Abbas Efendi

Abbas Efendi was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

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 Rawanduz (Revanduz) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows 3. Müdür in Al-Sadiyah (Kızılrabat), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk, the salary going from 500 to 380 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Al-Sadiyah). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak), the salary going from 380 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk). In 1904/05 the record shows 2. Müdür in Nusaybin, the salary going from 540 to 810 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Koy Sanjaq). In 1906/07 the record shows 2. Müdür in Erbil, the salary going from 810 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Nusaybin).

The highest salary, 810 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as 2. Müdür. 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 26 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 270 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.02 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.