Ali Rıza Efendi

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Muğla, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muğla). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Muhabere Memuru. 76 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 17 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.43 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.