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Kirkor Efendi

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/620

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1851/52 (AH 1268). The father’s recorded occupation was Kuyumcu. First work is recorded in 1871/72 (AH 1288). Career entries include Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı; Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi). The surviving career entries cover 1871/72 (AH 1288) to 1903/04 (AH 1321).

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Career across the sources

61 career entries across 23 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

İstanbulAgribozBitola (Manastır)TiflisBatumi (Batum)Podgorica (Podgoriça)Sulina (Sünne)

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
20Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı
20Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası
Source-bounded service21Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı
Source-bounded service22Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı
Source-bounded service23Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı
Service ending23Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

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

61 career entries in 2 source accounts.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası[2]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı[1]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı[1]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı[1]
Liman İdaresi tercümanı[2]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı[1]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)[1]
Liman İdaresi tercümanıLiman İdaresi800[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası[2]
Liman İdaresi tercümanıLiman İdaresi800[1]
İstifa[1]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı0[1]
Vilayet tercümanıBitola (Manastır)[2]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı0[1]
Hariciye Tahrirat Odası mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)[1]
Vilayet tercümanıBitola (Manastır)1,500[1]
Azil[1]
Serşehbenderhane kançılarTiflis[2]
Başşehbenderhane kançılarıTiflis1,200[1]
Tahdid-i Hukuk Komisyonu başkâtibiAnadolu[2]
Başşehbenderhane kançılarıTiflis1,200[1]
Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudut Komisyonu başkâtibi3,000[1]
KançılarBatumi (Batum)[2]
Başşehbenderhane kançılarıTiflis1,200[1]
Başşehbenderhane kançıları (Nakil)Tiflis[1]
Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudut Komisyonu başkâtibi3,000[1]
Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudut Komisyonu başkâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıBatumi (Batum)[1]
Batum kançılarlığı ve Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudut Komisyonu başkitabeti müşterek maaşı3,000[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıBatumi (Batum)[1]

Showing the first 30 of 61 career entries. Read every entry and source account.

Sources and references

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909) (BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN, 2024). Pages 263, 264, 265
  2. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 194, 195

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/620

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
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Father’s occupation
Kuyumcu
Age at first service
20
First work year as recorded
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
2.75
Armenian
Aşina
French
Kitâbet
Italian
Kitâbet
Rum
Aşina
Turkish
bir miktar okur yazar
biraz okuryazar
School or education as recorded
Müncisarest Mektebi; Pavda/Bavda Darülfünunu
Venedik Mıkhıtarist Mektebi; üniversite

Honours and legal record

Judicial record (recorded code)
1

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