Mahmut Nedim Efendi

Mahmut Nedim Efendi was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Damascus in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Müvezzi in Damascus, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 200 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Damascus). In 1894/95 the record shows Posta Memuru in Beirut, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1895/96 the record shows Posta Memuru in Damascus, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Beirut). In 1896/97 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Damascus, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Damascus). In 1899/1900 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Al-Karak (Kerek), the salary going from 500 to 580 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Damascus). In 1900/01 the record shows 2. Müdür in Akşehir, the salary going from 580 to 1,140 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Vekili in Al-Karak). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Selimiye, with 1,140 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Akşehir). In 1903/04 the record shows Posta Memuru in Damascus, the salary going from 1,140 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Selimiye).

The highest salary, 1,140 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as 2. Müdür. 91 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 18 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 560 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.54 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.