Mustafa Şükrü Efendi

Mustafa Şükrü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 120 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1873/74, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1873/74, shows Numara Memuru in Istanbul, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1874/75 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 120 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Numara Memuru in Istanbul). In 1875/76 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, the salary going from 400 to 455 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv (Filibe), the salary going from 500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, the salary going from 750 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). 1 further change of title or place follows in the record. In 1882/83 the record shows 3. Müdür in Edremit, with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Muğla). In 1886/87 the record shows Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 300 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Edremit). In 1889/90 the record shows 2. Müdür in Geyve, the salary going from 400 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1890/91 the record shows 2. Müdür in Çorlu, the salary going from 760 to 660 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Geyve). In 1892/93 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Selimiye, the salary going from 660 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Çorlu). No annual entry is recorded for 1885/86.

The highest salary, 760 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1889/90 as 2. Müdür. 76 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 22 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 360 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.7 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1894/95, when 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1895/96 (AH 1313): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.