Hafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi

Hafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi was born in Preševo (Preşova) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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 Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma) in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Blagoevgrad, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Blagoevgrad).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.86 per cent a year on average.