Mahmut Nedim Efendi

Mahmut Nedim Efendi was born in Malatya in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as katip.

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 Kozan in 1907/08 (AH 1325). 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 270 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1908/09, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1908/09, shows Muhabere Memuru in Osmaniye, with 270 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 270 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Osmaniye).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Muhabere Memuru. 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 285 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 30 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.11 per cent a year on average.