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AGOB AMASYAN EFENDİ

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.2/6

Biographical account

Born in Amasya, 1824/25 (AH 1240). Education included Üsküdar Ermeni Mektebi; Paris’te ziraat ve ipek böcekçiliği eğitimi. First work is recorded at Bursa in 1851/52 (AH 1268). Career entries include İpek Fabrikası müdürü; Ziraat ve Nafia müdürü. The surviving career entries cover 1851/52 (AH 1268) to 1887/88 (AH 1305).

Career across the sources

11 career entries across 10 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

AmasyaBursaErzurumThessaloniki (Selanik)Ruse (Rusçuk)Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
28İpek Fabrikası müdürüBursa
40Ziraat ve Nafia müdürüErzurum
43Ziraat ve Nafia müdürüHüdavendigar
44Ticaret Nezareti
45Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanıThessaloniki (Selanik)
47Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanıRuse (Rusçuk)

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

11 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
İpek Fabrikası müdürüBursa[1]
Ziraat ve Nafia müdürüErzurum[1]
Ziraat ve Nafia müdürüHüdavendigar[1]
Ticaret Nezareti[1]
Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanıThessaloniki (Selanik)[1]
Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanıRuse (Rusçuk)[1]
Divan-ı İstinaf Ticaret MahkemesiIstanbul (Dersaadet)[1]
Meclis-i Ziraat ve Ticaret âzası[1]
Ticaret ve Ziraat Dairesi ziraat müdürü[1]
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti İstatistik Kalemi müdürü[1]
İpek fabrikası kurucusuAmasya[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 168, 169

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.2/6

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
Amasya
Birth year as recorded
1824/25 (AH 1240)
Age at first service
28
First work place as recorded
Bursa
First work year as recorded
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

School or education as recorded
Üsküdar Ermeni Mektebi; Paris’te ziraat ve ipek böcekçiliği eğitimi

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