Hafız Şehabettin Efendi

Hafız Şehabettin Efendi was born in Serres (Siroz) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as seyh.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Serres in 1891/92 (AH 1309). 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 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kumanovo (Kumanova), the salary going from 285 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Avrathisar, the salary going from 540 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Kumanovo). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Thessaloniki, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Avrathisar).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as 3. Müdür. 61 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 13 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 255 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.22 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.