Ahmet Niyazi Bey

Ahmet Niyazi Bey was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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 1888/89 (AH 1306). 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 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 50 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Ambar Kalemi in Sarayi humayun, the salary going from 150 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Ambar Kalemi. 78 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 14 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.77 per cent a year on average.

A death is recorded under 1906/07 (AH 1324): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.