Mehmet Sabri Efendi

Mehmet Sabri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285). 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 Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1893/94 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 750 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1885/86.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Seyyar Memur. 80 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 19 years with a salary the median is 720 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.