Mustafa Mazlum Efendi

Mustafa Mazlum Efendi was born in Sivas in 1856/57 (AH 1273). 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 Sivas in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 130 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1873/74, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1873/74, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Sivas, with 130 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Posta Memuru in Sivas, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mektubi Kalemi in Sivas). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tokat, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Sivas). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Hafik (Koçhisar), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tokat).

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1883/84 as Posta Memuru. 18 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 22 years with a salary the median is 340 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1893/94, when 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.