Salih Hulusi Efendi

Salih Hulusi Efendi was born in Berkovitsa (Berkofça) in 1833/34 (AH 1249). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Mülkiye Mektebi (School of Civil Administration), with 9 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Bulgarian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The official was then about 29 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1863/64 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Niš (Niş), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina). In 1864/65 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pirot (Şehirköy), the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Niš). In 1865/66 the record shows 2. Müdür in Berkovitsa, with 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pirot). In 1866/67 the record shows 3. Müdür in Berkovitsa, the salary going from 750 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Berkovitsa). In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Berkovitsa, the salary going from 600 to 720 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Berkovitsa). In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Vratsa (İvraca), with 680 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Berkovitsa). In 1876/77 the record shows 2. Müdür in Berkovitsa, the salary going from 680 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Vratsa). In 1878/79 the record shows 2. Müdür in Geyve, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Berkovitsa). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 800 to 570 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Geyve).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as 2. Müdür. 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 42 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1864/65. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.38 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 66 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1903/04 (AH 1321): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.