Mustafa Efendi

Mustafa Efendi was born in Sivas in 1837/38 (AH 1253). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1858/59, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1858/59, shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1860/61 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). In 1861/62 the record shows 2. Müdür in Mudurnu, with 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1862/63 the record shows 2. Müdür in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Mudurnu). In 1869/70 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Aleppo, the salary going from 1,000 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Aleppo). In 1871/72 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 2,000 to 2,350 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Aleppo). In 1873/74 the record shows Müfettiş in Sivas, the salary going from 2,350 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Damascus). In 1876/77 the record shows Başmüdür in Sivas, with 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Sivas). In 1878 the record shows Başmüdür in Yemen, the salary going from 2,500 to 4,500 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Sivas). In 1878/79 the record shows Başmüdür in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 4,500 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Yemen). In 1883/84 the record shows Başmemur in Istanbul, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Diyarbakır). No annual entry is recorded for 1859/60 and 1882/83.

The highest salary, 4,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as Başmüdür. 98 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 30 years with a salary the median is 2,000 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 2,000 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.19 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.