Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Dagistan in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tolci in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 27 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Başmemur in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Thessaloniki). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Selimiye, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 506 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Selimiye).

The highest salary, 640 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Muhabere Memuru. 72 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 27 years with a salary the median is 506 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.11 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.