Mahmut Nazım Efendi

Mahmut Nazım Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Pristina in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Posta Memuru in Mitrovica (Mitroviça), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Mitrovica).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Posta Memuru. 14 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 4 years with a salary the median is 250 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 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.