Hasan Zihni Efendi

Hasan Zihni Efendi was born in Van in 1874/75 (AH 1291). 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 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 Van in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Van, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitlis, the salary going from 190 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Van). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Başkale, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitlis). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ağrı (Karakilise), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Başkale). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Dir, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ağrı).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 12 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 13.43 per cent a year on average.