Nikolaki Haris Efendi

Nikolaki Haris Efendi was born in Mytilene (Midilli) in 1840/41 (AH 1256). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mimar.

Schooling recorded: Ingiliz Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Bebek. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: English, with kitabet; French, with asina; Italian, with kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282): Telgraf. The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 1,200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Memur in Basra, with 1,200 kuruş a month. In 1870/71 the record shows Mehakim ve Istintak Tercumanligi, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Basra).

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1869/70 as Memur. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 1,100 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 16.67 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1870/71, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.