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İSTEPAN ÇAPAN EFENDİ

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.10/623

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1848/49 (AH 1265). The father’s recorded occupation was Sarraf. Education included Ortaköy Mektebi. First work is recorded at Bâbıâli in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Career entries include Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası; Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası müdür muavini. The surviving career entries cover 1862/63 (AH 1279) to 1893/94 (AH 1311).

Career across the sources

16 career entries across 8 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Salary amounts

Amounts in kuruş. Separate points can represent different posts within one year.

Places in this career

İstanbulTulcea (Tulça)

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

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
14Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak OdasıBâbıâli
19Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası müdür muavini650
28Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kuyudat Şubesi serhalifesi2,000
31Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kuyudat Şubesi görevinden ayrılma
39Şehbender vekiliÖzice1,000
39Şehbender vekiliPoti

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

16 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak OdasıBâbıâli[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası müdür muavini650[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kuyudat Şubesi serhalifesi2,000[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kuyudat Şubesi görevinden ayrılma[1]
Şehbender vekiliÖzice1,000[1]
Şehbender vekiliPoti[1]
Şehbender vekiliTulcea (Tulça)[1]
ŞehbenderTurin..[1]
Vefat[1]
Date as written: 1863 entry; two months laterTâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası100[1]
Date as written: 1864Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası250[1]
Date as written: 1864; source says next year after1864Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası350[1]
Date as written: 1865Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası550[1]
Date as written: 1872Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası731[1]
Date as written: 1872; immediately after731Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası753.25[1]
Date as written: 1875Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası900[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 190, 191

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.10/623

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
1848/49 (AH 1265)
Father’s occupation
Sarraf
Age at first service
14
First work place as recorded
Bâbıâli
First work year as recorded
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
0.16666666666666666
School or education as recorded
Ortaköy Mektebi

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