Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Kahramanmaraş (Maraş) in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti in Kahramanmaraş, with 205 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti in Kahramanmaraş, the salary going from 205 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti in Kahramanmaraş). In 1880/81 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Kahramanmaraş, the salary going from 600 to 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti in Kahramanmaraş). In 1884/85 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Malatya, with 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Kahramanmaraş). In 1888/89 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Cebeli bereket, with 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Malatya). In 1889/90 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 1,400 to 1,800 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Cebeli bereket). 1 further change of title or place follows in the record. In 1893/94 the record shows 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Van, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Baghdad (Bağdat)). In 1895/96 the record shows Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini in Van, the salary going from 2,000 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Van). In 1896/97 the record shows Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini in Bitlis, the salary going from 3,000 to 2,700 kuruş a month (before: Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini in Van). In 1898/99 the record shows Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 2,700 to 3,750 kuruş a month (before: Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini in Bitlis). In 1908/09 the record shows Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Beirut (Beyrut), with 3,750 kuruş a month (before: Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Diyarbakır).

The highest salary, 3,750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti. 99 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 1,800 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 1,050 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.17 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.