Ahmet Mahmut Efendi

Ahmet Mahmut Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 400 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 700 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Damascus). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Damascus, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Trabzon, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Damascus). In 1901/02 the record shows Mandapost Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 600 to 675 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Trabzon). In 1902/03 the record shows Mevrude Basmemuru in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 675 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Mandapost Memuru in Edirne).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Mevrude Basmemuru. 81 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 11 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.18 per cent a year on average.