Ahmet Hami

Ahmet Hami was born in Trabzon in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Zabtiye Memuru.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Trabzon in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mecca (Mekke), with 750 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Suakin (Sevakin), the salary going from 750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mecca). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gümüşhane, the salary going from 1,000 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Suakin). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samsun, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gümüşhane). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Ordu, the salary going from 495 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samsun). No annual entry is recorded for 1893/94.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 86 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 13 years with a salary the median is 495 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.5 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.