Mahmut Efendi

Mahmut Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1842/43 (AH 1258). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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 kitabet; Persian, with tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad in 1857/58 (AH 1274): Telgraf. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1868/69 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Hindiya (Hindiye), the salary going from 960 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Sadiyah (Kızılrabat), with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Al-Hindiya). In 1872/73 the record shows no title (before: 2. Müdür in Al-Sadiyah). No annual entry is recorded for 1871/72.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1868/69 as 2. Müdür. 70 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 960 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 460 kuruş, is seen in 1863/64. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1870/71, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.