İbrahim Efendi

İbrahim Efendi was born in Van in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Başkale in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Muş, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Malazgirt, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muş). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Muş, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Malazgirt). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitlis, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muş).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 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 8 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.2 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.