Beyovik Arif Efendi

Beyovik Arif Efendi was born in Hersek in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Bosnak.

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: Arabic, with Asina; Bosnian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Gacka in 1868/69 (AH 1285): Devai Kitabeti. The official was then about 12 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Asar Basmemuru in Celebipazari, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1879/80 the record shows Icra Memuru in Pljevlja (Taşlıca), the salary going from 800 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Asar Basmemuru in Celebipazari). In 1880/81 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Pljevlja, the salary going from 500 to 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Icra Memuru in Pljevlja). In 1882/83 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Leskovik, with 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Pljevlja). In 1890/91 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Durrës (Dıraç), with 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Leskovik). In 1896/97 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Preveza (Preveze), with 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Durrës). In 1898/99 the record shows Muddei Umumi Muavini in Malatya, the salary going from 1,400 to 1,260 kuruş a month (before: Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini in Preveza). No annual entry is recorded for 1887 to 1890, 1895/96 and 1897/98.

The highest salary, 1,400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi Muavini. 90 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 1,400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 900 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.19 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 93 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.