Mustafa Şevki Efendi

Mustafa Şevki Efendi was born in Taşköprü in 1869/70 (AH 1286); the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Taşköprü in 1883/84, at about 15. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Mustafa Şevki as Emanet-i Aşar-ı Kul kâtipliği in Taşköprü, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1899/1900. For 1885 to 1888 the lists have no entry. At the same time, from 1894 to 1900, the lists also place Mustafa Şevki in a post with no place named as Müddeiumumi muavinliği. Alongside, the lists for 1899 to 1901 give a second post, in Niğde as İdare meclisi başkâtipliği. The last entries, from 1902 to 1910, name Mustafa Şevki as Tahrirat kalemi müsevvid ve mübeyyizliği, with no place.

Pay rose from 140 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to a peak of 1,200 in 1908/09, when four in five paid officials earned less. In all, 20 years of salary come to 110,184 kuruş, 1.1 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.