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Hamidi Rusdiyesi

Group of schools: Rüşdiye

Stored spellings: hamidi rusdiyesi; Hamidi Rusdiyesi

4 officials have Hamidi Rusdiyesi recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 17 in all, run from 1899 to 1912 (AH 1317 to 1330). The median of the 17 recorded monthly salaries is 250 kuruş, against 475 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The place with the largest number of officials is Beyoğlu, with 1.

Officials
4
Years on recordAH 1317 to 1330, 14 years with an entry
1899 to 1912
Median monthly salaryfrom 17 recorded salaries
250 kuruş
Places with officials
7

Profile of the group: Rüşdiye

No source read describes Hamidi Rusdiyesi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of schools.

The rüşdiye, the lower secondary school of the Ottoman state, four years after the primary school under the regulation of 1869. The first opened in Istanbul in 1847; at the end of the reign of Abdülhamid II there were 619.

Standing and pay of its pupils

In the paper's grouping a completed rüşdiye is the middle level of schooling.

Sources

  1. The school and the office: training, entry and pay in the Ottoman Post and Telegraph service, 1870-1905. Working paper, 2026 (the paper behind this collection; its Section II reports Akyıldız 2024, Ata 2022 and Ayhan and Maviş 1994).Pages or part: Section III. Used for: standing and pay of its pupils.
  2. Öztürk, Cemil (2008). Rüşdiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 35, 300-303. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 300-303. Used for: summary.

Schooling, first pay and careers

What the records say about the 4 officials with this school.

Years of schooling recorded
7.0 yearsmean 7.0; 4 officials with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it

The records give no place for this school.

Where its officials served

All years
7 places with officials on record, 7 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place
Al-Faw (Fav)BeyoğluBüyükadaEdirneIstanbul (Dersaadet)Korçë (Görice)Thessaloniki (Selanik)1 official

Places

Places of Hamidi Rusdiyesi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet) province161899 to 1905
Korçë (Görice)Bitola (Manastır) province141908 to 1911
BüyükadaIstanbul (Dersaadet) province131905 to 1908
Al-Faw (Fav)Basra province111905/06
EdirneEdirne province111908/09
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province111904/05
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province111911/12

Ottoman officials recorded

4 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Hamidi Rusdiyesi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ömer Nail Efendi1899 to 19067Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)100 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1908 to 19125Muvakkat Memuru300 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
David Nesim Efendi1904 to 19084Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications100 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Talat Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.