İsmail Hüsnü Efendi

İsmail Hüsnü Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1861/62 (AH 1278). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Urla in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows 3. Müdür in Sarayköy, with 513 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Muğla, the salary going from 513 to 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Sarayköy). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karacasu, the salary going from 475 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muğla). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Vamos, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karacasu). No annual entry is recorded for 1877 to 1882.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 3. Müdür. 59 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 17 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.23 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.