Mehmet Arif Bey

Mehmet Arif Bey was born in Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Dahiliye Nezareti Hulefasi.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. 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 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 60 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1874/75, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1874/75, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Sadaret, with 60 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Mektubi Kalemi. 71 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 16 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 17.8 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.