Ali Faik Efendi

Ali Faik Efendi was born in Kirim in 1849/50 (AH 1266). 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 Hillah (Hille) in 1864/65 (AH 1281): Telgraf. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 900 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1866/67, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1866/67, shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Basra, with 900 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Hindiya (Hindiye), the salary going from 900 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1874/75 the record shows Sancak Kitabeti in Necid, the salary going from 1,000 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Al-Hindiya). In 1879/80 the record shows no title (before: Sancak Kitabeti in Necid). In 1881/82 the record shows Tahrir Memuru, with 700 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1883/84 the record shows DH Baskitabeti, with 700 kuruş a month (before: Tahrir Memuru). In 1888/89 the record shows Rusumat Baskitabeti in Basra, the salary going from 700 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: DH Baskitabeti). No annual entry is recorded for 1873/74, 1880/81, 1882/83 and 1887/88.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1888/89 as Rusumat Baskitabeti. 87 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 20 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.21 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1889/90, when 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.