Ahmet Hamdi Efendi

Ahmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Eğirdir in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Aydın in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 8 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde), with 750 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows 1. Müdür in Taiz, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al Hudaydah). In 1906/07 the record shows 1. Müdür in Manakhah (Menaha), the salary going from 1,200 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Taiz).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 1. Müdür. 92 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.08 per cent a year on average.