Mehmet İzzet Efendi

Mehmet İzzet Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tablis in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tablis, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Acara-i sufla, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tablis). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gaza (Gazze), the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Acara-i sufla). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 380 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gaza). In 1892/93 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Beirut, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Aleppo (Halep), with 900 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Beirut). In 1904/05 the record shows 2. Müdür in Şanlıurfa (Urfa), the salary going from 980 to 900 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Aleppo).

The highest salary, 980 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 35 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.