Abdullah Şemsettin Efendi

Abdullah Şemsettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Tıbbiye Mektebi (School of Medicine), with 14 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 1879/80 (AH 1297). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Preveza (Preveze), the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Preveza). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Hereke, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 440 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hereke). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yeniköy, with 650 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1884/85 and 1888/89.

The highest salary, 650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 73 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 23 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.26 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 71 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

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.