Abbas Hilmi Efendi

Abbas Hilmi Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 300 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 64 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 22.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 58 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.