MAHMUT BEY

MAHMUT BEY was born in Përmet (Premedi) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: the wording Hususi Muallim in the school field, which names no school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in İnegöl in 1883/84 (AH 1301): Reji Kalemi. The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 800 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Reji Memuru in İnegöl, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muayene Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Reji Memuru in İnegöl). In 1903/04 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Ioannina, the salary going from 1,000 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muayene Memuru in Ioannina). No annual entry is recorded for 1901/02.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muayene Memuru. 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 21 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Mecidi order (recorded code): 4.