Mahmut Aziz Efendi

Mahmut Aziz Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1846/47 (AH 1263). 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. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1863/64 (AH 1280). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 576 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir (İzmir), with 576 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ruse (Rusçuk), the salary going from 480 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir). In 1871/72 the record shows 2. Müdür in Razgrad (Hezargrad), the salary going from 600 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ruse). In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Burgas (Burgaz), the salary going from 760 to 855 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Razgrad). In 1873/74 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tulcea (Tulça), with 855 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Burgas). In 1874/75 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baruthane, the salary going from 855 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Tulcea). In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Zeytinburnu, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baruthane). In 1882/83 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Ankara, the salary going from 600 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Zeytinburnu). In 1883/84 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Diyarbakır, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Ankara). In 1894/95 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Sivas, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Diyarbakır). No annual entry is recorded for 1877 to 1882.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1882/83 as Müfettiş Muavini. 86 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 28 years with a salary the median is 1,140 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1898/99 (AH 1316): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.