İdris Rıfat Efendi

İdris Rıfat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhabere Memuru in Karacabey (Mihaliç), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bilecik, the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karacabey). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bilecik). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karaburun, the salary going from 380 to 470 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bursa).

The highest salary, 470 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as Muhabere Memuru. 42 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 11 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 95 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.13 per cent a year on average.

A death is recorded under 1892/93 (AH 1310): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.