Yusuf Agah Efendi

Yusuf Agah Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1831/32 (AH 1247). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Divani Humayun Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Tıbbiye Mektebi (School of Medicine), with 14 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Istanbul. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with asina; English, with kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Italian, with kitabet; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1848/49 (AH 1265): Babi Ali Tercume Odasi. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1860/61, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1860/61, shows Komisyon-i Askeri Riyaseti in Bosna, with 7,000 kuruş a month. In 1861/62 the record shows PT Naziri in Istanbul, the salary going from 7,000 to 5,000 kuruş a month (before: Komisyon-i Askeri Riyaseti in Bosna).

The highest salary, 7,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1860/61 as Komisyon-i Askeri Riyaseti. 98 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 5 years with a salary the median is 5,000 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 8.07 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1864/65, when 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2; Mecidi order (recorded code): 4. Written works, as worded in the record: "Dersaadet’te gayri resmi olarak ilk defa nesr olunan Tercumân-i Ahval nam Turkce Gazeteyi dort sene idare eylemis ve fununa dair bazi telifati vardir".