Mehmet Tahir Efendi

Mehmet Tahir Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Baskatip.

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: Arabic, with Tekellum; Persian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kemaliye in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kemaliye, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Siirt, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kemaliye). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitlis, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Siirt). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitlis). In 1905/06 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Erzincan, the salary going from 450 to 640 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan).

The highest salary, 640 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Müdür Vekili. 71 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 190 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.13 per cent a year on average.