Ali Nuri Efendi

Ali Nuri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as At cambazi.

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 Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Icmal Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 95 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Muvazene Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 95 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Icmal Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1892/93 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 240 kuruş a month (before: Muvazene Kitabeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 440 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Pul Kitabeti. 47 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 32 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 105 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.9 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 48 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.