Arganyan Karekin Efendi

Arganyan Karekin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).

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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). The official was then about 16 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 1878, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Müvezzi in Galata, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Galata, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Galata). In 1881/82 the record shows Müvezzi in Ortaköy, the salary going from 300 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Galata). In 1882/83 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 200 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Ortaköy). In 1892/93 the record shows Posta Memuru in Sirkeci, the salary going from 850 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Svilengrad). In 1894/95 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 390 to 420 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Sirkeci).

The highest salary, 850 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as Seyyar Memur. 84 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 19 years with a salary the median is 750 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.32 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 43 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.