Aziz Mahmut Efendi

Aziz Mahmut Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Memur in Niš (Niş), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Memur in Vranje (İvranya), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Niš). In 1878/79 the record shows Memur in Gaza (Gazze), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Vranje). In 1879/80 the record shows Memur in Damascus (Şam), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Gaza). In 1880/81 the record shows Memur in Al-Nabk (Nebek), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Damascus). In 1881/82 the record shows Memur in As-Suwayda (Süveyda), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Al-Nabk). 2 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in As-Suwayda, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in As-Suwayda). In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Müdür in Elbistan, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1899/1900 the record shows 3. Müdür in Idlib (İdlib), with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Elbistan). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Elazığ, with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Idlib).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 59 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 27 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.3 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1903/04 (AH 1321): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.