Ali Vahid Efendi

Ali Vahid Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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 Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 11 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 14 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 80 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Tefrik Odası in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Meclis Kitabeti. Less than 1 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 100 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.74 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.