Benakulaki Mafridi Efendi

Benakulaki Mafridi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Fransız Mektebi (French school), 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Mersule Memuru in Galata, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Büyükdere, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Galata). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Büyükdere). In 1904/05 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Skopje).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.68 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.