Ali Avni Efendi

Ali Avni Efendi was born in Malatya in 1867/68 (AH 1284). 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 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 Malatya in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 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 1889/90, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhabere Memuru in Boran, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Boran). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Arapgir, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ). In 1903/04 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Hekimhan, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Arapgir). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tufeyle, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Hekimhan). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ma'an (Maan), with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tufeyle). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Al-Karak (Kerek), with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ma'an).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 80 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 18 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.16 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.