Kirkor Abdullah Efendi

Kirkor Abdullah Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Hukuk Mektebi (School of Law), with 14 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Italian, with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1884/85 as Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi. 59 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 17 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1884/85. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.43 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 59 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.