İbrahim Edhem Efendi

İbrahim Edhem Efendi was born in Arapgir in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Arapgir in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1886/87, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1886/87, shows 2. Müdür in Mocha (Muha), with 750 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde), with 750 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Mocha). In 1891/92 the record shows 2. Müdür in Taiz, the salary going from 750 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al Hudaydah).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 10 years with a salary the median is 825 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.25 per cent a year on average.