Mühtedi Mehmet Nuri Efendi

Mühtedi Mehmet Nuri Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1844/45 (AH 1260). 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 Kitabet; Armenian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad in 1870/71 (AH 1287): Evkaf Kalemi. The official was then about 26 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1870/71, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1870/71, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Baghdad, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1873/74 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, the salary going from 100 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Baghdad). In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk (Kerkük), the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1878/79 the record shows no title (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, with 380 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 380 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk). In 1885/86 the record shows Mukayyit in Baghdad, the salary going from 475 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1889/90 the record shows 3. Müdür in Musayyib (Müseyyib), the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Baghdad). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Hillah (Hille), the salary going from 500 to 237 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Musayyib). The title field holds the status word İstifa for 1878. No annual entry is recorded for 1871 to 1873, 1881/82 and 1904 to 1906.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1889/90 as 3. Müdür. 42 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 31 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1873/74. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.36 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.