Mehmet Ebugarar Efendi

Mehmet Ebugarar Efendi was born in Misir in 1835/36 (AH 1251). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Arap and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

Schooling recorded: Misir Mektebi Aliyesi, 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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Misir in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1866/67, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1866/67, shows Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878/79 as Mevrude Memuru. 47 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 16 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1871/72. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.4 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1881/82, when 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.