İbrahim Fehmi Efendi

İbrahim Fehmi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muvezzi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Beylerbeyi. 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 Kartal in 1891/92 (AH 1309): Reji Kalemi. The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Reji Memuru in Kartal, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Seyyar Memur in İzmit, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Reji Memuru in Kartal). In 1897/98 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Edirne, the salary going from 400 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in İzmit). No annual entry is recorded for 1892 to 1895.

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Seyyar Memur. 61 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 4 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 140 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.13 per cent a year on average.

A death is recorded under 1898/99 (AH 1316): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.