Hafız Salih Efendi

Hafız Salih Efendi was born in Berkovitsa (Berkofça) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Bulgarian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Berkovitsa in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Muhabere Memuru in Berkovitsa, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Başmemur in Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop), the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Berkovitsa). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1881.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1881/82 as Başmemur. 46 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 29 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.