Mustafa Vasfi Efendi

Mustafa Vasfi Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Nusaybin, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Nusaybin, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Nusaybin). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 400 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Vekili in Nusaybin).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 32 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 275 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.