Mehmet Vehbi Efendi

Mehmet Vehbi Efendi was born in Erbil in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Zaptiye cavusu.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Erbil in 1890/91 (AH 1308). 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 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erbil, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul (Musul), the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erbil).

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhabere 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 3 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 37.84 per cent a year on average.