Alfo Efendi

Alfo Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).

Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 100 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Keşan, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Edirne, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Keşan). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Xanthi (İskeçe), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Edirne). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pristina, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Xanthi). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 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 22 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 70 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1899/1900 (AH 1317): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.