Hüseyin Rasim Bey

Hüseyin Rasim Bey was born in Plovdiv (Filibe) in 1849/50 (AH 1266). 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 Plovdiv in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv, with 480 kuruş a month. In 1870/71 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola (Manastır), with 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv). In 1872/73 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 455 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitola). In 1873/74 the record shows 2. Müdür in Xanthi (İskeçe), the salary going from 500 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1874/75 the record shows 2. Müdür in Chirpan (Çırpan), with 760 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Xanthi). In 1877/78 the record shows 2. Müdür in Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra), with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Chirpan). In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gemlik, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Stara Zagora). In 1878/79 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bandırma, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gemlik). In 1880/81 the record shows 3. Müdür in Bandırma, the salary going from 800 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bandırma). In 1883/84 the record shows 3. Müdür in Bigadiç, with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Bandırma). In 1888/89 the record shows Musevvit Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 650 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Bigadiç).

The highest salary, 950 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Musevvit Kalemi. 87 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 38 years with a salary the median is 725 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1873/74. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.86 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.