Halil Hicri Efendi

Halil Hicri Efendi was born in Babadag (Babadağ) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo (Halep) in 1879/80 (AH 1297): Telgraf. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Posta Memuru in Adana, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, the salary going from 250 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Adana). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kozan (Sis), the salary going from 450 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kahramanmaraş (Maraş), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kozan). In 1890/91 the record shows 3. Müdür in Süleymanlı (Zeytun), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kahramanmaraş). 4 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1906/07 the record shows Mektupcu Muavini in Istanbul, with 1,900 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1909/10 the record shows Vilayet Mektupculugu in Kosova, the salary going from 1,900 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Mektupcu Muavini in Istanbul). In 1911 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Aleppo, the salary going from 2,500 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Vilayet Mektupculugu in Kosova). In 1911/12 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Adana, with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Aleppo). In 1912/13 the record shows Vilayet Mektupculugu in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Adana).

The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1911 as Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru. 91 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 33 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.07 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1912/13, when 62 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2; Medal (recorded code): 1.