Mustafa Sabri Efendi

Mustafa Sabri Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Idlib (İdlib) in 1875/76 (AH 1292): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Rüsumat Memuru in Idlib, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Rüsumat Memuru in Idlib). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Muş, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jisr al-Shughur). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gaziantep (Antep), the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muş). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Süleymanlı (Zeytun), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gaziantep). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gaziantep, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Süleymanlı). In 1892/93 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aleppo, the salary going from 500 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gaziantep). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kilis, the salary going from 630 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aleppo). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Raqqa (Rakka), with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Kilis). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Harem (Harim), with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Raqqa). No annual entry is recorded for 1877 to 1880 and 1881/82.

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Başmüdür Kitabeti. 73 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 25 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.69 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.