Süleyman Sırrı Efendi

Süleyman Sırrı Efendi was born in Gjirokastër (Ergiri) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as muvezzi.

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: Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Delvine in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1908/09, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1908/09, shows Muvassil in Ioannina (Yanya), with 150 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina, the salary going from 150 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muvassil in Ioannina).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1911 as Muhabere 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 500 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 49.38 per cent a year on average.