Abdürrezzak Talat Efendi

Abdürrezzak Talat Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul (Musul), the salary going from 237 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 76 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 29 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.76 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.