Antuvan İbrahim Keldani Efendi

Antuvan İbrahim Keldani Efendi was born in Misir in 1839/40 (AH 1255). The record gives the community as Chaldean Christian (Keldani) and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

Schooling recorded: Kisla Mektebi, 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: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Italian, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 1,000 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1857/58, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1857/58, shows Memur in Baghdad, with 1,000 kuruş a month. In 1861/62 the record shows Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 1,000 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Baghdad). In 1867/68 the record shows Muhafaza-i Evrak Memuriyeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 750 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Beyoğlu). In 1869/70 the record shows Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,440 kuruş a month (before: Muhafaza-i Evrak Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1877/78 the record shows PT Nezareti Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,570 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1879/80 the record shows Tahrirat-i Ecnebiye Kalemi Basmudur in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,000 to 2,400 kuruş a month (before: PT Nezareti Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1859/60.

The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as PT Nezareti Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi. 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 28 years with a salary the median is 1,585 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 670 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1884/85, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1885/86 (AH 1303): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.