Mehmet Sadi Efendi

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

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Bagdat. 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): Telgraf. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Posta Memuru in Baghdad, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Asker (before: Posta Memuru in Baghdad). In 1897/98 the record shows Posta Memuru in Baghdad, the salary going from 500 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Asker). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, the salary going from 150 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Baghdad).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Asker. 49 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 12 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.74 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.