Mehmet Besim Efendi

Mehmet Besim Efendi was born in Bitlis in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

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 Muş in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Muş, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ağrı (Karakilise), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muş). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 300 to 430 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ağrı). No annual entry is recorded for 1896 to 1898.

The highest salary, 430 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhabere Memuru. 43 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 3 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.42 per cent a year on average.