Halit Rahmi Efendi

Halit Rahmi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Katip.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Denizli in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mitrovica (Mitroviça), the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 15 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.1 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.