Abdülaziz Hikmet Efendi

Abdülaziz Hikmet Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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; Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye), the salary going from 600 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). No annual entry is recorded for 1893 to 1895.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 59 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 13 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 1.29 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.