Mustafa Şevket Efendi

Mustafa Şevket Efendi was born in Serres (Siroz) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Petrich (Petriç) in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 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 Muhabere Memuru in Serres, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Bitola (Manastır), the salary going from 285 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Serres). In 1901/02 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Ankara, with 675 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Bitola).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Seyyar Memur. 76 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 14 years with a salary the median is 675 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 465 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.16 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.