Mehmet Salih Efendi

Mehmet Salih Efendi was born in Gerede in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 1862/63 (AH 1279): Gumruk Kalemi. The official was then about 18 years old. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 27 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Muş, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid), with 950 kuruş a month (before: Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Muş). In 1898/99 the record shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Niğde, with 684 kuruş a month (before: Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Doğubayazıt). The title field holds the status word Infisal for 1878.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1872/73 as Defter-i Hakani Kalemi. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 550 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 760 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1872/73. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.54 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.