Ahmet Cemal Efendi

Ahmet Cemal Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, 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 Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhabere Memuru in Zawiya (Zaviye), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Zawiya). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ajloun (Aclun), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli). In 1888/89 the record shows Posta Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 600 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ajloun). No annual entry is recorded for 1887/88.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1886/87 as Muhabere Memuru. 59 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 10 years with a salary the median is 370 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1886/87. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 1.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 22 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.