İsmail Zühdü Bey

İsmail Zühdü Bey was born in Istanbul in 1839/40 (AH 1255). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Valide. 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 1855/56 (AH 1272): Tersanei Amire. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 375 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Tersanei Amire Kalemi in Istanbul, with 607 kuruş a month. In 1866/67 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ayvalık, the salary going from 607 to 576 kuruş a month (before: Tersanei Amire Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1868/69 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bafra, the salary going from 480 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ayvalık). In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tirebolu, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bafra). In 1870/71 the record shows 2. Müdür in Ünye, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Tirebolu). In 1871/72 the record shows Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 650 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Ünye). In 1875/76 the record shows PT Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1876/77 the record shows Fabrika Muduru in Istanbul, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: PT Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1879/80 the record shows Mekteb Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,000 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Fabrika Muduru in Istanbul). In 1880/81 the record shows 2. Müdür in Karadeniz Ereğli, the salary going from 2,500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Mekteb Muduru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1879/80 as Mekteb Muduru. 96 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 21 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 1,000 kuruş, is seen in 1875/76. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1884/85, when 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2.

A death is recorded under 1885/86 (AH 1303): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.