Ali Şefik Efendi

Ali Şefik Efendi was born in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1845 (AH 1261). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Niš (Niş), with 480 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Pljevlja (Taşlıca), the salary going from 480 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Niš). In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Borçka, the salary going from 760 to 850 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Pljevlja). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yıldızeli (Yenihan), the salary going from 800 to 470 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Borçka). In 1883/84 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Ankara, the salary going from 470 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yıldızeli). In 1888/89 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Aleppo (Halep), with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Ankara). In 1892/93 the record shows 1. Müdür in Gaziantep (Antep), with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Aleppo). In 1893/94 the record shows 1. Müdür in Adana, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Gaziantep). In 1897/98 the record shows Basmudur Muavini in Konya, the salary going from 1,260 to 1,115 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Adana). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1882.

The highest salary, 1,650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Basmudur Muavini. 95 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 32 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 730 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 95 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1904/05 (AH 1322): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.