Abdurrahman Akif Efendi

Abdurrahman Akif Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Lankaza in 1887/88 (AH 1305): Asar Kitabeti. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Aşar Memuru in Lankaza, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Shkodër (İşkodra), the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Lankaza). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bitola (Manastır), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Shkodër). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bitola). In 1897/98 the record shows 2. Müdür in Volos (Golos), the salary going from 380 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki). In 1899/1900 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Bitola, the salary going from 1,000 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Volos). In 1900/01 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 540 to 675 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Bitola). No annual entry is recorded for 1898/99.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as 2. Müdür. 90 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 13 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 620 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.27 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.