Süleyman İhsan Bey

Süleyman İhsan Bey was born in Istanbul in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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 1866/67 (AH 1283): Askeriye. 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 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1873/74, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1873/74, shows Asker in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1874/75 the record shows 2. Müdür in Sofia (Sofya), the salary going from 200 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Asker in Istanbul). In 1878/79 the record shows Askeriye Muhasebe Memuru in Çatalca, with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Sofia).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1874/75 as 2. Müdür. 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 535 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 800 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 30.77 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1878/79, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.