Reşid Efendi

Reşid Efendi was born in Jaffa (Yafa) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Catholic Christian (Katolik).

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Mahsusa (special 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Jaffa in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 280 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), with 280 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 280 to 355 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Nazareth (Nasıra), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Nazareth). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1892/93 the record shows 3. Müdür in Tuzla, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1893/94 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tuzla, the salary going from 600 to 700 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Tuzla). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Tuzla, the salary going from 700 to 630 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Tuzla). In 1904/05 the record shows 2. Müdür in Nicosia (Lefkoşa), the salary going from 630 to 684 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Tuzla).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as 2. Müdür. 74 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 24 years with a salary the median is 630 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.96 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 71 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.