Ali Haydar Efendi

Ali Haydar Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1835/36 (AH 1251). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rum Mektebi, with 4 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 1858/59 (AH 1275). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1860/61, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1860/61, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul (Musul), with 750 kuruş a month. In 1863/64 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye), the salary going from 750 to 1,680 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Deraci, with 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al Diwaniyah). In 1868/69 the record shows Müdür in Al-Faw (Fav), the salary going from 1,400 to 1,600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Deraci). In 1871/72 the record shows 1. Müdür in Al-Faw, the salary going from 1,600 to 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Al-Faw). In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh), the salary going from 1,400 to 950 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Al-Faw). In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 1,000 to 750 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Suq al-Shuyukh). In 1877/78 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Seklaviye, the salary going from 750 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1881/82 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Hindiya (Hindiye), the salary going from 570 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Seklaviye).

The highest salary, 1,680 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1863/64 as Muhabere Memuru. 85 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 43 years with a salary the median is 760 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 7 cuts. The largest rise, 930 kuruş, is seen in 1863/64. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.22 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1902/03 (AH 1320): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.