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Gümüşyan Garok Efendi

Born 1845 (AH 1261) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1883 to 1898 (AH 1301 to 1315)

Languages Armenian, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.705

The career, year by year

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

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.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1845 (AH 1261)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Aydın Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Aydın Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 40

    2. Memur

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 40

  3. 3

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Aydın Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun / Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Aydın Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun; Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun

    1. Aydın Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun

      Memur

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun

      Umur-ı Hesabiye memuru

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 41

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun / Hazine-i Hassa Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun; Hazine-i Hassa Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul

    1. Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun

      Umur-ı Hesabiye memuru

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hazine-i Hassa Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul

      Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi memuru (Hereke kontrolü)

      Calculated age 42

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 12 recorded years

    Hazine-i Hassa Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul

    AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hazine-i Hassa Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi memuru (Hereke kontrolü)

      Calculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi memuru

      1,450 kuruşCalculated age 54

    All 15 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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. Hazine-i Hassa Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul13
    1885 to 1898 (AH 1303 to 1315)
  2. Aydın Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun2
    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
  3. Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun2
    1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

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. Hazine-i Hassa Emlak-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul1,330 to 1,450
  2. Aydın Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun1,500
  3. Hereke Fabrika-yı Hümayun1,200

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. 1891 to 1898 (AH 1309 to 1315)
  2. 1885 to 1892 (AH 1303 to 1309)
  3. 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
  4. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

The 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

Schooling İstanbul Ermeni mektebi; Paris [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Rum (as recorded) · Tekellüm [source]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 28, 29

    BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.705

Read the original source accounts · 22 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 · 15 dated years

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