Hafız Tevfik Efendi

Hafız Tevfik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 43 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 320 kuruş a month. In 1889/90 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 320 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 81 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 12 years with a salary the median is 685 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 280 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.69 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.