Halil Habib Efendi

Halil Habib Efendi was born in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Jaffa (Yafa) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 355 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 355 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gaza (Gazze), the salary going from 355 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Misir, the salary going from 400 to 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gaza). In 1895/96 the record shows Başmemur in Misir, the salary going from 1,250 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Misir). In 1903/04 the record shows Mesalihi Basmemur in Misir, the salary going from 1,350 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Misir).

The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Mesalihi Basmemur. 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 22 years with a salary the median is 1,250 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 1,650 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.7 per cent a year on average.