Mustafa Efendi

Mustafa Efendi was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Damascus in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1886/87, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1886/87, shows Posta Memuru in Damascus, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Damascus, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Damascus).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Posta Memuru. 7 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 6 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.76 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 12 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.