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Yani Nikolayadis 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. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Ömer Paşa tercümanı · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Ömer Paşa tercümanı

      · Calculated age 28 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Ömer Paşa tercümanı · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ömer Paşa tercümanı

      · Calculated age 29 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Ömer Paşa tercümanı · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ömer Paşa tercümanı

      · Calculated age 30 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Infisal

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 31

      [1]

  5. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzon · 500 kuruş

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 35 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzonContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 36

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzonContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 37

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzonContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzonContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 39

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzonContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 40

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzonContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 41

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibiTrabzonContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 42

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Infisal · 2 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · 5,000 kuruş

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 43

      [1]

  14. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Vilayet tercümanı ve politika memuruBaghdad (Bağdat) · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı ve politika memuru

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 44 · 5,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Infisal

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 45

      [1]

  16. 1876/77 (AH 1293)ŞehbenderBrindisi

    1. Şehbender

      Brindisi · Calculated age 46

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  17. 1878 (AH 1295)BaşşehbenderBrindisi

    1. Başşehbender

      Brindisi · Calculated age 48

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  18. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Başşehbender · 3 career entriesBrindisi · Niš (Niş)

    1. Başşehbender

      Brindisi · Calculated age 49

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 49

      [1]

    3. Başşehbender

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 49

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  19. 1879/80 (AH 1297)BaşşehbenderNiš (Niş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Başşehbender

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 50

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1880/81 (AH 1298)BaşşehbenderNiš (Niş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Başşehbender

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 51

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1881/82 (AH 1299)BaşşehbenderNiš (Niş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Başşehbender

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 52

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1882/83 (AH 1300)BaşşehbenderNiš (Niş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Başşehbender

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 53

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Başşehbender · 2 career entriesNiš (Niş)

    1. Başşehbender

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 54

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 54

      [1]

  24. Undated entriesVilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi · 3 career entriesTrabzon · Belgrade (Belgrad) · Niš (Niş) · 1,800 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02,5005,0001858/59AH 12751874/75AH 12911858/59 (AH 1275) · Ömer Paşa tercümanı · age 28 · 1,200 kuruş1859/60 (AH 1276) · Ömer Paşa tercümanı · age 29 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1860/61 (AH 1277) · Ömer Paşa tercümanı · age 30 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1865/66 (AH 1282) · Vilayet tercümanı ve pasaport kâtibi · Trabzon · age 35 · 500 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Vilayet tercümanı ve politika memuru · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 43 · 5,000 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Vilayet tercümanı ve politika memuru · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 44 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İzmir [source]
Birth province
Aydın [source]
Birth year
1831/32 (AH 1247) [source]
Father’s occupation
Sarraf [source]

Education and languages

French
Aşina [source]
Italian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Aşina [source]
Education
Ermeni Millet Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
29 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
1200 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]

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]

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 241, 242

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