Osman Hicri Efendi

Osman Hicri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bandırma in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 332 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Jerusalem (Kudüs), with 332 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Balıkesir, the salary going from 332 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jerusalem). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Balıkesir).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 33 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 4 years with a salary the median is 366 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 68 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.41 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.