İbrahim Münir Efendi

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

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Prizren. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Albanian, with Tekellum; Bosnian, with Tekellum; Bulgarian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Prizren in 1862/63 (AH 1279): Mal Kalemi. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 125 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Mal Kitabeti in Prizren, with 125 kuruş a month. In 1866/67 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Banja Luka (Banaluka), the salary going from 125 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Mal Kitabeti in Prizren). In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Novi Pazar (Yenipazar), the salary going from 480 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Banja Luka). In 1869/70 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 400 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Novi Pazar). In 1870/71 the record shows Asker (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina). In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Asker). In 1887/88 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Konya, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1890/91 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Seferihisar, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1891/92 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Ürgüp, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Seferihisar). No annual entry is recorded for 1886/87.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1872/73 as Asker. 55 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 550 kuruş. Over 40 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 355 kuruş, is seen in 1866/67. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.63 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.