Mustafa Efendi

Mustafa Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as seyh.

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 Crete (Girit) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Şanlıurfa (Urfa), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Devebagirtan, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Şanlıurfa). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Devebagirtan).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Muhabere Memuru. 27 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 10 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.