Ahmet Dilaver Efendi

Ahmet Dilaver Efendi was born in Sliven (İslimiye) in 1854/55 (AH 1271). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Zabtiye Dersanesi, with 9 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 Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296): Zaptiye Kalemi. The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows 3. Sinif Teftis Memuru in Istanbul, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1879/80 the record shows Çavuş in Istanbul, the salary going from 380 to 350 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sinif Teftis Memuru in Istanbul). In 1882/83 the record shows 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul, the salary going from 350 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri. 60 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 18 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.72 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 59 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Mecidi order (recorded code): 4.