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Demirciyan Dikran Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 150; 250 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  2. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 250; 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  3. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 400; 450 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 26 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  5. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 450; 500 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 27 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  6. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 500; 550; 562; 625 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 28 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 28 · 625 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    4. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 28 · 562 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  7. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 562 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 29 · 562 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 562 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 30 · 562 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 562; 662 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 31 · 562 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 31 · 662 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  10. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 662; 762 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 32 · 662 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 32 · 762 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  11. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 762 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 33 · 762 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 762 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 34 · 762 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 762 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 35 · 762 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 762; 812 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 36 · 762 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 36 · 812 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  15. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 812; 912 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 37 · 812 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 37 · 912 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  16. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · 912; 1,012 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 38 · 912 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi

      · Calculated age 38 · 1,012 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesTahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entries · 50 kuruş

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

05061,0121891/92AH 13091906/07AH 13241891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 23 · 150 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 23 · 250 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 24 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 24 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 24 · 400 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 26 · 450 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 27 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 27 · 500 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 28 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 28 · 550 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 28 · 625 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 28 · 562 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 29 · 562 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 30 · 562 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 31 · 562 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 31 · 662 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 32 · 662 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 32 · 762 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 33 · 762 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 34 · 762 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 35 · 762 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 36 · 762 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 36 · 812 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 37 · 812 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 37 · 912 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 38 · 912 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi · age 38 · 1,012 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD 62/239; 168 DH. SAİD d. nr. 41/215 s. 215 [1]DH. SAİD d. nr. 41/215 s. 215 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Üsküdar Ermeni Mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani; Lisan Mektebi [source]
Qualification
Diploma alamamış [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship
1.25 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 128, 129, 130

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