Bekir Efendi

Bekir Efendi was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

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 Kirkuk in 1866/67 (AH 1283): Telgraf. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kifri (Salahiye), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows no title in Mosul (Musul) (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kifri). In 1870/71 the record shows no title (before: no title in Mosul). In 1873/74 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Mosul, with 500 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1874/75 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Acre (Akka), the salary going from 500 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Mosul). In 1875/76 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk, the salary going from 1,000 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Acre). 2 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1879/80 the record shows 3. Müdür in Erbil, the salary going from 800 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Erbil). In 1880/81 the record shows 2. Müdür in Erbil, the salary going from 600 to 760 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Erbil). In 1888/89 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 760 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Erbil). In 1897/98 the record shows Müfettiş in Baghdad, the salary going from 1,080 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Baghdad). In 1906/07 the record shows Başmüdür in Hicaz, the salary going from 2,250 to 2,700 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Baghdad). No annual entry is recorded for 1872/73.

The highest salary, 2,700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Başmüdür. 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 36 years with a salary the median is 1,140 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.02 per cent a year on average.