Dikran Ansoryan Efendi

Dikran Ansoryan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 250 to 270 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Rhodes (Rodos), with 290 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Beyoğlu). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Al-Faw (Fav), the salary going from 290 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Rhodes).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 73 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 24 years with a salary the median is 280 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 410 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.