Hamit Efendi

Hamit Efendi was born in Isparta in 1864/65 (AH 1281). 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 Isparta in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde), with 750 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Shëngjin (Şengin), the salary going from 750 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al Hudaydah). In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Tamras, the salary going from 500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shëngjin). In 1904/05 the record shows 3. Müdür in Resen (Resne), with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Tamras). No annual entry is recorded for 1894/95.

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Muhabere Memuru. 76 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 11 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 40 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.94 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.