Ahmet Hilmi Efendi

Ahmet Hilmi Efendi was born in Sidon (Sayda) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mulazim.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Sidon in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muharrerat Memuru in Sidon, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 150 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muharrerat Memuru in Sidon).

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 18 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 16 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.