Diran Efendi
Born 1857/58 (AH 1274) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1880 to 1890 (AH 1298 to 1307)
Languages English, French, Turkish
The life
Diran Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). Schooling included Yonarsan Kolcin Mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani, turuk-ı meabir sınıfı. The language repertoire included English, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Trabzon in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Dated career entries span 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 10 AH years, beginning with Üçüncü sınıf vilayet mühendisi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Trabzon vilayeti, Aydın vilayeti, Ankara vilayeti and Suriye vilayeti. [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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.
Stage 1 of 7 · 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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Trabzon / Trabzon vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Trabzon vilayeti
First work as recorded
Calculated age 24
Trabzon vilayeti
Üçüncü sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 24
3 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Trabzon vilayeti
Not yet located on the map: Trabzon vilayeti
Üçüncü sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
4 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Trabzon vilayeti / Aydın vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Trabzon vilayeti; Aydın vilayeti
Trabzon vilayeti
Üçüncü sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Aydın vilayeti
Üçüncü sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 26
5 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years
Aydın vilayeti
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Aydın vilayeti
Üçüncü sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü sınıf vilayet mühendisi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 29
6 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 3 recorded years
Ankara vilayeti
AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Ankara vilayeti
İkinci sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 30
İkinci sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
7 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Ankara vilayeti / Suriye vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ankara vilayeti; Suriye vilayeti
Ankara vilayeti
İkinci sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Suriye vilayeti
İkinci sınıf vilayet mühendisi
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 33
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 yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
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 amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Ankara vilayeti1,500
- Aydın vilayeti1,250
- Trabzon vilayeti1,250
- Suriye vilayeti1,250 to 1,500
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 titleThe 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
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları
HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 141, 142
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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.