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Rupen Davud

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Archive reference: BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 1, Gömlek No. 20, 4.

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1853/54 (AH 1270). First work is recorded in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Career entries include Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı; Maliye Hazinesi Islahat Komisyonu tercüme ve tahrirat görevlisi. The surviving career entries cover 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1885/86 (AH 1303).

This account may describe an official already represented in the collection.

Career across the sources

30 career entries across 18 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)Baghdad (Bağdat)Peste

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)
16Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı
16Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası memuru
Source-bounded service17Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı
Source-bounded service18Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı
Source-bounded service19Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı
Source-bounded service20Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı

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

30 career entries in 2 source accounts.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası memuru[2]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı160[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı160[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı160[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı160[1]
Islahat Komisyonu memuru[2]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı160[1]
Maliye Hazinesi Islahat Komisyonu tercüme ve tahrirat görevlisiFinance and revenue1,000[1]
Vilayet tercümanıBaghdad (Bağdat)[2]
Maliye Hazinesi Islahat Komisyonu tercüme ve tahrirat görevlisiFinance and revenue1,000[1]
Görevin sona ermesi[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası görevlisi[1]
Vilayet tercümanıBaghdad (Bağdat)2,200[1]
Vilayet tercümanıBaghdad (Bağdat)2,200[1]
Vilayet tercümanıBaghdad (Bağdat)2,200[1]
Başşehbenderhane kançılarıPeste[2]
Başşehbenderhane kançılarıPeste2,000[1]
Başşehbenderhane kançılarıPeste2,000[1]
Azil[1]
Şehbender vekiliAyamavra[2]
Şehbender vekiliAyamavra[1]
Şehbender vekiliTulcea (Tulça)[2]
Şehbender vekiliTolo[1]

Sources and references

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909) (BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN, 2024). Pages 272, 273

    Archive references: BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 1, Gömlek No. 20, 4.

  2. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 219

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.10/95

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.

  • II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: source_bounded_intervals_or_one_missing_year_equal_post_place_known_pay.

  • 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
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Father’s occupation
Sarraf
sarraf
Age at first service
16
First work year as recorded
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
6
Arabic
Aşina
French
Aşina
Rum
Aşina
Turkish
Aşina
School or education as recorded
Beyoğlu ve Bebek Fransız mektepleri
Beyoğlu Fransız Mektebi

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded
0

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