Mustafa Şevki Efendi

Mustafa Şevki Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1867/68 (AH 1284). 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 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 Erzurum in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Posta Memuru in Aşkale, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyadin, the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Aşkale). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Erbaa, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyadin). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Saray, the salary going from 500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Erbaa). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Muş, the salary going from 540 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Saray).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as 3. Müdür. 61 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 15 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.08 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 51 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.