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 Kuyumcu.

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 70 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1870/71, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1870/71, shows Ticaret Zabtiye Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 665 kuruş a month. In 1871/72 the record shows Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 665 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Ticaret Zabtiye 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: Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1875/76 as Meclis Kalemi Mumeyyizi. 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 530 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 760 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1873/74. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.5 per cent a year on average.