Hafız Sadettin Efendi

Hafız Sadettin Efendi was born in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as imam.

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; French, with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tripoli in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Sube Memuru in Tripoli, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Müdür in Semnak, the salary going from 200 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Sube Memuru in Tripoli).

The highest salary, 1,001 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as 2. Müdür. 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 800 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 123.72 per cent a year on average.