Cebrail Tehur Efendi

Cebrail Tehur Efendi was born in Tarsus in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Maronite Christian (Maruni) and the father's occupation as Mahkeme Azasi.

Schooling recorded: Katolik 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; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tarsus in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Edremit, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mytilene (Midilli), the salary going from 380 to 490 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edremit).

The highest salary, 490 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 46 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 10 years with a salary the median is 490 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.87 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.