Ahmet Asaf Efendi

Ahmet Asaf Efendi was born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). 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 Delvine in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 34 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kopruboz, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Zicne, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kopruboz).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 7 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.