Edmun Efendi

Edmun Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). 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 Aleppo in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut (Beyrut), with 350 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tuzla, the salary going from 350 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Aleppo, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tuzla). No annual entry is recorded for 1888 to 1891.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1883/84 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 27 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 10 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.12 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1894/95, when 30 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1895/96 (AH 1313): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.