Nikola Efendi

Nikola Efendi was born in Nasiriyah (Nasıriye) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as telgraf memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Amarah (Amare) in 1907/08 (AH 1325). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 235 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1908/09, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1908/09, shows Muhabere Memuru in Nasiriyah, with 235 kuruş a month. In 1910/11 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 235 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Nasiriyah).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 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 3 years with a salary the median is 235 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 165 kuruş, is seen in 1910/11. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 30.47 per cent a year on average.