Ahmet Salih Efendi

Ahmet Salih Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Evrak Muduru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Aleppo, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1901/02 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aleppo, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Aleppo). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Müdür in Aleppo, the salary going from 820 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aleppo). No annual entry is recorded for 1891/92.

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 2. Müdür. 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 320 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.6 per cent a year on average.