Mehmet Şefik Efendi

Mehmet Şefik Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Rusumat Memuru.

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 Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beirut in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Mukayyit in Acre (Akka), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.