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İstepan Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Balıkesir · Dated entries 1873 to 1890 (AH 1290 to 1307)

Languages Armenian, Turkish

Archival reference DH. SA İD 0088/371

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1873/74 (AH 1290): Sancak Kalemi Mübeyyizi, Karesi1880/81 (AH 1298): Mal Müdürü, Burhaniye1882/83 (AH 1300): Aşar Ambar Emini, Giresun1889/90 (AH 1307): Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtibi, AyvalıkAH 1290AH 1300AH 1307
Places and reading notes
  • Karesi
  • Burhaniye
  • Giresun
  • Ayvalık

4 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 5 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.

1BalıkesirBurhaniyeGiresunAyvalık
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Balıkesir

How to read this map

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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Balıkesir

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Karesi Sancağı / Karesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Karesi Sancağı; Karesi

    1. Karesi Sancağı

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Karesi

      Sancak Kalemi Mübeyyizi

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Burhaniye

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Calculated age 26

  4. 4

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Giresun

    1. Aşar Ambar Emini

      Calculated age 28

  5. 5

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Ayvalık

    1. Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtibi

      Calculated age 35

3 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

No annual salary observations are available for this official.

Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1889/90 (AH 1307)
  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)
  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  4. Karesi1
    1873/74 (AH 1290)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)
  3. 1873/74 (AH 1290)
  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Balıkesir Kazası Ermeni Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Balıkesir [source]
Birth year
1855/56 (AH 1272) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Religion
Hristiyan [source]
Archive references
DH. SA İD 0088/371 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Balıkesir Kazası Ermeni Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Karesi Sancağı [source]
First work year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. II. Abdülhamid döneminde Balıkesirli mülki görevliler hakkında bir inceleme (sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre 1879 -1909)

    SERAP SUNAY · 2007 · Pages 177, 178

    DH. SA İD 0088/371

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 4 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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