Mihail Fehmi Efendi

Mihail Fehmi Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Latin Catholic (Latin).

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Posta Memuru in Harput, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Harput, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Harput). In 1895/96 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Elazığ, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Harput). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Diyarbakır, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Elazığ). No annual entry is recorded for 1881/82.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1882/83 as Posta Memuru. 28 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 17 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.3 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.