Mustafa Arif Efendi

Mustafa Arif Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). 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: French, with Tekellum; Nemçe (as recorded), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312): Telgraf. The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 30 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 30 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows no title (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 4 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 4 years with a salary the median is 30 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 71 per cent a year on average.