Mustafa Naşit Efendi

Mustafa Naşit Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kethuda.

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 Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1874/75, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1874/75, shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 440 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 81 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 33 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 160 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.11 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.