Mustafa Sabri Efendi

Mustafa Sabri Efendi was born in Ünye in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Erzincan in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Havsa, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1903/04 the record shows Başmemur in Samsun, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Havsa).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Başmemur. 51 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 10 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.51 per cent a year on average.