Abdulkadir Efendi

Abdulkadir Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Vilayet Muhasebecisi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Sogukcesme. 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): Vergi Kalemi. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Vergi Tahsil Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 750 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Kupon Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 750 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Vergi Tahsil Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Kupon Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1888 to 1894.

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1885/86 as Vergi Tahsil Kitabeti. 73 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 14 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 60 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 3.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 3.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.