Mehmet Şükrü Efendi

Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Mihayel in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mudur.

Schooling recorded: the wording Hususi Muallim in the school field, which names no school. 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 Asir in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 475 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Mukayyit in Asir, with 475 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde), the salary going from 475 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Asir). No annual entry is recorded for 1903 to 1907.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 25 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.51 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.