Bayram Fehmi Efendi

Bayram Fehmi Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. 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 Kosova in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Memur in Kosova, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kumanovo (Kumanova), the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Kosova). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kosova, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kumanovo).

The highest salary, 675 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 17 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 125 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.2 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.