Ali Şefik Efendi

Ali Şefik Efendi was born in Heraklion (Kandiye) in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Persian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 22 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 1867/68, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1867/68, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kütahya, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Jaffa (Yafa), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kütahya). In 1870/71 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Acre (Akka), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jaffa). In 1871/72 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 600 to 570 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Acre). In 1874/75 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mersin, the salary going from 570 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1874/75 as Muhabere Memuru. 63 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 535 kuruş. Over 8 years with a salary the median is 570 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1869/70. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.4 per cent a year on average.