Mustafa Şevket Efendi

Mustafa Şevket Efendi was born in Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mudur.

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 Petrich (Petriç) in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Serres (Siroz), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop), the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Serres).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.74 per cent a year on average.