Hasib Efendi

Hasib Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhimme Kalemi Basmemuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhimme Kalemi Basmemuru. 77 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 30 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.95 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 76 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.