Mustafa Hilmi Efendi

Mustafa Hilmi Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). 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 Istanbul in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 275 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 22 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 7 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 32.86 per cent a year on average.