Mehmet Tahir Efendi

Mehmet Tahir Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hizmetli.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Misir, the salary going from 150 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 1,250 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Misir). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beşiktaş, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beşiktaş). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1897/98 the record shows 2. Müdür in Kırklareli, the salary going from 720 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1900/01 the record shows 2. Müdür in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç), the salary going from 900 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Kırklareli).

The highest salary, 1,250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1885/86 as Muhabere Memuru. 91 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 21 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 850 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.95 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.