Mehmet Cemil Efendi

Mehmet Cemil Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as binbasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Karbala (Kerbela) in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 27 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, with 200 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.2 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.