Ali Şevki Efendi

Ali Şevki Efendi was born in Edirne in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Havsa in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Muvassil in Havsa, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muvassil in Gradnik, the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muvassil in Havsa).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muvassil. 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 20.11 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.