İsmail Hıfzı Efendi

İsmail Hıfzı Efendi was born in Kemah in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Niğde in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Posta Memuru in Adana, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Adana). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Medina (Medine), the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Jeddah (Cidde), with 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Medina).

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 84 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 22 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.37 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.