Hasan Tahsin Efendi

Hasan Tahsin Efendi was born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as cavus.

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: Bulgarian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bitola in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 11 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Shëngjin (Şengin), the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shëngjin). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Muspet, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 49 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 10 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.84 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.