Mehmet Cevad Efendi

Mehmet Cevad Efendi was born in Nasiriyah (Nasıriye) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kutul amare in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul (Musul), the salary going from 400 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Nasiriyah, the salary going from 200 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Baghdad). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk (Kerkük), with 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Nasiriyah). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Cemcemal, the salary going from 350 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk). In 1907/08 the record shows 3. Müdür in Rawanduz (Revanduz), the salary going from 450 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Cemcemal).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as 3. Müdür. 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.26 per cent a year on average.