Musa Kazım Efendi

Musa Kazım Efendi was born in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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: Arabic, with Tekellum; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo (Halep) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aleppo, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Başmüdür Kitabeti. 81 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 13 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.95 per cent a year on average.