Ahmet Şakir Efendi

Ahmet Şakir Efendi was born in Ankara in 1835/36 (AH 1251). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, 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 Erzurum in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 31 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 33 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Memur in Erzurum, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1872/73 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kars, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Erzurum). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kars). No annual entry is recorded for 1877 to 1879.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1868/69 as Memur. 17 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 19 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 21 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1889/90 (AH 1307): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.