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Dimitri Efendi

Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Languages French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Follow 2 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 2 · 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. 1

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi / İstanbul Dahiliye Merkez Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi; İstanbul Dahiliye Merkez Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

    2. İstanbul Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi

      stajyer (mülazım)

      Calculated age 22

    3. İstanbul Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi

      stajyer (mülazım) (Nakil)

      Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

    4. İstanbul Dahiliye Merkez Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi

      stajyer (mülazım)

      Calculated age 22

    5. İstanbul Dahiliye Merkez Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi

      stajyer (mülazım) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

    6. İstanbul Dahiliye Merkez Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi

      Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi memuru

      250 kuruşCalculated age 22

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.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

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

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01252501894/95AH 13121894/95 (AH 1312) · 250 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. İstanbul Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi1
    1894/95 (AH 1312)
  2. İstanbul Dahiliye Merkez Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi1
    1894/95 (AH 1312)

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. İstanbul Dahiliye Merkez Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi250

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. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; şahadetname [1]

Schooling Rum millet mektebi; Fransız Jozef mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Rum (as recorded) · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]

Honours and other personal details

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

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti ikinci münadisi [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Hristiyan (Rum Ortodoks) [source]
Archive references
211 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00098/00194, s. 385. [1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00098/00194, s. 385. [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Rum (as recorded)
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]şahadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Rum millet mektebi; Fransız Jozef mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

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

Sources and evidence

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

    AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 124, 125

    211 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00098/00194, s. 385.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00098/00194, s. 385.

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