Mehmet Salim Efendi

Mehmet Salim Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Divani Humayun Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Aydin. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aydın in 1869/70 (AH 1286): Muhasebe Kalemi. The official was then about 14 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 1870/71, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1870/71, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Aydın, with 175 kuruş a month. In 1871/72 the record shows Ruznamce Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 175 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Aydın). In 1872/73 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 130 kuruş a month (before: Ruznamce Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1874/75 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 355 to 530 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1876/77 the record shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 530 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 900 to 850 kuruş a month (before: Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows Istatistik Basmemuru in Istanbul, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1889/90 the record shows Istatistik Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, with 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Istatistik Basmemuru in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows Meclis Azaligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,600 kuruş a month (before: Istatistik Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 2,250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Meclis Azaligi. 97 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 36 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 630 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.