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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/524

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1827/28 (AH 1243). Education included özel hocalar. First work is recorded at Bâbı Seraskeri in 1846/47 (AH 1263). Career entries include Tercüme Odası memuru; Kapıkethuda. The surviving career entries cover 1846/47 (AH 1263) to 1881/82 (AH 1299).

Career across the sources

14 career entries across 12 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

İstanbulMalvizSamos (Sisam)Princes' Islands (Adalar)Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
20Tercüme Odası memuruBâbı Seraskeri
25KapıkethudaSamos (Sisam)
28Tercüme Kalemi memuruBâbıâli
28Tanzimat Tercüme Kalemi memuru
29İstikraz Komisyonu sermütercimi
30Patent Meclisi mütercimi

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

14 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tercüme Odası memuruBâbı Seraskeri[1]
KapıkethudaSamos (Sisam)[1]
Tercüme Kalemi memuruBâbıâli[1]
Tanzimat Tercüme Kalemi memuru[1]
İstikraz Komisyonu sermütercimi[1]
Patent Meclisi mütercimi[1]
Patent Meclisi âzası[1]
Muhtelit Divan-ı Zabtiye Meclisi âzasıBâbı Zabtiye[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationPrinces' Islands (Adalar)[1]
Tahrir-i Emlak On Üçüncü Daire muavini[1]
Politika memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationMalviz[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationKaşot Adası[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationMisi Adası[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 229

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/524

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)

    Calendar convention: Resolved AH labels only; Gregorian/Rumi and unresolved dates remain in native evidence..

    Year construction: Source events and specifically source-bounded continuation states; no generic date carry-forward..

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul
Birth province
Dersaadet
Birth year as recorded
1827/28 (AH 1243)
Age at first service
20
First work place as recorded
Bâbı Seraskeri
First work year as recorded
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Nationality or community
Rum

Education and languages

French
konuşur ve yazar
Rum
konuşur ve yazar
School or education as recorded
özel hocalar

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded
0

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