Mehmet Alim Efendi

Mehmet Alim Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tosya in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sinop, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sinop). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Serres (Siroz), the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 18 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 12 years with a salary the median is 275 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.67 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1906/07 (AH 1324): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.