Ahmet Efendi

Ahmet Efendi was born in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Konsolos Kavasi.

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; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beirut in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 142 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Musillik in Beirut, with 142 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Emanet Kitabeti in Beirut, the salary going from 200 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Musillik in Beirut).

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Emanet Kitabeti. 22 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 11 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.44 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1894/95, when 24 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.