Alber Efendi

Alber Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Latin Catholic (Latin).

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beirut in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Acre (Akka), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Jaffa (Yafa), the salary going from 575 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Acre).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 73 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 22 years with a salary the median is 575 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.19 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.