Ali Sırrı Efendi

Ali Sırrı Efendi was born in Sivas in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as seyh.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Sivas in 1890/91 (AH 1308). 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 180 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Alacahan, with 180 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mesudiye (Hamidiye), the salary going from 180 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Alacahan). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Hafik (Koçhisar), the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mesudiye). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kangal, with 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hafik).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 43 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 14 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.3 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.