Mahmut Aziz Efendi

Mahmut Aziz Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as gumruk memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Sogukcesme. 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 1879/80 (AH 1297): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The first-salary field gives 240 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Rüsumat Memuru in Istanbul, with 240 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 240 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Rüsumat Memuru in Istanbul). The title field holds the status word İstifa for 1882/83.

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Gumruk Kitabeti. 73 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 28 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 11 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1909/10, when 55 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.