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Artin Resimciyan Efendi

Born 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Career evidence 1871 to 1896 (AH 1288 to 1313)

Follow 5 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)Beyoğlu
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 5 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

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

  1. 1

    1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1871/72 (AH 1288) · 22 recorded years

    Beyoğlu telgrafhanesi

    AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Beyoğlu telgrafhanesi

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      150 kuruşCalculated age 17

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      300 kuruşCalculated age 17

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      300 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      450 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      450 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      550 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    10. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      550 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    11. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      700 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    12. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      700 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    13. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      750 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    14. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      750 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    15. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      750 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    16. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      750 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    17. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      750 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    18. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    19. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    20. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    21. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    22. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    23. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    24. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    25. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    26. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    27. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    28. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      675 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    29. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      675 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    30. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      675 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    31. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      675 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Beyoğlu telgrafhanesi / Beyoğlu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Beyoğlu telgrafhanesi

    1. Beyoğlu telgrafhanesi

      Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      675 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Beyoğlu

      Muhasebe kalemi memuru

      700 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1893/94 (AH 1311) · 2 recorded years

    Beyoğlu

    AH entries: 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.

    1. Muhasebe kalemi memuru

      700 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi memuru

      700 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Beyoğlu / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Beyoğlu

      Muhasebe kalemi memuru

      700 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Place not recorded

      Vefat

      Calculated age 42

      Entry & evidence →[1]

2 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.

  • Nezaret mektebi mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
  • First work as recorded · İstanbul (Beyoğlu) · Year not recorded

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.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03757501871/72AH 12881883/84AH 13011895/96AH 13131871/72 (AH 1288) · 150 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · 300 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · 300 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · 350 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · 400 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · 400 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · 450 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · 450 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · 550 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · 550 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · 700 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · 700 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · 750 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · 750 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · 750 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 750 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 750 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 600 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 600 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 600 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 600 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 600 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 600 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 600 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 600 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 600 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 600 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 675 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 675 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · 675 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 675 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 675 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 700 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 700 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 700 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 700 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. Beyoğlu telgrafhanesi23
    1871 to 1893 (AH 1288 to 1310)
  2. 1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313)

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. Beyoğlu telgrafhanesi150 to 750

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. 1871 to 1893 (AH 1288 to 1310)
  2. 1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313)

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

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul[source]
Birth province
Dersaadet[source]
Birth year
1854/55 (AH 1271)[source]
Father’s occupation
Ressam[source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni[source]
Religion
Katolik[source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD 72/5; 143 DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/291 s. 291[1]DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/211 s. 211[1]DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/291 s. 291[1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
French
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education
Ermeni Sıbyan Mektebi; Beyoğlu Rum Mektebi[source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
İstanbul (Beyoğlu)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 102, 103

    DH. SAİD 72/5; 143 DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/291 s. 291; DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/211 s. 211; DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/291 s. 291

Read the original source accounts · 38 source entries →

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 · 26 dated years

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