Abdurrezzak Efendi

Abdurrezzak Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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; Persian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 12 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Posta Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1894/95 the record shows Posta Memuru in Mosul (Musul), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Basra). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 400 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Mosul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 59 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 7 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.58 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.