Pozik Yosef Azaryan

Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1871 to 1887 (AH 1288 to 1304)

Languages Armenian, French, Greek, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423

The career, year by year

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The life

Pozik Yosef Azaryan was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1848/49 (AH 1265), within the Katolik community. The father’s occupation was tüccar. Education accounts differ: Paris İstanislas Sent Parb; Lise-i Bonaparte; Fransız Darülfünunu Hukuk Şubesi / Paris Stanislas ve Saint Barbé okulları. The language repertoire included Armenian, French, Greek, Italian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish.^{[1] [2]}

Service began in Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi in 1871/72 (AH 1288). Dated career entries span 1871/72 (AH 1288) to 1886/87 (AH 1304) across 17 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi, Demiryolları Kalemi, Zare and Zara and 3 other named places.^{[1] [2]}

Monthly pay went from 1,250 kuruş in 1871/72 (AH 1288) to 3,000 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,500 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294).^{[1] [2]}

Personal record

Birth: Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 1848/49 (AH 1265)^[source]
Father’s occupation: tüccar^[source]
Education: Paris İstanislas Sent Parb; Lise-i Bonaparte; Fransız Darülfünunu Hukuk Şubesi / Paris Stanislas ve Saint Barbé okulları^[source]Conflicting recorded values are shown together; no value is selected.
First work: 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi^[source]
Age at first work: 23^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 1000 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

17
Dated AH years: 7
Career place names: 17
Salary years: 1,250 → 3,000
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 3,500
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 95.8%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1871/72 (AH 1288) to 1886/87 (AH 1304); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1886/87 (AH 1304).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 13 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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1
1848/49 (AH 1265)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi; Location not recorded
1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 23
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Place not recorded
  Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi muhasebe memuru
  Calculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[2]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
3
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi / Demiryolları Kalemi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi; Demiryolları Kalemi; Location not recorded
1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi
  Muhasebe memuru
  1,185 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Demiryolları Kalemi memuru
  Calculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[2]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1873/74 (AH 1290) · 3 recorded years
Demiryolları Kalemi
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Demiryolları Kalemi
1. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru
  1,900 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru
  2,200 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Demiryolları Kalemi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Demiryolları Kalemi; Location not recorded
1. Demiryolları Kalemi
  Demiryolları Kalemi memuru
  2,200 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  İstifa
  Calculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Zare / Zara
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zare
1. Zare
  Şehbender
  3,500 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Zara
  Şehbender
  Calculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[2]
7
1878 (AH 1295) · 2 recorded years
Zare
AH entries: 1295, 1296. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Zare
1. Şehbender
  3,500 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Şehbender
  3,500 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Zare / Vidin
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zare
1. Zare
  Şehbender
  3,500 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vidin
  Tüccar vekili
  Calculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[2]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
9
1880/81 (AH 1298) · 2 recorded years
Vidin
AH entries: 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
1. Tüccar vekili
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tüccar vekili
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Vidin / Parsilon
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Parsilon
1. Vidin
  Tüccar vekili
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Parsilon
  Başşehbender
  Calculated age 35
  Entry & evidence →[2]
11
1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years
Vidin
AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
1. Tüccar vekili
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tüccar vekili
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Vidin / Zare
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zare
1. Vidin
  Tüccar vekili
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Zare
  Şehbender
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Zare / Barselona
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zare; Barselona
1. Zare
  Şehbender
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Barselona
  Başşehbender vekili
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1871/72 (AH 1288)	1,250	420.5	125 to 2,375	80.6%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	1,900	450	140 to 2,350	87.5%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	2,200	405	130 to 2,200	89.8%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	2,200	450	150 to 1,800	91.7%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	2,200	450	150 to 2,000	91.0%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	2,200	420	150 to 2,000	91.7%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	3,500	450	150 to 1,800	95.3%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	3,500	450	150 to 2,000	95.2%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	3,500	400	150 to 2,000	94.5%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	3,500	400	180 to 1,800	95.2%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	2,000	400	160 to 1,500	93.4%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	2,000	400	150 to 1,500	92.5%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	2,000	400	150 to 1,400	93.0%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	2,000	400	150 to 1,400	93.5%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	2,000	400	150 to 1,500	92.7%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	3,000	400	150 to 1,500	95.6%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	3,000	400	150 to 1,500	95.8%	1725

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Vidin7
1879 to 1886 (AH 1297 to 1303)
Zare6
1877 to 1887 (AH 1294 to 1304)
Demiryolları Kalemi5
1872 to 1877 (AH 1289 to 1293)
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi2
1871 to 1873 (AH 1288 to 1289)
Barselona1
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Parsilon1
1882/83 (AH 1300)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Vidin2,000
Zare3,000 to 3,500
Demiryolları Kalemi1,900 to 2,200
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi1,000 to 1,250
Barselona3,000

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 title

Tüccar vekili7
1879 to 1886 (AH 1297 to 1303)
Şehbender6
1877 to 1887 (AH 1294 to 1304)
Demiryolları Kalemi memuru5
1872 to 1877 (AH 1289 to 1293)
Muhasebe memuru2
1871 to 1873 (AH 1288 to 1289)
Başşehbender1
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Başşehbender vekili1
1886/87 (AH 1304)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Istanbul665 other officialsA. Mavroyeni Bey born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 10,000 kuruş
Vidin3 other officialsABDURRAHMAN HIFZI EFENDİ 2 shared years; highest salary 3,600 kuruş
1871/72 (AH 1288)115 other officialsAlaaddin Efendi first annual entry 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 2,000 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Paris İstanislas Sent Parb; Lise-i Bonaparte; Fransız Darülfünunu Hukuk Şubesi; Paris Stanislas ve Saint Barbé okulları^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazarokuryazar^{[1] [2]}
French · Kitâbetokur yazarokuryazar^{[1] [2]}
Greek · Eski Rumca okur yazar^[source]
Italian · Kitâbetokur yazarokuryazar^{[1] [2]}
Rum (as recorded) · Aşina^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazarokuryazar^{[1] [2]}

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Sources and evidence

II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 237
Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)
Sevilay Kasap · 2011 · Pages 217, 218
BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423

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