Ahmet Tayyip Efendi

Ahmet Tayyip Efendi was born in Plovdiv (Filibe) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). 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 Plovdiv in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Eskişehir, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Eskişehir).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhabere Memuru. 61 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 33 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.