Unnamed official (0087_0150, sayfa no:297.)

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). 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).

First work is recorded in Damascus in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Posta Memuru in Damascus, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Damascus, the salary going from 350 to 360 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Damascus). In 1895/96 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 360 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Damascus).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Seyyar Memur. 76 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 24 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 390 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.58 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.