Mehmet Fahri Efendi

Mehmet Fahri Efendi was born in Bosna in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as pasa.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 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: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). 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 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Mesalihi Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Mesalihi Kalemi Muduru. 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 850 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 1,500 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.18 per cent a year on average.