Ali Bey

Ali Bey was born in Safranbolu in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Samsun in 1865/66 (AH 1282): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 120 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Samsun, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1874/75 the record shows Rusumat Muhasebe Memuru in Samsun, the salary going from 475 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Samsun). In 1908/09 the record shows Kalem Muduru in Samsun, with 2,400 kuruş a month (before: Rusumat Muhasebe Memuru in Samsun). No annual entry is recorded for 1873/74.

The highest salary, 2,400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Rusumat Muhasebe Memuru. 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 41 years with a salary the median is 1,600 kuruş a month, with 13 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1884/85. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.52 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1909/10, when 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 3, 2, 1; Osmani order (recorded code): 3.