Abdullah Efendi

Abdullah Efendi was born in Habesistan in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Habes Hanedanindan.

Schooling recorded: İbtidai Mektebi (primary school), with 4 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 1878/79 (AH 1296). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Sevk Kalemi. 50 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 27 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 70 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.