İsmail Niyazi Efendi

İsmail Niyazi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Safa in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 700 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Muhabere Memuru in Hayrat, with 700 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sana'a (Sana), with 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hayrat).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 73 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 2 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.