Ahmet Edip Efendi

Ahmet Edip Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 420 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Seyyar Memur in Damascus (Şam), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in As-Suwayda (Süveyda), the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Damascus). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 450 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in As-Suwayda).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 3. Müdür. 51 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 5 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.74 per cent a year on average.