Münip Efendi

Münip Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Protestant Christian (Protestan).

Schooling recorded: Millet 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: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tripoli (Trablusşam) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gaza (Gazze), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Jaffa (Yafa), the salary going from 300 to 320 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gaza). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut, with 320 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Jaffa).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 29 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 10 years with a salary the median is 320 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.25 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.