Mehmet Rasim Efendi

Mehmet Rasim Efendi was born in Silivri in 1839/40 (AH 1255). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Silivri in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 420 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1863/64, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1863/64, shows Muhabere Memuru in Silivri, with 420 kuruş a month. In 1864/65 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karnobat (Karinabad), the salary going from 420 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Silivri). In 1865/66 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 500 to 576 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karnobat). In 1866/67 the record shows Başmemur in Ayvalık, the salary going from 576 to 720 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne). In 1867/68 the record shows 1. Müdür in Rize, the salary going from 720 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Ayvalık). In 1868/69 the record shows 1. Müdür in Tekirdağ, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Rize). In 1877/78 the record shows Seyyar Mufettis in Gelibolu, the salary going from 1,200 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Tekirdağ). In 1878 the record shows Basmudur Muavini in Edirne, the salary going from 2,000 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Mufettis in Gelibolu). In 1880/81 the record shows Müfettiş in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 2,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Basmudur Muavini in Edirne). In 1887/88 the record shows Müfettiş in Aydın, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Thessaloniki). In 1888/89 the record shows Müfettiş in Beirut (Beyrut), with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Aydın). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as Basmudur Muavini. 93 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 26 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 800 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.19 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 94 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1889/90 (AH 1307): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.