Ali Avnullah Efendi

Ali Avnullah Efendi was born in Çemişgezek in 1820/21 (AH 1236). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ulema.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Istanbul. 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 Istanbul in 1839/40 (AH 1255): Maliye Kalemi. The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1839/40, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1839/40, shows Gumruk Mubassiri in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1856/57 the record shows 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru in Vidin, the salary going from 700 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Mubassiri in Istanbul). In 1858/59 the record shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Galata, the salary going from 1,000 to 680 kuruş a month (before: 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru in Vidin). In 1859/60 the record shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 680 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Galata). In 1860/61 the record shows Rusumat Muduru in Bursa, the salary going from 800 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Izmir). In 1862/63 the record shows Rusumat Emanet Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,500 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Muduru in Bursa). In 1874/75 the record shows Bandrol Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 730 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Emanet Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1861/62.

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1860/61 as Rusumat Muduru. 82 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 49 years with a salary the median is 730 kuruş a month, with 11 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1860/61. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.12 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1886/87, when 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1887/88 (AH 1305): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.