Şerif Efendi

Şerif Efendi was born in Debrei bala in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Debrei Bala. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Bosnian, with Tekellum; Bulgarian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1894/95 (AH 1312): Telgraf. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 133 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kočani (Koçana), with 133 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Radoviste, the salary going from 133 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kočani). In 1897/98 the record shows Asker (before: Muhabere Memuru in Radoviste). In 1903/04 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Alaşehir, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Asker). In 1905/06 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Alaşehir). No annual entry is recorded for 1898 to 1903.

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Nakliye Memuru. 35 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.07 per cent a year on average.