Mehmet Nazmi Efendi

Mehmet Nazmi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Terzi.

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 Gelibolu in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 180 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1870/71, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1870/71, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 180 kuruş a month. In 1875/76 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1878 the record shows Muayene Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1881/82 the record shows Başmemur in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muayene Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1881/82 as Başmemur. 60 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 14 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.7 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1882/83, when 59 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.