Abbas Zihni Efendi

Abbas Zihni Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Trabzon in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Mukayyit in Trabzon, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Mukayyit. 61 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 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.58 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1899/1900 (AH 1317): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.