Abdürrahim Efendi

Abdürrahim Efendi was born in Sidon (Sayda) in 1827/28 (AH 1243). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish. By-name or family epithet as recorded: Sulhzade.

Schooling recorded: İbtidai Mektebi (primary school), with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Beyrut. 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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Sidon in 1851/52 (AH 1268): Meclis idare Kalemi. The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1851/52, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1851/52, shows Meclis Kitabeti in Sidon, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1860/61 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Kitabeti in Sidon). In 1861/62 the record shows Tercume Odasi in Damascus, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Damascus). In 1862/63 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Tercume Odasi in Damascus). In 1864/65 the record shows 1. Müdür in Nablus, the salary going from 750 to 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1865/66 the record shows 1. Müdür in Jaffa (Yafa), the salary going from 1,250 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Nablus). 5 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1884/85 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Acre (Akka), the salary going from 2,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Aleppo (Halep)). In 1886/87 the record shows Nufus Nezareti in Beirut, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Acre). In 1892/93 the record shows Başmüdür in Adana, the salary going from 1,000 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Nufus Nezareti in Beirut). In 1893/94 the record shows Başmüdür in Ioannina (Yanya), with 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Adana). In 1900/01 the record shows Başmüdür in Kosova, with 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Ioannina). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80, 1883/84, 1891/92 and 1896 to 1900.

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Başmüdür. 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 44 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 6 cuts. The largest rise, 1,500 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.67 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2, 3.