Ali Rıza Efendi

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaptan.

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 1879/80 (AH 1297). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1890/91 as Mektubi Kalemi. 59 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 17 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.12 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.