Mehmet Nazif Efendi

Mehmet Nazif Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Gazhane Memuru.

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 Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 80 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 23 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 10 years with a salary the median is 212.5 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 75 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.82 per cent a year on average.