Osman Saib Efendi

Osman Saib Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1862/63 (AH 1279). 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 a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Yozgat in 1878/79 (AH 1296): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Antakya, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Antakya). In 1885/86 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Sungurlu, the salary going from 250 to 270 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat). In 1886/87 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Yozgat, the salary going from 270 to 220 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Sungurlu). In 1890/91 the record shows Mahkeme Kalemi in Sungurlu, the salary going from 220 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Yozgat). In 1891/92 the record shows Mahkeme Kalemi in Yozgat, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mahkeme Kalemi in Sungurlu). No annual entry is recorded for 1889/90.

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Mahkeme Kalemi. 61 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 14 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 240 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.65 per cent a year on average.