Unnamed official (0006_0303; 601)

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Rusumat Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Darülmaarif, with 9 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 Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 40 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 40 kuruş a month. No annual entry is recorded for 1879 to 1881.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Tahrirat Kalemi. 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 30 years with a salary the median is 750 kuruş a month, with 15 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.6 per cent a year on average.