Afif Efendi

Afif Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tercume Kalemi Memuru.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275): Enderunu Humayun. The official was then about 11 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1870/71, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1870/71, shows Enderunu Humayun in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1871/72 the record shows Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Enderunu Humayun in Istanbul). In 1875/76 the record shows Ambar Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1905/06 the record shows Ambar Muduru in Istanbul, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Ambar Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1873 to 1875.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Ambar Kalemi. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 40 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1871/72. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.2 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1910/11, when 64 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.