Tomas Terziyan Efendi

Tomas Terziyan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 80 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Edirne, the salary going from 350 to 570 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 570 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Edirne). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 570 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 58 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 33 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 220 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.02 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.