Ahmet Memduh Bey

Ahmet Memduh Bey was born in Istanbul 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 a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, with 150 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 8 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 7 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.91 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.