Süleyman Asaf Efendi

The life of Süleyman Asaf Efendi began in Kütahya in 1854/55 (AH 1271). Süleyman Asaf began work in Kütahya in 1870/71, at about 16, on a first salary of 25 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1870/71, places Süleyman Asaf in Kütahya, the birthplace, as Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi, where the entries run to 1887/88. Alongside, the lists for 1887 to 1890 give a second post, in Uşak as Reji Muduru. Alongside, the lists for 1889 to 1891 give a second post, in Eskişehir as Reji Muduru. Alongside, the lists for 1890/91 give a second post, in Afyonkarahisar as Reji Muduru. Alongside, the lists for 1890 to 1897 give a second post, in Kütahya as Muhasebe Kalemi varidat katibi, başkitabet ek göreviyle.

Pay rose from 25 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to a peak of 1,000 in 1887/88, as Reji Muduru in Uşak, when four in five paid officials earned less. In all, 27 years of salary come to 137,640 kuruş, about what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The peak was 40 times the first salary, a rise matched by fewer than 5 per cent of the 2,724 officials paid for ten years or more. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.