Mehmed Şakir Efendi

Mehmed Şakir Efendi was born in Kumluca in 1845 (AH 1261). 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 Svishtov (Ziştovi) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Muhabere Memuru in Svishtov, with 480 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ruse (Rusçuk), the salary going from 400 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Svishtov). In 1868/69 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Lovech (Lofça), the salary going from 480 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ruse). In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sofia (Sofya), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Lovech). In 1878/79 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 600 to 570 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sofia). No annual entry is recorded for 1877/78.

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 75 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 42 years with a salary the median is 577.5 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1868/69. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.9 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.