Mehmet Fahri Efendi

Mehmet Fahri Efendi was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as esnaf.

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 Altun Kupri (Altınköprü) in 1910/11 (AH 1328). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1910/11, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1910/11, shows Muhabere Memuru in Altun Kupri, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1911 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye), the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Altun Kupri).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1911 as Muhabere Memuru. 29 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 2 years with a salary the median is 275 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1911. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 166.67 per cent a year on average.