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Ermas Efendi

Born 1831/32 (AH 1247) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1863 to 1900 (AH 1280 to 1317)

Languages Greek, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00062/00134, s. 263

Follow 3 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.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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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.

1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1831/32 (AH 1247)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Edirne Telgraf Merkezi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Edirne Telgraf Merkezi

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 33

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Telgraf stajyeri

      Calculated age 33

    3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Telgraf stajyeri (Nakil)

      Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

    4. Edirne Telgraf Merkezi

      Fransızca telgraf muhabere memuru

      750 kuruşCalculated age 33

  3. 3

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Trabzon Telgrafhanesi

    Not yet located on the map: Trabzon Telgrafhanesi

    1. Fransızca muhabere başmemuru (Azil)

      Calculated age 70

4 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1863/64 (AH 1280): Telgraf stajyeri, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1863/64 (AH 1280): Telgraf stajyeri (Nakil), Istanbul (Dersaadet)1863/64 (AH 1280): Fransızca telgraf muhabere memuru, Edirne Telgraf Merkezi, 750 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317): Fransızca muhabere başmemuru (Azil), Trabzon TelgrafhanesiAH 1280AH 1317
  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  • Edirne Telgraf Merkezi

2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03757501863/64AH 12801863/64 (AH 1280) · 750 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. Edirne Telgraf Merkezi1
    1863/64 (AH 1280)
  2. 1863/64 (AH 1280)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Edirne Telgraf Merkezi750

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
  1. 1863/64 (AH 1280)
  2. 1863/64 (AH 1280)

The 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

Schooling Türk ve Yunan mektepleri [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1831/32 (AH 1247) [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00062/00134, s. 263 [1]

Education and languages

Greek
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Türk ve Yunan mektepleri [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
33 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları

    AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 128

    217 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00062/00134, s. 263.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00062/00134, s. 263.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated years

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