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Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
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Dimitri Nikolakis Efendi

Born 1859/60 (AH 1276) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1881 to 1907 (AH 1299 to 1324)

Languages French, Turkish

Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1859/60 (AH 1276)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Tarabya Telgrafhanesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Tarabya Telgrafhanesi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 23

    2. stajyer

      Calculated age 23

  3. 3

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Edirne Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi

    Not yet located on the map: Edirne Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi

    1. muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      380 kuruşCalculated age 43

  4. 4

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Tekfurdağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi

    Not yet located on the map: Tekfurdağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi

    1. lisan-ı ecnebiye ve ittihat memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 48

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1881/82 (AH 1299): stajyer, Tarabya Telgrafhanesi1901/02 (AH 1319): muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru, Edirne Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi, 380 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): lisan-ı ecnebiye ve ittihat memuru, Tekfurdağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi, 500 kuruşAH 1299AH 1324
  • Tarabya Telgrafhanesi
  • Edirne Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
  • Tekfurdağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi

3 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02505001901/02AH 13191904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241901/02 (AH 1319) · 380 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 500 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Edirne Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi1
    1901/02 (AH 1319)
  2. Tarabya Telgrafhanesi1
    1881/82 (AH 1299)
  3. Tekfurdağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi1
    1906/07 (AH 1324)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Edirne Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi380
  2. Tekfurdağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi500

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1906/07 (AH 1324)
  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)
  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Education and personal record

Schooling özel okul [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Hristiyan (Rum) [source]
Archive references
213 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00058/00054, s. 105. [1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00058/00054, s. 105. [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
özel okul [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tarabya Telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları

    AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 126

    213 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00058/00054, s. 105.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00058/00054, s. 105.

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated years

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