İBRAHİM HAKKI EFENDİ

The life of İBRAHİM HAKKI EFENDİ began in Tirana (Tiran) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). At about 23, in 1906/07, İBRAHİM HAKKI began work in Shkodër (İşkodra), on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1906/07, places İBRAHİM HAKKI in Shkodër as Vilayet maiyyet memuru, where the entries run to 1909/10. Alongside, the lists for 1907/08 give a second post, in Shijak as Kaymakam vekili. Alongside, the lists for 1907/08 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Kaymakam vekili. Next came Tuzi (Tuz), Lezhë (Leş) and Ilgın from 1908 to 1911. Alongside, the lists for 1910 to 1912 give a second post, in a post with no place named as a district governor (Kaymakam). Alongside, the lists for 1911/12 give a second post, in Vushtrri as Kaymakam. Alongside, the lists for 1911/12 give a second post, in Kočani as Kaymakam. Few officials served in as many places; fewer than 6 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service did.

The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to 2,000 in 1911/12, the peak, as Kaymakam in Vushtrri, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 88,800 kuruş, 1.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.