH 1305 to 1306Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1887/88380
1888/89380
Burdur380
1889 to 1892AH 1307 to 1309Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1889/90380
1890/91380
1891/92380
Antalya380
1892 to 1896AH 1310 to 1313Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1892/93380
1893/94380
1894/95380
1895/96380
Manavgat380
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97380
1897/98380
Sirkeci380
1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1898/99380
1899/1900400
Manavgat380 to 400
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürAkseki500
1901 to 1904AH 1319 to 13213. Müdür
3 entries
YearSalary
1901/02540
1902/03540
1903/04540
Burdur540
No annual entry: 1904/05 (AH 1322)
1905 to 1909AH 1323 to 13262. Müdür
4 entries
YearSalary
1905/06900
1906/07900
1907/08900
1908/09900
Erzurum900
1909/10AH 13271. MüdürErzurum1,200
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entry05001,0001,5001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251,200 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Hasan Tahsin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1885/8638050050019%
1886/8738050050019%
1887/8838050040019%
1888/8938050040021%
1889/9038050040021%
1890/9138050040022%
1891/9238050040024%
1892/9338050040024%
1893/9438050040025%
1894/9538050040026%
1895/9638050040026%
1896/9738050040028%
1897/9838050040029%
1898/9938050040028%
1899/190040050040031%
1900/0150050054047%
1901/0254050054060%
1902/0354050054060%
1903/0454047554061%
1905/0690047580583%
1906/0790045080082%
1907/0890030090082%
1908/0990035080077%
1909/101,200462.51,20075%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
AntalyaErzurumTarsusAleppoBurdurManavgatSirkeciAkseki

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Named in scholarly works

No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

73 officials in all. Officials recorded in Manavgat

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

Officials born in Antalya

Full record

Annual entries (24)

Annual entries of Hasan Tahsin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303MemurTarsus380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1886/87AH 1304Başmüdür KitabetiAleppo (Halep)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruBurdur380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruBurdur380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruAntalya380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruAntalya380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruAntalya380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruManavgat380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruManavgat380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruManavgat380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruManavgat380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruSirkeci380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruSirkeci380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruManavgat380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruManavgat400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürAkseki500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1903/04AH 13213. MüdürBurdur540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1905/06AH 13232. MüdürErzurum900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1906/07AH 13242. MüdürErzurum900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1907/08AH 13252. MüdürErzurum900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1908/09AH 13262. MüdürErzurum900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
1909/10AH 13271. MüdürErzurum1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0065_0248; 493
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 (17)

Recorded values of Hasan Tahsin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan Tahsin EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1285Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceantalyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkonyaRecovered 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
Schoolrusdiye mektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)5 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1298Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1881Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeantalyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)380Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordededepsizlik / Mumaileyhin merkezin musıl ve çavuşanına muhill-i namus elfaz-ı galiza ve müstehcene istimal ederek her birini birer suretle dilgir ve tenfir ve mahrukat-ı şiteviye ile tamirat-ı hutut masarifatından ihtilas eylemekte olduğu müstahdimin tarafından bâ-arzuhal beyan ve tezallüm-i hal olunmuş ve ahlaksız ve münasebetsizliği Başmüdüriyetçe de musaddak bulunmuş olduğundan bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Şevvalinin yirmi altısında 21 Kânunuevvel sene 1320 mütenebbih olmak üzre idareten azil used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedMemuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1323; 1324; 1325; 1326; 1327Later annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
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.
  • 20 annual entries of 24 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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