Abdullah Efendi

Abdullah Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

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 Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Müvezzi in Istanbul, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 300 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Başmüdür Kitabeti. 87 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 31 years with a salary the median is 750 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 460 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.91 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 85 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.