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Pierre Hason Efendi

Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1846/47 (AH 1263). On record 1861 to 1904, 38 annual entries. Death recorded 1904/05.

Archive reference 0007_0151; 299

Life

Pierre Hason Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1846/47 (AH 1263) into the Armenian Christian (Ermeni) community; the father was a merchant (tüccar). In all Pierre Hason knew four languages, Armenian, French and Turkish in writing and Greek (Rum) in speech; fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,211 officials knew as many.

Work began in Istanbul in 1860/61, at about 14, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 200 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1861/62, with Pierre Hason as an official (Memur) in Beyoğlu. Next came Izmir (İzmir) from 1872 to 1876, then a return to Beyoğlu from 1876 to 1878. Pierre Hason then moved to Galata in 1878/79, then back to Istanbul, the birthplace, from 1879 to 1890. The annual lists then follow Pierre Hason to Galata in 1890/91. From 1891 to 1904 every annual entry places Pierre Hason again in Istanbul, first as an assistant director (Müdür Muavini), from 1901/02 as Kontrol Kalemi Mumeyyizligi. Entries spanning 44 years are rare, reached by fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,211 officials.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1861/62 to a peak of 2,000 in 1877/78, as Müdür in Beyoğlu, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. After the last annual entry, for 1903/04, the list of 1904/05 (AH 1322) gives the status word Vefat (death).

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 8 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1872/731876/7712345678Istanbul, Beyoğlu, GalataIzmir
  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263); First work 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Beyoğlu

    1861 to 1872 (AH 1278 to 1288)

    Memur

    200 to 1,060 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  3. Izmir (İzmir)

    1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)

    Hon Memuru

    1,050 to 1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Beyoğlu

    1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)

    Muhaberat-i Umumiye Mudur Muavinligi 1876/77 (AH 1293); Müdür 1877/78 (AH 1294)

    1,750 to 2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Galata

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    No annual entry for 1878 (AH 1295) before it.

    Posta Memuru

    900 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1879 to 1890 (AH 1297 to 1307)

    Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi 1879 to 1889 (AH 1297 to 1306); Müdür Muavini 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    760 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  7. Galata

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Müdür Muavini

    1,350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  8. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1891 to 1904 (AH 1309 to 1321)

    Müdür Muavini 1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313); Kontrol Kalemi Mumeyyizligi 1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321)

    1,425 to 1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

    No annual entry for 1896 to 1901 (AH 1314 to 1318).

  9. Death recorded in the annual list of 1904/05 (AH 1322): the word Vefat, not a date of death.

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13202,000 kuruşMemurHon MemuruMuhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiMüdür Muavini
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Pierre Hason Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1861/622006002507%
1862/6342050046030%
1863/6442050042027%
1864/6558062549047%
1865/661,06065033070%
1866/6793360050065%
1867/6893360040067%
1868/6993360032568%
1869/7093360040870%
1870/7193360030071%
1871/7290055038075%
1872/731,05055084%
1873/741,05050084%
1874/751,25053587%
1875/761,50053088%
1876/771,750582.591%
1877/782,0005602,00092%
1878/7990060030075%
1879/8076050060074%
1880/811,20050060087%
1881/821,20050060086%
1882/831,20050065086%
1883/841,20050060086%
1884/851,20050060086%
1885/861,20050060087%
1886/871,20050060087%
1887/881,20050060087%
1888/891,20050064587%
1889/901,20050088%
1890/911,35050092%
1891/921,42550094%
1892/931,42550087594%
1893/941,42550087594%
1894/951,42550095094%
1895/961,4255001,02593%
1901/021,50050094%
1902/031,50050093%
1903/041,50047594%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Pierre Hason Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1860/61AH 1277First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)200first-salary field
1861 to 1872AH 1278 to 1288Memur
11 entries
YearSalary
1861/62200
1862/63420
1863/64420
1864/65580
1865/661,060
1866/67933
1867/68933
1868/69933
1869/70933
1870/71933
1871/72900
Beyoğlu200 to 900
1872 to 1876AH 1289 to 1292Hon Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1872/731,050
1873/741,050
1874/751,250
1875/761,500
Izmir (İzmir)1,050 to 1,500
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-i Umumiye Mudur MuavinligiBeyoğlu1,750
1877/78AH 1294MüdürBeyoğlu2,000
No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295)
1878/79AH 1296Posta MemuruGalata900
1879 to 1889AH 1297 to 1306Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi
10 entries
YearSalary
1879/80760
1880/811,200
1881/821,200
1882/831,200
1883/841,200
1884/851,200
1885/861,200
1886/871,200
1887/881,200
1888/891,200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)760 to 1,200
1889/90AH 1307Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200
1890/91AH 1308Müdür MuaviniGalata1,350
1891 to 1896AH 1309 to 1313Müdür Muavini
5 entries
YearSalary
1891/921,425
1892/931,425
1893/941,425
1894/951,425
1895/961,425
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,425
No annual entry: 1896 to 1901 (AH 1314 to 1318)
1901 to 1904AH 1319 to 1321Kontrol Kalemi Mumeyyizligi
3 entries
YearSalary
1901/021,500
1902/031,500
1903/041,500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,500
1904/05AH 1322Death recorded

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Community
Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Tuccar
Death recorded
1904/05 (AH 1322)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Foreign school
Fransız Mektebi (7 years)French school
Higher or professional
Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Armenian
Kitabetwriting
French
Kitabetwriting
Greek (Rum)
Tekellumspeaking. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1860/61 (AH 1277)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık/ Mumaileyh vazifesine devamsızlığından dolayı bin üç yüz on dört senesi Rebiԟ'l ahirinin on dokuzunda 15 Ağustos 1312 azl edilmiştir.; İftira/ Salifü’l-beyan Beyoğlu Merkezi Müdürlüğü'nden hakkında vuku bulan bazı azviyata mebni azl olunup muahharen kendü tarafından olunan istida üzerine mezburenin zann ve yakîn mertebesine vasıl olmadığı cihetle haline münasip bir hizmette istihdamında bir beis görülemediği gibi Şûra-yı Devlet Mülkiye Dairesi'nden bâ-müzekkire ifade olunduğu şeref-vurud altı numaralı fi 29 Rebiülevveli 1296 tarihli tezkire-i samiyede emr ve iş’ar buyurularak tezkire-i mezburenin bir suret-i musaddakası tercüme-i varakasına merbut bulunmuştur.; Devamsızlık; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1319; 1320; 1321

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 1,265 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Pierre Hason Efendi had the 142nd highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 61 officials with the title Memur in the same years, Pierre Hason Efendi had the 20th highest salary.

All 338 officials with the title Memur

Same school

Of the 63 officials with Fransız Mektebi among their schools, Pierre Hason Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

All 63 officials with Fransız Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Pierre Hason Efendi had the 139th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 18 officials whose first annual entry is for 1861/62 (AH 1278), Pierre Hason Efendi had the 8th highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (38)

Annual entries of Pierre Hason Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1861/62AH 1278MemurBeyoğlu200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1862/63AH 1279MemurBeyoğlu420Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1863/64AH 1280MemurBeyoğlu420Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1864/65AH 1281MemurBeyoğlu580Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1865/66AH 1282MemurBeyoğlu1,060Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1866/67AH 1283MemurBeyoğlu933Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1867/68AH 1284MemurBeyoğlu933Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1868/69AH 1285MemurBeyoğlu933Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1869/70AH 1286MemurBeyoğlu933Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1870/71AH 1287MemurBeyoğlu933Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1871/72AH 1288MemurBeyoğlu900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1872/73AH 1289Hon MemuruIzmir (İzmir)1,050Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1873/74AH 1290Hon MemuruIzmir (İzmir)1,050Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1874/75AH 1291Hon MemuruIzmir (İzmir)1,250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1875/76AH 1292Hon MemuruIzmir (İzmir)1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-i Umumiye Mudur MuavinligiBeyoğlu1,750Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1877/78AH 1294MüdürBeyoğlu2,000Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1878/79AH 1296Posta MemuruGalata900Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)760Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1880/81AH 1298Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1881/82AH 1299Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1883/84AH 1301Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1884/85AH 1302Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1885/86AH 1303Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1886/87AH 1304Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1887/88AH 1305Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1888/89AH 1306Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye KalemiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1889/90AH 1307Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1890/91AH 1308Müdür MuaviniGalata1,350Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1891/92AH 1309Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1892/93AH 1310Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1893/94AH 1311Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1894/95AH 1312Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1895/96AH 1313Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,425Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1901/02AH 1319Kontrol Kalemi MumeyyizligiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1902/03AH 1320Kontrol Kalemi MumeyyizligiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
1903/04AH 1321Kontrol Kalemi MumeyyizligiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0007_0151; 299
What the sources named in this table are
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.

Sources and original values (21)

Recorded values of Pierre Hason Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NamePierre Hason EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1263Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationTuccarRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionHristiyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityErmeniRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolFransiz MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1277Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1860Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık/ Mumaileyh vazifesine devamsızlığından dolayı bin üç yüz on dört senesi Rebiԟ'l ahirinin on dokuzunda 15 Ağustos 1312 azl edilmiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedİftira/ Salifü’l-beyan Beyoğlu Merkezi Müdürlüğü'nden hakkında vuku bulan bazı azviyata mebni azl olunup muahharen kendü tarafından olunan istida üzerine mezburenin zann ve yakîn mertebesine vasıl olmadığı cihetle haline münasip bir hizmette istihdamında bir beis görülemediği gibi Şûra-yı Devlet Mülkiye Dairesi'nden bâ-müzekkire ifade olunduğu şeref-vurud altı numaralı fi 29 Rebiülevveli 1296 tarihli tezkire-i samiyede emr ve iş’ar buyurularak tezkire-i mezburenin bir suret-i musaddakası tercüme-i varakasına merbut bulunmuştur. other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedMemuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307; 1308; 1309; 1311; 1312; 1313; 1319; 1320; 1321Later annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1322Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
Earlier annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Personnel attributes extract
The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 29 annual entries of 38 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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