Ahmet Hamdi Efendi

Ahmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Tokat in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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 Bitola (Manastır) in 1884/85 (AH 1302): Sandik Emaneti. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 450 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Sandık Emaneti in Bitola, with 450 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, the salary going from 450 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Sandık Emaneti in Bitola). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tokat, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Amasya, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tokat). No annual entry is recorded for 1888 to 1891.

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1884/85 as Sandık Emaneti. 37 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 20 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.77 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.