Mehmet Tahir Efendi

Mehmet Tahir Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1846/47 (AH 1263). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, with 480 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Dobnice, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bursa). In 1868/69 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tirebolu, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Dobnice). In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bafra, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Tirebolu). In 1871/72 the record shows 2. Müdür in İnebolu, the salary going from 800 to 760 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bafra). In 1872/73 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kadıköy, the salary going from 760 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in İnebolu). In 1873/74 the record shows 2. Müdür in Kadıköy, the salary going from 600 to 700 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Kadıköy). In 1875/76 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, with 775 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Kadıköy). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 800 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1882/83 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 1,450 to 1,650 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 95 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 38 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 15 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1867/68. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.56 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 95 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1902/03 (AH 1320): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.