Mehmet Kamil Efendi

Mehmet Kamil Efendi was born in Gjirokastër (Ergiri) in 1878 (AH 1295). 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: Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Delvine in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Louros (Loros), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gjakova (Yakova), the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Louros).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as 3. Müdür. 51 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 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.5 per cent a year on average.