Sarafim Efendi

Sarafim Efendi was born in Aydın in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).

Schooling recorded: Millet 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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Memur in Izmir, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 250 to 325 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Izmir). In 1897/98 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 325 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Mevrude Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Mersule Memuru. 27 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 14 years with a salary the median is 325 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.62 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.