Ahmet Zühdü Efendi

Ahmet Zühdü Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as imam.

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 Trabzon in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Veles (Köprülü), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 200 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Veles). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mekta, the salary going from 250 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, the salary going from 700 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mekta).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 450 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.74 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.