Mehmet Tahir Efendi

Mehmet Tahir Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1840/41 (AH 1256). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Persian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Yozgat in 1858/59 (AH 1275): Muhasebe Kalemi. 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 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1860/61, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1860/61, shows Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1864/65 the record shows 1. Müdür in Kirkuk (Kerkük), the salary going from 500 to 1,440 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat). In 1865/66 the record shows Müdür in Kirkuk, the salary going from 1,440 to 1,750 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Kirkuk). In 1866/67 the record shows 1. Müdür in Khanaqin (Hanikin), the salary going from 1,750 to 1,450 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Kirkuk). In 1867/68 the record shows 2. Müdür in Amasya, the salary going from 1,450 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Khanaqin). In 1870/71 the record shows 1. Müdür in Yozgat, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Amasya). 5 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1882/83 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Kastamonu, the salary going from 1,315 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Kaymakam in Boğazlıyan). In 1884/85 the record shows 2. Müdür in Yozgat, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Kastamonu). In 1889/90 the record shows 2. Müdür in Elazığ, with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Yozgat). In 1890/91 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Elazığ). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Amasya, with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1879.

The highest salary, 1,750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1865/66 as Müdür. 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 650 kuruş. Over 41 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 8 cuts. The largest rise, 940 kuruş, is seen in 1864/65. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.28 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1903/04 (AH 1321): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.