Mehmet Muhsin Efendi

Mehmet Muhsin Efendi was born in Kemah in 1867/68 (AH 1284). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in 1885/86 (AH 1303): Zaptiye Kalemi. The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 120 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Zaptiye Tahsildari in Afyonkarahisar, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Memur in Mudanya, the salary going from 120 to 142 kuruş a month (before: Zaptiye Tahsildari in Afyonkarahisar). In 1891/92 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Osmaneli (Lefke), the salary going from 142 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Mudanya). In 1892/93 the record shows Posta Memuru in Afyonkarahisar, the salary going from 200 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Osmaneli). In 1896/97 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Afyonkarahisar, the salary going from 285 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Afyonkarahisar). In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Bursa seyid gazi, the salary going from 400 to 575 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Afyonkarahisar). In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Bursa, the salary going from 575 to 350 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Bursa seyid gazi). In 1904/05 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Bursa, with 350 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Bursa). No annual entry is recorded for 1886/87.

The highest salary, 575 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as 3. Müdür. 71 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 19 years with a salary the median is 285 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 175 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.8 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.