Mehmet Bey

Mehmet Bey was born in Istanbul in 1843/44 (AH 1259). 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 Istanbul in 1854/55 (AH 1271): Maliye Kalemi. The official was then about 12 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Maliye Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1863/64 the record shows 2. Zabit Katibi in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Maliye Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1865/66 the record shows Zabit Katibi in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: 2. Zabit Katibi in Istanbul). In 1868/69 the record shows 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Zabit Katibi in Istanbul). In 1869/70 the record shows Mesalihi Iflasiye Riyaseti in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Istanbul). In 1877/78 the record shows Ticaret Mahkemsi Riyaseti in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,000 to 4,750 kuruş a month (before: Mesalihi Iflasiye Riyaseti in Istanbul). In 1882/83 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 3,000 to 3,500 kuruş a month (before: Ticaret Mahkemsi Riyaseti in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,500 to 2,800 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Beyoğlu). No annual entry is recorded for 1885 to 1887.

The highest salary, 4,750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as Ticaret Mahkemsi Riyaseti. 99 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 31 years with a salary the median is 2,800 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 2,750 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.27 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1893/94, when 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2.

A death is recorded under 1894/95 (AH 1312): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.