Ahmet Münir Efendi

Ahmet Münir Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ulema.

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 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 25 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 25 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 25 to 75 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 87.5 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.