Cemil Efendi

Cemil Efendi was born in Malatya in 1861/62 (AH 1278). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Mosul (Musul) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Sehreban, with 513 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). No annual entry is recorded for 1882/83.

The highest salary, 570 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1886/87 as Muhabere Memuru. 57 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 18 years with a salary the median is 570 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 190 kuruş, is seen in 1886/87. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.32 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.