Hacı Mahmut Ziya Efendi

Hacı Mahmut Ziya Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Basmuduru.

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 Mecca (Mekke) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 75 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 75 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 371 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Mekâtib Memuru. 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 371 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.69 per cent a year on average.