Mustafa Şevket Efendi

Mustafa Şevket Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph 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 Istanbul in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1864/65, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1864/65, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bolu, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1868/69 the record shows 2. Müdür in Beypazarı, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bolu). In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Eskişehir, with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Beypazarı). In 1873/74 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 855 to 365 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Eskişehir). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Selimiye, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1872/73.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1868/69 as 2. Müdür. 70 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 25 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1865/66. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.73 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 58 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.