Asaf Bey

Asaf Bey was born in Plovdiv (Filibe) in 1833/34 (AH 1249). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

Schooling recorded: İbtidai Mektebi (primary school), 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Plovdiv in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 0.25 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1856/57, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1856/57, shows Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1860/61 the record shows 2. Müdür in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 400 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv). In 1861/62 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bitola (Manastır), with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Pristina). In 1863/64 the record shows 1. Müdür in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), the salary going from 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bitola). In 1865/66 the record shows Müdür in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 1,500 to 1,920 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Larissa). In 1867/68 the record shows 1. Müdür in Plovdiv, the salary going from 1,920 to 1,440 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Thessaloniki). 4 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1879/80 the record shows BasmudurV. in Hudavendigar, the salary going from 3,000 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: PT Nezareti Meclisi Azasi in Istanbul). In 1881/82 the record shows Başmüdür in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 1,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: BasmudurV. in Hudavendigar). In 1887/88 the record shows Başmüdür in Thessaloniki, with 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Ioannina). In 1888/89 the record shows Müfettiş in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Thessaloniki). In 1889/90 the record shows Başmüdür in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 2,000 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1874/75 as Müfettiş. 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 535 kuruş. Over 37 years with a salary the median is 2,500 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 1,060 kuruş, is seen in 1868/69. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.76 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.