İbrahim Saffet Efendi

İbrahim Saffet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1842/43 (AH 1258). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). The official was then about 36 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 36 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Posta Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 160 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul). In 1884/85 the record shows Tefrik Odası in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata).

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Tefrik Odası. 68 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 29 years with a salary the median is 425 kuruş a month, with 6 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 3.68 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1906/07 (AH 1324): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.