Mehmet Latif Efendi

Mehmet Latif Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hacegan.

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 Diyarbakır in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ergani, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Malatya, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ergani). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Cizre, the salary going from 380 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Malatya). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Cizre).

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Muhabere Memuru. 25 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 6 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.45 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 19 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1898/99 (AH 1316): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.