Mehmed Emin Efendi

Born in Hersek in 1857/58 (AH 1274), Mehmed Emin Efendi came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Hersek jandarma yüzbaşısı". Mehmed Emin began work in Hersek in 1877/78, at about 19. The annual lists begin in 1877/78, with Mehmed Emin as Muhasebe Kalemi mülazemeti in Hersek, the birthplace. Alongside, the lists for 1883 to 1889 give a second post, in Doğubayazıt as Vergi kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1888 to 1908 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Vergi kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1907/08 give a second post, in Avanos as Mal müdür muavini. Alongside, the lists for 1907 to 1909 give a second post, in Osmancik as Tahsil memuru. The farthest post, Doğubayazıt, lay about 2,300 km from Hersek, and fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 500 in 1907/08, the peak, in Avanos, when half the paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 400 kuruş. In all, 28 years of salary come to 104,400 kuruş, 76 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.