Ferhat Sabri Efendi

Ferhat Sabri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1845 (AH 1261). 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: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 41 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 49 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 50 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Senedat Memuru in Istanbul, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Kontrol Kalemi. 12 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 10 years with a salary the median is 165 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 19.58 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.