Ali Agah Efendi

Ali Agah Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 120 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tophane, the salary going from 120 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 250 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tophane). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Babiali, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80 and 1882 to 1892.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 14 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.13 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.