Aziz Efendi

Aziz Efendi was born in Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Maronite Christian (Maruni).

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Mahsusa (special school), 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Deyrulkamer in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Zahlé (Zahle), with 350 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Deir al-Qamar, the salary going from 350 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Zahlé). In 1873/74 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Jounieh (Cunye), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Deir al-Qamar). In 1882/83 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Bikfaya (Bekfiya), the salary going from 500 to 570 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Jounieh).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 30 years with a salary the median is 570 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1873/74. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.51 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.