Mühtedi Mehmet İrfan Efendi

Mühtedi Mehmet İrfan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Mersule Memuru in Izmir (İzmir), with 350 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samos (Sisam), the salary going from 350 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Izmir). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mytilene (Midilli), the salary going from 450 to 490 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samos). In 1905/06 the record shows 3. Müdür in Ayvalık, the salary going from 490 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mytilene).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 3. Müdür. 62 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 490 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.