Ahmet Şakir Efendi

Ahmet Şakir Efendi was born in Naksik in 1879/80 (AH 1297). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Vlorë (Avlonya), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Neapoli (Nasliç), the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Vlorë). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Neapoli). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Neapoli, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Koska, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Neapoli).

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 10 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.84 per cent a year on average.