Mustafa Nazmi Efendi

Mustafa Nazmi Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 Thessaloniki in 1894/95 (AH 1312). 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 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 250 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhabere Memuru. 31 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 9 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.