Mehmet Emin Efendi

Mehmet Emin Efendi was born in Tosya in 1868/69 (AH 1285); the father's occupation was "Tosya müderrisi". At about 26, in 1894/95, Mehmet Emin began work, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Mehmet Emin as Duyûn-ı Umûmiye Nezareti muhasebe refik-i sânisi and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1896 to 1900 give a second post, in Az Zaydiyah as Zeydiye Memlehası müdür vekili. For 1900 to 1903 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1898 to 1904 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Fersan Duyûn-ı Umûmiye İdaresi geçici memuru. The farthest post, Az Zaydiyah, lay about 3,000 km from Tosya, and 17 of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to 800 in 1903/04, the peak, when 76 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 53,400 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1903/04.