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Dikran Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 500 kuruş
  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruAleppo (Halep) · Beirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · Latakia (Lazkiye) · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 34 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruLatakia (Lazkiye) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Latakia (Lazkiye) · Calculated age 35 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruLatakia (Lazkiye) · Beirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Latakia (Lazkiye) · Calculated age 36 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 37 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 38 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 39 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 40 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 41 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 42 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 43 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 44 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 45 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · 2 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 46 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru (Azil)

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 46

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  20. Undated entriesTelgraf merkezi mülazımıAleppo (Halep)

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

02505001881/82AH 12991899/1900AH 13171881/82 (AH 1299) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 28 · 500 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 29 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 31 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 32 · 500 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 33 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 34 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Latakia (Lazkiye) · age 34 · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Latakia (Lazkiye) · age 35 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Latakia (Lazkiye) · age 36 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 36 · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 37 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 38 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 39 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 40 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 41 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 42 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 43 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 44 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 45 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 46 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1854/55 (AH 1271) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD 84/31 [1]DH. SAİD d. nr. 58/363 s. 363 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Ermeni mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
25 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Halep [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 135, 136

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