Abdullah Efendi

Abdullah Efendi was born in Edirne in 1876/77 (AH 1293). 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 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Yabannasif, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Yabannasif, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yabannasif). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 1,000 to 400 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Yabannasif).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 5 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 15.91 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.