Deyran Misak Efendi

Deyran Misak Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Sarraf.

Schooling recorded: Fransız Mektebi (French school), 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: French, with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 34 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 1881/82, the official was about 34 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Galata, the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Pul Kitabeti. 41 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 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. 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 1897/98, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.