İbrahim Efendi

İbrahim Efendi was born in Mytilene (Midilli) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Mülkiye Mektebi (School of Civil Administration), with 14 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 Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Konya, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows 3. Müdür in Maltepe, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Konya). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gebze, the salary going from 600 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Maltepe). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bebek, with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Gebze). No annual entry is recorded for 1898/99.

The highest salary, 650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 71 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 22 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.23 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 70 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.