Salih Rıfat Efendi

Salih Rıfat Efendi was born in Varna in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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 Varna in 1876/77 (AH 1293): Duhan Memuru. The official was then about 22 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 1876/77, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Duhan Memuru in Varna, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Duhan Memuru in Varna). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1893.

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Duhan Memuru. 3 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 50 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 5.34 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when less than 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.