Hafiz Mehmet Bahaettin Efendi

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

Schooling recorded: Hukuk Mektebi (School of Law), with 14 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Asina; Persian, with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kosova in 1886/87 (AH 1304): Muallim. The official was then about 26 years old. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1886/87, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1886/87, shows Muallim in Kosova, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muallim in Üsküdar, the salary going from 600 to 160 kuruş a month (before: Muallim in Kosova). In 1891/92 the record shows Zabit Katibi in Üsküdar, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muallim in Üsküdar). In 1895/96 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Kirkuk (Kerkük), the salary going from 200 to 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Zabit Katibi in Üsküdar). In 1896/97 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Jerusalem (Kudüs), the salary going from 1,400 to 1,260 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Kirkuk). The title field holds the status word İstifa for 1887/88.

The highest salary, 1,400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini. 93 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 11 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 1,200 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.98 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 94 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.