Dimitraki Zobon Efendi
Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1882 to 1903 (AH 1300 to 1320)
Languages French, Greek, Turkish
The life
Dimitraki Zobon Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Schooling included Büyük Fener Rum Mektebi; Nafia Nezareti Köprü ve Yol Mektebi. The language repertoire included French, Greek and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Draç Sancağı in 1882/83 (AH 1300). Dated career entries span 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 12 AH years, from Draç Sancağı to Sarımbey, beginning with Umur-ı Nafia mühendisi and ending with entries for Şark Demiryolları Sarımbey monoli aksamı komiseri. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Draç Sancağı, Karahisar-ı Şarki Sancağı, Crete (Girit) and Selanik-İstanbul hattı and 2 other named places. [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 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.
Stage 1 of 9 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1855/56 (AH 1272)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Draç Sancağı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Draç Sancağı
First work as recorded
Calculated age 28
Umur-ı Nafia mühendisi
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 28
3 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Draç Sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Draç Sancağı
Umur-ı Nafia mühendisi
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
4 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Draç Sancağı / Karahisar-ı Şarki Sancağı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Draç Sancağı; Karahisar-ı Şarki Sancağı
Draç Sancağı
Umur-ı Nafia mühendisi
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
Karahisar-ı Şarki Sancağı
Umur-ı Nafia mühendisi
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 30
5 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Crete (Girit)
limanlar mühendisi
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 38
6 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Selanik-İstanbul hattı
Not yet located on the map: Selanik-İstanbul hattı
Şark Demiryolları Selanik ve İstanbul kısmı komiseri
2,250 kuruşCalculated age 41
7 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Selanik-İstanbul hattı / Eskişehir-Konya hattı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Selanik-İstanbul hattı; Eskişehir-Konya hattı
Selanik-İstanbul hattı
Şark Demiryolları Selanik ve İstanbul kısmı komiseri
2,250 kuruşCalculated age 42
Continuing service as described
Eskişehir-Konya hattı
Anadolu Demiryolu Eskişehir-Konya kısmı komiseri
Calculated age 42
8 1897/98 (AH 1315) · 5 recorded years
Sarımbey
AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Sarımbey
Şark Demiryolları Sarımbey monoli aksamı komiseri
2,300 kuruşCalculated age 43
Şark Demiryolları Sarımbey monoli aksamı komiseri
2,300 kuruşCalculated age 47
Continuing service as described
9 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Sarımbey / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sarımbey; Location not recorded
Sarımbey
Şark Demiryolları Sarımbey monoli aksamı komiseri
2,300 kuruşCalculated age 48
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 48
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Umur-ı Nafia mühendisi · Beirut (Beyrut) · Undated · 1,400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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.
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Sarımbey2,300
- Draç Sancağı1,750
- Selanik-İstanbul hattı2,250
- Crete (Girit)1,500
- Karahisar-ı Şarki Sancağı1,750
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 titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; mühendislik şahadetnamesi [1]
Schooling Büyük Fener Rum Mektebi; Nafia Nezareti Köprü ve Yol Mektebi [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları
AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 123
209 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00137/00128, s. 253.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00137/00128, s. 253.
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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.