Hasib Sami Efendi

Hasib Sami Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hizmetli.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 80 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 80 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1896/97 the record shows Mukayyit in Istanbul, the salary going from 650 to 585 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Mukayyit. 73 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 28 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.37 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.