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Official

Hasan Tahsin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bosna in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1898 to 1902, 4 annual entries. Death recorded 1902/03.

Life

Hasan Tahsin Efendi was born in Bosna in 1878/79 (AH 1296). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 70 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Posta Memuru in Izmir, with 70 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Posta Memuru. 8 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 4 years with a salary the median is 135 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 41.9 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1902/03 (AH 1320): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Bosna
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1902/03 (AH 1320)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
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
1898/99 (AH 1316)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
70

Career

Career of Hasan Tahsin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workIzmir (İzmir)70first-salary field
1898 to 1902AH 1316 to 1319Posta Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1898/9970
1899/190070
1900/01200
1901/02200
Izmir (İzmir)70 to 200
1902/03AH 1320Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001502001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319200 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This 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
1898/9970500387.51%
1899/1900705004000%
1900/012005004008%
1901/022005004009%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
BosnaIzmir

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.

Possible links: 1 entry in 1 work

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

94 officials in all. Officials recorded in Izmir (İzmir)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

22 officials in all. Officials born in Bosna

Full record

Annual entries (4)

Annual entries of Hasan Tahsin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Posta MemuruIzmir (İzmir)70Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract106_92_181
1899/1900AH 1317Posta MemuruIzmir (İzmir)70Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract106_92_181
1900/01AH 1318Posta MemuruIzmir (İzmir)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract106_92_181
1901/02AH 1319Posta MemuruIzmir (İzmir)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract106_92_181
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 Hasan Tahsin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHasan Tahsin EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1296Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebosnaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthbosnaRecovered 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)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1316Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1898Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)70Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1320Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
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.
  • 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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