Ahmet Emin Efendi

Ahmet Emin Efendi was born in Harput in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Persian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Damascus (Şam) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Mukayyit in Damascus, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Posta Memuru in Damascus, the salary going from 150 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Damascus). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Damascus, the salary going from 380 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Damascus). In 1886/87 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Damascus, the salary going from 450 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Damascus).

The highest salary, 790 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Merkez Memuru. 83 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 21 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 230 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.66 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 81 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.