Ebussuud Efendi

Ebussuud Efendi was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Damascus in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Mekâtib Memuru in Damascus, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus, the salary going from 150 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Damascus).

The highest salary, 285 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 24 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 7 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 135 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.29 per cent a year on average.