Hafız Mehmet Emin Efendi

Hafız Mehmet Emin Efendi was born in İskilip in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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

First work is recorded in Iskilib in 1888/89 (AH 1306). 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 1892/93, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mithymna (Molova), the salary going from 500 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Muhabere Memuru. 49 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 475 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.73 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 48 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.