Ahmed Hulusi Efendi

Ahmed Hulusi Efendi was born in Nablus in 1861/62 (AH 1278). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Nablus in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Memur in Aleppo (Halep), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Memur in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Aleppo). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Izmir). In 1895/96 the record shows 2. Müdür in Manisa, the salary going from 675 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir). In 1899/1900 the record shows 2. Müdür in Demirci, with 720 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Manisa).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 2. Müdür. 80 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 19 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.