Seyyid Lütfullah Efendi

Seyyid Lütfullah Efendi was born in Kifri (Salahiye) in 1840/41 (AH 1256). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Arabic, with Tekellum; English, with Tekellum; Persian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1856/57 (AH 1273): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Sandık Emaneti, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1870/71 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye), the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Sandık Emaneti). In 1871/72 the record shows DH Baskitabeti in Sulaymaniyah, the salary going from 450 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sulaymaniyah).

The highest salary, 475 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1871/72 as DH Baskitabeti. 41 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 550 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1870/71. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.97 per cent a year on average.