Mahmut Nüzhet Efendi

Mahmut Nüzhet Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Medrese, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with asina; Persian, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 576 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1864/65, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1864/65, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), with 576 kuruş a month. In 1865/66 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mardin, the salary going from 576 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mardin). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1881/82 the record shows 2. Müdür in Vize, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1881/82 as 2. Müdür. 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 23 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.5 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1885/86, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.