Mustafa İhsan Efendi

Mustafa İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Fen Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Müdür Muavini in Galata, the salary going from 300 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Fen Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Sube Mudur Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,800 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Muavini in Galata). In 1908/09 the record shows Sube Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,000 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Sube Mudur Muavini in Istanbul). In 1909/10 the record shows PT Umumiyesi Posta Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,500 to 5,000 kuruş a month (before: Sube Muduru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1885 to 1887.

The highest salary, 5,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as PT Umumiyesi Posta Muduru. 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 26 years with a salary the median is 1,100 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 2,500 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.98 per cent a year on average.