Ahmet Niyazi Efendi

Ahmet Niyazi Efendi was born in Bihać (Bihke) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bihać in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sarajevo (Saraybosna), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Serres (Siroz), the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sarajevo). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Serres). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edessa (Vodina), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). No annual entry is recorded for 1878/79.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1882/83 as Muhabere Memuru. 43 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 6 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.89 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1883/84, when 43 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.