İbrahim Nazmi Efendi

İbrahim Nazmi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

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 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 30 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 37 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 250 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 700 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Beirut).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Merkez Memuru. 76 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 15 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 450 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 13.38 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.