Mehmet Nazmi Efendi

Mehmet 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 Tuccar.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Sehzade. 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 1872/73 (AH 1289): Tophanei Amire. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 42 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Maliye Kitabeti in Hicaz, with 1,000 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Makine Memuru in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 1,000 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Maliye Kitabeti in Hicaz). In 1903/04 the record shows Makine Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 550 to 675 kuruş a month (before: Makine Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Maliye Kitabeti. 90 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 9 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 125 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.75 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.