Lazyan Agob Efendi

Lazyan Agob Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Fransız Mektebi (French school), 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 17 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 1876/77, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Veles (Köprülü), the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pristina). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pljevlja (Taşlıca), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Veles). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 600 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pljevlja). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Skopje, the salary going from 750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Skopje). No annual entry is recorded for 1878.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 27 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.28 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1903/04 (AH 1321): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.