Mehmed Raşid Efendi

Mehmed Raşid Efendi was born in Tekirdağ in 1837/38 (AH 1253). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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 asina; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tekirdağ in 1852/53 (AH 1269): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1858/59, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1858/59, shows Memur in Üsküdar, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1860/61 the record shows 2. Müdür in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 250 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Üsküdar). In 1863/64 the record shows 2. Müdür in Mytilene (Midilli), the salary going from 1,000 to 1,150 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Pristina). In 1864/65 the record shows 1. Müdür in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 1,150 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Mytilene). In 1865/66 the record shows 1. Müdür in Çanakkale, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Izmir). In 1866/67 the record shows 1. Müdür in Tekirdağ, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Çanakkale). 9 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1880/81 the record shows Müfettiş in Suriye, the salary going from 1,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Konya). In 1882/83 the record shows Müfettiş in Erzurum, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Suriye). In 1887/88 the record shows Müfettiş in Diyarbakır, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Erzurum). In 1888/89 the record shows Müfettiş in Sivas, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Diyarbakır). In 1890/91 the record shows Müfettiş in Erzincan, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Sivas). No annual entry is recorded for 1859/60 and 1872/73.

The highest salary, 2,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Müfettiş. 93 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 34 years with a salary the median is 1,500 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 750 kuruş, is seen in 1860/61. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.12 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1893/94 (AH 1311): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.