Hüseyin Mazlum Efendi

Hüseyin Mazlum Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311): Telgraf. The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhendis Kalemi in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhendis Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1899/1900 the record shows Rusumat Emaneti Tercume Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 540 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul). In 1909/10 the record shows Istatistik Kalemi Mumeyyizligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,800 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Emaneti Tercume Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1894 to 1896 and 1898/99.

The highest salary, 1,800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Istatistik Kalemi Mumeyyizligi. 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 800 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.86 per cent a year on average.