Osman Münir Efendi

Osman Münir Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Adliye Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Mülkiye Mektebi (School of Civil Administration), with 14 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 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 30 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Tetkik Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 30 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Tetkik Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 27 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 9 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 35.95 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.