Mahmut Efendi

Mahmut Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1840/41 (AH 1256). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1859/60 (AH 1276). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1886/87, the official was about 47 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1886/87, shows 1. Müdür in Bursa, with 1,200 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Mufettis Vekili in Bursa, the salary going from 1,350 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Bursa). In 1892/93 the record shows Müfettiş in Trabzon, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Mufettis Vekili in Bursa). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,450 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Trabzon). In 1894/95 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,450 to 1,600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1895/96 the record shows Başmüdür in Hudavendigar, the salary going from 1,600 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Başmüdür. 97 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 20 years with a salary the median is 2,250 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 900 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.36 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.