Mehmet Zühdü Efendi

Mehmet Zühdü Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1855/56 (AH 1272). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Mulazemet in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mulazemet in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows Masarifat Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 285 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1890/91 the record shows Başmemur in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Masarifat Kitabeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,435 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Başmemur. 94 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 36 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 460 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.87 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 92 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.