Mehmed Said Efendi

The life of Mehmed Said Efendi began in Harput in 1852/53 (AH 1269). At about 21, in 1874/75, Mehmed Said began work. The annual lists begin in 1874/75, with Mehmed Said as Yemen Vilayeti muhasebe kalemi mülazımı and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1877 to 1885 give a second post, in Asir as Muhasebe refik muavini. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1886 give a second post, in a post with no place named as a district governor (Kaymakam), with a rise to Kaymakam. The farthest post, Asir, lay about 2,300 km from Harput, and fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.

The salary went from 2,000 kuruş a month in 1875/76 to 2,150 in 1877/78, the peak, in Asir, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 12 years pay ended where it began, at 2,000 kuruş. Over the years with a salary, pay stood on average in the top 9.2 per cent of each year's paid officials, a standing reached by fewer than 4 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.