Ahmet Rıfat Efendi

Ahmet Rıfat Efendi was born in Edirne in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

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 Edirne in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sofia (Sofya), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sofia). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karacabey (Mihaliç), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bursa). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karacabey).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1882/83 as Muhabere Memuru. 28 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 11 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 95 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1886/87, when 27 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1887/88 (AH 1305): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.