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Official

Kılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ Agop

Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1853/54 (AH 1270). On record 1876 to 1884, 9 annual entries.

Life

Kılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ Agop was born in Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).

Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 120 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İzmit, the salary going from 120 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Vlorë (Avlonya), the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İzmit). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 500 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Vlorë).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as Muhabere Memuru. 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 19.53 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1883/84, when 43 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Community
Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni

Education

Community school
Ermeni Millet Mektebi (4 years)Armenian community school
Higher or professional
Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Armenian
Kitabetwriting
French
Kitabetwriting
Italian
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
120

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Edepsizlik / İzmit Telgraf Memuriyeti'nden azli sıfat-ı memuriyetine münafi bazı harekatı vukuuna mebni olup açıkta bulunduğu müddet-i cezası kafi görülerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamıştır.; Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1294; 1295; 1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301

Career

Career of Kılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ Agop, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)120first-salary field
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)120
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere Memuruİzmit300
1878 to 1879AH 1295 to 1296Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1878500
1878/79500
Vlorë (Avlonya)500
1879 to 1884AH 1297 to 1301Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1879/80380
1880/81380
1881/82380
1882/83500
1883/84500
Thessaloniki (Selanik)380 to 500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Kılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ Agop against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1876/77120582.56002%
1877/783005604108%
187850060050033%
1878/7950060042034%
1879/8038050038022%
1880/8138050040021%
1881/8238050040020%
1882/8350050040043%
1883/8450050040043%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
IstanbulThessalonikiİzmitVlorë

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

344 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same school recorded

85 officials in all. Officials with Ermeni Millet Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (9)

Annual entries of Kılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ Agop
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiIstanbul (Dersaadet)120Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere Memuruİzmit300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruVlorë (Avlonya)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruVlorë (Avlonya)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1881/82AH 1299Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1882/83AH 1300Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
1883/84AH 1301Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0034_00187; 371
What the sources named in this table are
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.

Sources and original values (17)

Recorded values of Kılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ Agop with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameKılınççıyan Naşit Efendi Veled-İ AgopPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1270Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionHristiyanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityErmeniRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolErmeni Millet MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Telegraph school (recorded code)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1874Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)120Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedEdepsizlik / İzmit Telgraf Memuriyeti'nden azli sıfat-ı memuriyetine münafi bazı harekatı vukuuna mebni olup açıkta bulunduğu müddet-i cezası kafi görülerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamıştır. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedMemuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1294; 1295; 1296; 1297; 1298; 1299; 1300; 1301Later annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
Earlier annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Personnel attributes extract
The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 9 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.