İsmail Fevzi Efendi

İsmail Fevzi Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kavas.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Mecca in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 800 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhabere Memuru in Hicaz, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mecca, the salary going from 800 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hicaz).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 6.46 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.