Mustafa Efendi

Mustafa Efendi was born in Bursa in 1839/40 (AH 1255). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Selanik. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1858/59 (AH 1275): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1859/60, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1859/60, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Thessaloniki, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1860/61 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Thessaloniki). In 1861/62 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mostar, the salary going from 250 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1863/64 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mostar). In 1864/65 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola (Manastır), the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). In 1865/66 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitola). In 1867/68 the record shows 2. Müdür in Drama, the salary going from 750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1869/70 the record shows 1. Müdür in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,400 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Drama). In 1870/71 the record shows Müdür in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 1,400 to 1,600 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Thessaloniki). In 1871/72 the record shows 1. Müdür in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 1,600 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Thessaloniki). In 1880/81 the record shows Rusum-i Sitte Muduru in Kavala, with 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Thessaloniki). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 1,600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1870/71 as Müdür. 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 22 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1869/70. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1880/81, when 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.