Derviş Ali Efendi

Derviş Ali Efendi was born in Bosna in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Bulgarian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 48 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 800 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 48 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Ambar Kalemi in Istanbul, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Ambar Baskitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 800 to 1,050 kuruş a month (before: Ambar Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1897/98 the record shows Ambar Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,050 to 945 kuruş a month (before: Ambar Baskitabeti in Istanbul). In 1899/1900 the record shows Ambar Baskitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 945 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Ambar Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Ambar Baskitabeti. 95 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 1,500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 555 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.38 per cent a year on average.