Ahmet Ragıp Efendi

Ahmet Ragıp Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaptan.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Chios (Sakız), the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 750 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Chios). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mabeyni humayun, the salary going from 500 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 525 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.3 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.