Mehmet Bahattin Efendi

Mehmet Bahattin Efendi was born in Rawanduz (Revanduz) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 12 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Nazareth (Nasıra), the salary going from 250 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 350 to 430 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Nazareth).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 67 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 10 years with a salary the median is 390 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 170 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.22 per cent a year on average.