Ahmet Refik Efendi

Ahmet Refik Efendi was born in Crete (Girit) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ambar Memuru.

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 Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Müvezzi in Tripoli, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Tripoli, the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Tripoli). In 1903/04 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Fizan, the salary going from 280 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Tripoli). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Zifak, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Fizan). No annual entry is recorded for 1892 to 1898.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Başmüdür Kitabeti. 80 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 13 years with a salary the median is 280 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 520 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.75 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.