Ahmet Hamdi Efendi

Ahmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Tokat in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Tokat in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 32 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Sivas, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Posta Memuru. 31 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 8 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.2 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.