Ali Saib Efendi

Ali Saib Efendi was born in Siverek in 1854/55 (AH 1271). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Siverek in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhabere Memuru in Cizre, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Seyhcoban, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Cizre). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 380 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Seyhcoban). In 1891/92 the record shows 3. Müdür in Siverek, the salary going from 450 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as 3. Müdür. 59 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 22 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.84 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.