Hüsnü Efendi

Hüsnü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Balikhane Ketebesi. By-name or family epithet as recorded: Misiri.

Schooling recorded: Enderun-ı Hümayun 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: Arabic, with asina; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285): Enderunu Humayun. The official was then about 11 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 83 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows no title. In 1876/77 the record shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1883/84 the record shows Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul, with 450 kuruş a month (before: Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Eşya Kalemi. 80 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 32 years with a salary the median is 575 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.