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Dikran Vartanyan Efendi

69_148; 293Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Dikran Vartanyan Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1290. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Millet Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1309 (19 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 3 distinct AH years between 1311 and 1313; it begins with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoglu (150 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 69_148; 293

Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

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1 field has differing source assertions. Alternatives remain visible in the evidence below; the display edition does not establish which assertion is historically correct.

Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

Sabıka / criminal records

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Legal wording, values and source locators
  • Original annual indicator value 0
    AH 1311–1313
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 35016, 37336, 39750

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1313
    Source lines 61683

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1311
    Source lines 61681
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1312
    Source lines 61682
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1313
    Source lines 61683

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1311
    Source lines 35016
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1312
    Source lines 37336
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1313
    Source lines 39750

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1311
    Source lines 59437
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1312
    Source lines 59436
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1313
    Source lines 59438

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1311
    Source lines 59437
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1312
    Source lines 59436
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1313
    Source lines 59438

Rank and honour codes

Original values across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

No honour or rank code assertion is linked in these additional sources.

About these sources

Life and career

3 recorded AH years · 3 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1290
  2. AH 1309Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
  3. AH 1311–1312Birth-year difference: 21–22 AH years
  4. AH 1313Birth-year difference: 23 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

2 of 5

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1311

Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · beyoglu · 150 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1309 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1309 · 1892 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
0250500AH 1311AH 1312AH 1313AH 1311 · 1893 label: 150 kuruş / month · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · beyogluAH 1312 · 1894 label: 150 kuruş / month · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · beyogluAH 1313 · 1895 label: 500 kuruş / month · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · resmo

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian values elsewhere are stored labels.

Places in this record

AH 1309 · 1892 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
beyoglu: Locality linkage; agreedbeyogluresmo: Locality linkage; agreedresmo

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Locality beyoglu → resmo

    Salary 150 to 500 kuruş +350 (+233.33%)

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

How to read the dates, birth-year differences and salaries

AH years are the ordering clock. Birth-year differences subtract uncontested AH birth and event year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays. Separately recorded first-job age fields can use a different or unresolved convention and are not substituted into this calculation. Gregorian years are stored dataset labels. The first-work field may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service, and does not establish the beginning of PT service.

Salaries are monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash disbursements. Differences between annual entries are not dated promotions or transfers. A source status such as Vefat is not a formal death date; no death locality is assigned from a last work place.

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Millet Mektebi
Schooling duration
4 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
2 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1290
Religion wording
Hristiyan
Nationality wording
Ermeni

Schooling years are a duration/classification, not an acquisition date. Education and training dates await source-linked structured records; no dates are inferred here. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

First-work source date
AH 1309 · 1892 label
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
150 kuruş
Source
recovered

The first-work date may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service. The first-salary amount is a separate inherited field; their presence together does not prove that payment began on this date. Neither is the first positive annual salary observation.

Recorded language repertoire

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
French
Kitabet (writing)

Only recorded terms are shown. Omitted language fields mean not recorded; they do not establish that the official lacked a language. Original competency wording is preserved; Kitabet (writing), Tekellum (speaking) and Asina (familiarity) are cautious historical glosses, not modern proficiency levels. Workbook language notes remain separately source-linked in the additional evidence. Read the terminology note.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

  • FL Communication and Telegraph

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Enrichment edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-e57164ecd75cde91. This is separate from the annual data edition; the compact dossier PDF cites both editions.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertionFL Communication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1311–1313
Source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyetieda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 61681, 61682, 61683
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyetieda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 61681, 61682, 61683
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1311
Source lines 35016
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1312
Source lines 37336
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1313
Source lines 39750
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1311
Source lines 61681
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1312
Source lines 61682
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1313
Source lines 61683
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1311
Source lines 61681
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1312
Source lines 61682
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1313
Source lines 61683
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1311
Source lines 61681
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1312
Source lines 61682
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1313
Source lines 61683
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1311
Source lines 61681
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1312
Source lines 61682
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1313
Source lines 61683
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1311
Source lines 61681
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1312
Source lines 61682
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1313
Source lines 61683
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1311
Source lines 61681
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1312
Source lines 61682
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1313
Source lines 61683
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1311
Source lines 61681
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1312
Source lines 61682
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1313
Source lines 61683
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1311
Source lines 61681
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1312
Source lines 61682
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1313
Source lines 61683
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1311
Source lines 61681
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1312
Source lines 61682
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1313
Source lines 61683
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1311
Source lines 35016
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1312
Source lines 37336
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1313
Source lines 39750
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1311
Source lines 59437
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1312
Source lines 59436
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1313
Source lines 59438
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1311
Source lines 59437
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1312
Source lines 59436
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1313
Source lines 59438

Evidence & edition

Coded extracts, preserved source differences

Collection membership

Website edition
ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
Source editions
older, september, recovered
Annual display source
Recovered merged personnel extract
Paper sample
Included · 3 annual entries
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Recorded place assertions; map linkage is separately reported

How to read this dossier

The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. No annual gap is filled from another extract. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.

About the edition, calendars and selection

FieldSource alternativesDisplay rule
qualification
1
recovered · qualification · source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
0
september · qualification · source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
0
older · qualification · source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
All stored assertions retained. Names prefer September, then older; supplemental names fill only missing names. Other preferred attributes use recovered, then September, then older, with modal nonblank value and source-order tie break. This does not adjudicate historical truth or changes in coding.
All substantive source assertions (80)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1290recovered · dobirth
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birthplace
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birth_place
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
birthProvincedersaadetrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
schoolMillet Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
schoolingYears4recovered · education_year
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
schoolingYears4recovered · school_year
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
apprenticeshipYears2recovered · mulazemet
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
religionHristiyanrecovered · religion
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
nationalityErmenirecovered · nationality
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
firstWorkH1309recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
firstWorkG1892recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
firstWorkSalary150recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
birthLatitude41.08488985821407recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
birthLongitude29.056960217582365recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 56495, 56496, 56497
nameDikran Vartanyan Efendi september · İsim
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
birthH1290september · dobirth
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
birthPlacedersaadetseptember · birthplace
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
birthProvincedersaadetseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
schoolmillet mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
schoolingYears4september · education_year
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
apprenticeshipYears2september · mulazemet
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
apprenticeshipYears2september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
apprenticeshipYears2september · internship
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
religionhristiyanseptember · religion
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
nationalityermeniseptember · nationality
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
firstWorkH1309september · firstjob_year
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
firstWorkSalary150september · firstjob_wage
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
birthLatitude41.08488985821407september · lat_birth_place
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
birthLongitude29.056960217582365september · lon_birth_place
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 59436, 59437, 59438
nameDikran Vartanyan Efendi older · İsim
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
birthH1290older · dobirth
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
birthPlacedersaadetolder · birthplace
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
birthProvincedersaadetolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
schoolmillet mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
schoolingYears4older · education_year
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
apprenticeshipYears2older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
apprenticeshipYears2older · internship
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
religionhristiyanolder · religion
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
nationalityermeniolder · nationality
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
firstWorkH1309older · firstjob_year
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
firstWorkSalary150older · firstjob_wage
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
birthLatitude41.08488985821407older · lat_birth_place
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
birthLongitude29.056960217582365older · lon_birth_place
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 8914, 20667, 24166

Original stored values

These are values in the inherited coded extracts. They are not a verified transcription of the original register. Source spelling and differences are preserved.

Cite this record

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Dikran Vartanyan Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 69_148; 293. Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis. Annual edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a; additional source edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-e57164ecd75cde91. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-5799ddde987bd747/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 69_148; 293
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-5799ddde987bd747/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.