Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi

Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1874/75, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1874/75, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 80 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beylerbeyi, the salary going from 120 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1893/94 the record shows Sifre Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 700 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beylerbeyi). In 1901/02 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 850 to 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Sifre Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 92 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 33 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with 12 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.97 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 92 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.