Nişan Efendi

Nişan Efendi was born in Sivas in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), with 4 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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë (Avlonya), the salary going from 100 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Trabzon, the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë). No annual entry is recorded for 1890 to 1894.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 83 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 9 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 81 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.