Şemsettin Efendi

Şemsettin Efendi was born in Varna in 1844/45 (AH 1260). 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 Varna in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1866/67, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1866/67, shows Muhabere Memuru in Burgas (Burgaz), with 480 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows 3. Müdür in Măcin (Maçin), the salary going from 480 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Burgas). In 1869/70 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ruse (Rusçuk), the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Măcin). In 1870/71 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Varna, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ruse). In 1878 the record shows 2. Müdür in Volos (Golos), the salary going from 600 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Varna). In 1890/91 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Sahovic, the salary going from 1,000 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Volos). In 1891/92 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Bihcova, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Sahovic). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Lihne, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Bihcova). No annual entry is recorded for 1868/69 and 1878 to 1890.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as 2. Müdür. 76 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 20 years with a salary the median is 570 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.13 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1898/99 (AH 1316): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.