Mehmet Rauf Efendi

Mehmet Rauf Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hazineyi Hassa Muhasebe Muduru.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mytilene (Midilli), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mytilene). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Aleppo (Halep), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 400 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Aleppo). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Erzurum, the salary going from 700 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 540 to 580 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Erzurum). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Benghazi (Bingazi), the salary going from 580 to 225 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir). No annual entry is recorded for 1894/95, 1898/99 and 1904/05.

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhabere Memuru. 77 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 10 years with a salary the median is 560 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 7.85 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.