Mehmet Mehdi Efendi

Mehmet Mehdi Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1840/41 (AH 1256). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Harput, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Harput). In 1877/78 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Diyarbakır, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1880/81 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Cemcemal, with 570 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Diyarbakır). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pasikli, the salary going from 570 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Cemcemal). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Seyhcoban, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pasikli). In 1884/85 the record shows 3. Müdür in Şanlıurfa (Urfa), the salary going from 380 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Seyhcoban). In 1887/88 the record shows 2. Müdür in Şanlıurfa, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Şanlıurfa). No annual entry is recorded for 1881/82.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 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 500 kuruş. Over 33 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 220 kuruş, is seen in 1884/85. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 85 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1901/02 (AH 1319): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.