Mahmut Celalettin Efendi

Mahmut Celalettin Efendi was born in Van in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Van in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Van, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Van, the salary going from 250 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Van).

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 35 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 8 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.16 per cent a year on average.