Mahmut Nedim Efendi

Mahmut Nedim Efendi was born in Kırklareli in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Kırklareli in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 675 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Muhabere Memuru in Yemen, with 1,000 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Zabid (Zebid), the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yemen). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, the salary going from 1,200 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Zabid). In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana).

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 91 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 9 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.75 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.