Mustafa Şevket Efendi

Mustafa Şevket Efendi was born in Bosna in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Diyarbakır in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tokat, the salary going from 250 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elbistan, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tokat). In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Müdür in Birecik, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elbistan). In 1898/99 the record shows 2. Müdür in Muğla, the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Birecik).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as 2. Müdür. 85 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 540 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.7 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1904/05 (AH 1322): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.