Mişel Melahme Efendi

Mişel Melahme Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Maronite Christian (Maruni).

Schooling recorded: Millet 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beirut in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gaza (Gazze), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gaza). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Gaza, the salary going from 400 to 765 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bekaa, the salary going from 765 to 900 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Gaza). No annual entry is recorded for 1894/95 and 1898/99.

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 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 475 kuruş. Over 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 365 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.82 per cent a year on average.