Abdurrahman Tahsin Efendi

Abdurrahman Tahsin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Naib.

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 Karacabey (Mihaliç) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). 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 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Merkez Memuru in Bursa, with 285 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Merkez Memuru. 50 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 19 years with a salary the median is 285 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.17 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.