Mehmet Ali Efendi

Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). 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 a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Yakube, with 230 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Jeddah (Cidde), with 230 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yakube). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karbala (Kerbela), the salary going from 230 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jeddah). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karbala). In 1904/05 the record shows Başmemur in Baghdad, the salary going from 550 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1906/07 the record shows 2. Müdür in Heyet, the salary going from 600 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Baghdad).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 2. Müdür. 85 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 390 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.97 per cent a year on average.