Mahmut Nedim Efendi

Mahmut Nedim Efendi was born in Tripoli (Trablusşam) in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Katip.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Lazkiye. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tripoli in 1903/04 (AH 1321): Telgraf. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 245 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 245 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut, the salary going from 245 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1911 the record shows Nafia Kitabeti in Tripoli, the salary going from 403 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut).

The highest salary, 403 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 46 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 6 years with a salary the median is 400.5 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 155 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.3 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 3.