İsmail Efendi

İsmail Efendi was born in Burgas (Burgaz) in 1841/42 (AH 1257). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Burgas in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kıyıköy (Midye), with 480 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ayvalık, the salary going from 480 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kıyıköy). No annual entry is recorded for 1867 to 1891.

The highest salary, 480 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1865/66 as Muhabere Memuru. 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 650 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 480 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.86 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 24 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.