İbrahim Zühdü Efendi

İbrahim Zühdü Efendi was born in İnebolu in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Polis.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bolu in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muhabere Memuru in Veles (Köprülü), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bolu, the salary going from 200 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Veles).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 28 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25 per cent a year on average.