Mehmed Nazım Efendi

Mehmed Nazım Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1832/33 (AH 1248). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as evkaf-i humayun hazinesi.

Schooling recorded: Maarif Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Istanbul. 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 1851/52 (AH 1268): Maliye Kalemi. The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 25 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1852/53, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1852/53, shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 650 kuruş a month. In 1857/58 the record shows Tahrir-i Emlak Memuriyeti in Hudavendigar, the salary going from 650 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1857/58 as Tahrir-i Emlak Memuriyeti. 80 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 6 years with a salary the median is 650 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 850 kuruş, is seen in 1857/58. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.2 per cent a year on average.