Mehmet Pertev Bey

Mehmet Pertev Bey was born in Istanbul in 1834/35 (AH 1250). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Miralay.

Schooling recorded: Tıbbiye Mektebi (School of Medicine), with 14 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Tekellum; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1854/55 (AH 1271): Maliye Kalemi. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 93 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Izmir (İzmir), with 1,500 kuruş a month. In 1863/64 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Izmir).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1862/63 as Gumruk Kitabeti. 79 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 26 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 275 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.89 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1886/87, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1887/88 (AH 1305): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.