Hacı Ahmet Tevfik Efendi

Hacı Ahmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

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 Erzurum in 1872/73 (AH 1289): Mektubi Kalemi. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 35 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1886/87, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1886/87, shows Vilayet Meclisi Riyaseti in Erzurum, with 1,710 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Meclis Azaligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,710 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Vilayet Meclisi Riyaseti in Erzurum). No annual entry is recorded for 1887 to 1891.

The highest salary, 2,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Meclis Azaligi. 96 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 7 years with a salary the median is 1,500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.51 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2; Mecidi order (recorded code): 4.