Mehmet Nazmi Bey

Mehmet Nazmi Bey was born in Istanbul in 1842/43 (AH 1258). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Miralay.

Schooling recorded: Harbiye Mektebi, with 12 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 1862/63 (AH 1279). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 384 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1864/65, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1864/65, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 384 kuruş a month. In 1872/73 the record shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, with 595 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Mektubi Kalemi. 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 26 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 750 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.83 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1889/90 (AH 1307): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.