Mehmet Fazlı Efendi

Mehmet Fazlı Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish. By-name or family epithet as recorded: Gazi Mihal Bey sulalesinden.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Konya in 1872/73 (AH 1289): Telgraf. The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Başmemur in Konya, the salary going from 450 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1884/85 the record shows 3. Müdür in Karaagac, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Konya). In 1889/90 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Karapinar, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Karaagac). In 1891/92 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Karaman, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Karapinar). In 1893/94 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Akşehir, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Karaman). In 1895/96 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Aksaray, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Akşehir). In 1898/99 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Ürgüp, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Aksaray). In 1899/1900 the record shows Ikinci Firka Muharrir-i Evvelligi in Konya, the salary going from 540 to 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Ürgüp). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yabannasif, the salary going from 1,250 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Ikinci Firka Muharrir-i Evvelligi in Konya). No annual entry is recorded for 1888/89.

The highest salary, 1,250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Ikinci Firka Muharrir-i Evvelligi. 93 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 32 years with a salary the median is 570 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 710 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.19 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1904/05 (AH 1322): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.