İbrahim Hakkı Efendi

İbrahim Hakkı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

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 Tekirdağ in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tekirdağ, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1871/72 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 190 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tekirdağ). In 1873/74 the record shows Memur in Sofia (Sofya), the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1875/76 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Sofia). In 1877/78 the record shows Memur in Shkodër (İşkodra), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1878 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Shkodër). In 1880/81 the record shows Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows Basmufettis Baskitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1893/94 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Istanbul, with 750 kuruş a month (before: Basmufettis Baskitabeti in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1874/75.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Mümeyyiz. 88 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 35 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.65 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.