Mehmet Sabri Efendi

Mehmet Sabri Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mudur.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Mukayyit in Tripoli, with 150 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Mukayyit. 47 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 8 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.77 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.