Ahmet Zihni Efendi

Ahmet Zihni Efendi was born in Elbasan (İlbasan) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). 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 Elbasan in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Muhabere Memuru in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gjirokastër (Ergiri), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Larissa). In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gjirokastër). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Preveza (Preveze), the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pozantı, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Preveza). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İskenderun, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pozantı). 4 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat, the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma, the salary going from 450 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Saimbeyli (Haçin), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma). In 1896/97 the record shows Başmemur in Anamur, the salary going from 600 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Saimbeyli). In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Silifke, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Anamur). No annual entry is recorded for 1885/86 and 1893/94.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 3. Müdür. 59 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 16 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.09 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1899/1900 (AH 1317): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.