Hacı Mehmet Ali Efendi

Hacı Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1838/39 (AH 1254). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Sipahi.

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 Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1860/61, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1860/61, shows Muhabere Memuru in Gelibolu, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1862/63 the record shows 2. Müdür in Seddülbahir, the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gelibolu). In 1865/66 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bergama, the salary going from 720 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Seddülbahir). In 1871/72 the record shows 1. Müdür in Gelibolu, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bergama). In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Çanakkale, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,150 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Gelibolu). In 1873/74 the record shows Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,150 to 560 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Çanakkale). In 1891/92 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tersanei amire, the salary going from 850 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows 1. Müdür in Tersanei amire, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Tersanei amire). In 1904/05 the record shows Müdür in Tersanei amire, the salary going from 1,400 to 1,550 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Tersanei amire). In 1905/06 the record shows Başmüdür in Konya, the salary going from 1,550 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Tersanei amire).

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Başmüdür. 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 47 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 13 rises and 6 cuts. The largest rise, 950 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.56 per cent a year on average.