Mahir Efendi

Mahir Efendi was born in Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). 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 Blagoevgrad in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sofia (Sofya), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Musillik in Petrich (Petriç), the salary going from 500 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sofia). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Lezhë (Leş), the salary going from 142 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Musillik in Petrich). In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Yakoruda (Yakorit), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Lezhë). No annual entry is recorded for 1878.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Muhabere Memuru. 60 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 22 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 458 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.35 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.