Mehmet Mazhar Efendi

Mehmet Mazhar Efendi was born in Şanlıurfa (Urfa) in 1841/42 (AH 1257). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ulema.

Schooling recorded: Medrese, with 4 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; Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283): Meclisi Dava. The official was then about 25 years old. The first-salary field gives 2,000 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1866/67, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1866/67, shows Nayib Vekili in Aleppo (Halep), with 2,000 kuruş a month. In 1868/69 the record shows Meclisi Dava Baskani in Aleppo, the salary going from 2,000 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Nayib Vekili in Aleppo). In 1869/70 the record shows Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskani in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 3,000 to 5,000 kuruş a month (before: Meclisi Dava Baskani in Aleppo). In 1872/73 the record shows Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskani in Basra, the salary going from 5,000 to 3,500 kuruş a month (before: Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskani in Baghdad). In 1874/75 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskani in Kartal, the salary going from 3,500 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskani in Basra). In 1877/78 the record shows Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 3,000 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskani in Kartal). In 1880/81 the record shows Sulh Mahkemesi Azasi in Beykoz, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi in Beyoğlu). In 1881/82 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskani in Üsküdar, the salary going from 2,000 to 4,270 kuruş a month (before: Sulh Mahkemesi Azasi in Beykoz). In 1884/85 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskani in Istanbul, with 3,500 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskani in Üsküdar). In 1885/86 the record shows Istinaf Mahkemesi Baskani in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,500 to 4,000 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskani in Istanbul). In 1886/87 the record shows Mahkemeyi Temyiz Azasi in Istanbul, the salary going from 4,000 to 5,000 kuruş a month (before: Istinaf Mahkemesi Baskani in Istanbul). The title field holds the status words Lağv for 1871/72 and 1879/80; İstifa for 1873/74.

The highest salary, 5,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1869/70 as Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskani. 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 25 years with a salary the median is 3,500 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 2,270 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.45 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 99 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Mecidi order (recorded code): 3.