Mehmet Suphi Efendi

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

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 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 Tyre (Sur) in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 145 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muharrerat Memuru in Tyre, with 145 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 145 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muharrerat Memuru in Tyre). No annual entry is recorded for 1899 to 1907.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 145 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 355 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.99 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.