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Marko Kohen Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100 kuruş
    1. Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100; 175 kuruş
    1. Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 175 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20 · 175 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Cenova · 175; 540 kuruş
    1. Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 21 · 175 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Cenova Şehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı

      Cenova · Calculated age 21 · 540 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  7. Undated entriesNiş başşehbender vekili ve kançılarNiš (Niş)

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

02705401895/96AH 13131898/99AH 13161895/96 (AH 1313) · Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 18 · 100 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 175 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 20 · 175 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 21 · 175 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Cenova Şehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı · Cenova · age 21 · 540 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bâb-ı Seraskerî müteahhidi [source]
Nationality or community
Musevi [source]
Religion
Musevilik [source]
Archive references
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 2, 4-3 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education detail
Mekteb-i Sultanî dördüncü sınıfa kadar [source]
Education
Özel muallim; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]
Qualification
Tasdikname alamamış [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1893/94 (AH 1311) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.7 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

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

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 261, 262

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