Mehmet Reşat Efendi

Mehmet Reşat Efendi was born in Plovdiv (Filibe) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). 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 Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 75 to 90 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Mevrude Memuru. 7 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 9 years with a salary the median is 130 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 60 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1902/03 (AH 1320): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.