Mehmet Ali Efendi

Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1885/86 (AH 1303). 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 Baghdad in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, with 250 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 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 3 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.54 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.