Ahmet Tevfik Efendi

Ahmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Hama in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Gaza (Gazze) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhabere Memuru in Hama, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 285 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hama). In 1902/03 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Ajloun (Aclun), the salary going from 500 to 590 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Damascus).

The highest salary, 590 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Müdür Vekili. 67 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 15 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 215 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.33 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.