Mustafa Naili Efendi

Mustafa Naili Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhendis Kalemi in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhendis Kalemi. 77 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 20 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.82 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.