Ahmet Hamdi Efendi

Ahmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1846/47 (AH 1263). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Arabic, with asina; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Samsun in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Muhabere Memuru in Samsun, with 480 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Babadag (Babadağ), the salary going from 480 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Samsun). In 1870/71 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Isaccea (İsakça), the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Babadag). In 1872/73 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Kula (Adliye), with 450 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Isaccea). In 1874/75 the record shows 2. Müdür in Zvornik (İzvornik), the salary going from 450 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Kula). In 1875/76 the record shows 2. Müdür in Srebrenica (Srebrenitsa), the salary going from 760 to 700 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Zvornik). 5 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1886/87 the record shows 2. Müdür in Van, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mürefte). In 1887/88 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Trabzon, the salary going from 800 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Van). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Anamur, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1889/90 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Gemlik, the salary going from 600 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Anamur). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Crete (Girit), the salary going from 475 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Gemlik). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 and 1885/86.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as 2. Müdür. 68 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 31 years with a salary the median is 480 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 6 cuts. The largest rise, 310 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.7 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 73 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.