Ahmet Safvet Efendi

Ahmet Safvet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Üsküdar in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1871/72 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 350 to 280 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Muhabere Memuru. 74 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 39 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.18 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.