Ali Mufid Efendi

Ali Mufid Efendi was born in Sivas in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Burdur in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Muhabere Memuru in Manavgat, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1872/73 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Manavgat). In 1881/82 the record shows 3. Müdür in Akşehir, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1892/93 the record shows 3. Müdür in Elmalı, with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Akşehir). No annual entry is recorded for 1890/91.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Muhabere Memuru. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 26 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 4 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 1.16 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.