Mehmet Rasim Bey

Mehmet Rasim Bey was born in Istanbul in 1841/42 (AH 1257). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mucevher Bedesteni.

Schooling recorded: Irfaniye 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 Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270): Mektubi Kalemi. The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Meclis-i Ticaret Zabit Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 605 kuruş a month. In 1873/74 the record shows Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 605 to 430 kuruş a month (before: Meclis-i Ticaret Zabit Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1875/76 the record shows Meclis Kalemi Mumeyyizi in Istanbul, the salary going from 850 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1876/77 the record shows Ticaret Nezaret-i in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Kalemi Mumeyyizi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Ticaret Nezaret-i. 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 850 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.48 per cent a year on average.