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Volf Lovenzon

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. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Şehbenderhane kançılarlığıKöstence Şehbenderhanesi
    1. Şehbenderhane kançılarlığı

      Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  2. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Şehbenderhane kançılarlığıKöstence Şehbenderhanesi · 700 kuruş
    1. Şehbenderhane kançılarlığı

      Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · Calculated age 36

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbenderhane kançılarlığı

      Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · Calculated age 36 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  3. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Şehbenderhane kançılarlığı · 3 career entriesKöstence Şehbenderhanesi · 600; 700 kuruş
    1. Şehbenderhane kançılarlığı

      Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · Calculated age 37 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 37

      [1]

    3. Geçici şehbenderhane kâtipliği

      Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · Calculated age 37 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  4. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Geçici şehbenderhane kâtipliği · 2 career entriesKöstence Şehbenderhanesi · 600 kuruş
    1. Geçici şehbenderhane kâtipliği

      Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · Calculated age 38 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesŞehbenderhane kâtip ve tercümanıKöstence Şehbenderhanesi · 400 kuruş
    1. Şehbenderhane kâtip ve tercümanı

      Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03507001907/08AH 13251909/10AH 13271907/08 (AH 1325) · Şehbenderhane kançılarlığı · Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · age 36 · 700 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Şehbenderhane kançılarlığı · Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · age 37 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Geçici şehbenderhane kâtipliği · Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · age 37 · 600 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Geçici şehbenderhane kâtipliği · Köstence Şehbenderhanesi · age 38 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Nationality or community
Musevi [source]
Religion
Musevilik [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Rum (as recorded)
tekellüm ve kitâbet; ayrıca aşina [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm [source]
Education
Alyans İsrailiyet Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Köstence [source]
First-salary field
400 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 256

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