İbrahim Fahri Efendi

İbrahim Fahri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Istanbul in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Memur in Üsküdar, the salary going from 300 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çankırı, the salary going from 50 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Üsküdar). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, the salary going from 380 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çankırı). No annual entry is recorded for 1897/98.

The highest salary, 385 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 330 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.53 per cent a year on average.