Mehmet Habip Efendi

Mehmet Habip Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1853/54 (AH 1270). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kars in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tercan, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, the salary going from 475 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tercan). In 1887/88 the record shows 2. Müdür in Muş, the salary going from 570 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum). In 1894/95 the record shows 2. Müdür in Yüksekova (Gevar), with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Muş). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Salt (Salt), the salary going from 720 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Yüksekova).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 2. Müdür. 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 30 years with a salary the median is 720 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 280 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.42 per cent a year on average.