MİKAİL EFENDİ (PORTAKALOĞLU)
Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/250
Biographical account
Born in İstanbul, 1842/43 (AH 1258). Education included Ortaköy Sıbyan Ermeni Mektebi; Paris Muradyan Mektebi. First work is recorded at Bâbıâli in 1861/62 (AH 1278). Career entries include Tercüme Odası; Şûrâ-yı Devlet Nafia Dairesi mülazımı. The surviving career entries cover 1861/62 (AH 1278) to 1897/98 (AH 1315).
Career across the sources
14 career entries across 11 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.
Places in this career
Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.
Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.
| Year | Age | Post | Place | Salary (kuruş) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Tercüme Odası | Bâbıâli | ||
| 27 | Şûrâ-yı Devlet Nafia Dairesi mülazımı | |||
| 27 | Gümrük Nezareti | Galata | ||
| 30 | Rusumat Nezareti | Beirut (Beyrut) | ||
| 31 | Meclis-i Rusumat âzası | |||
| 32 | Evrak-ı Sıhhiye müdürü |
AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.
Sources and career entries
14 career entries in 1 source account.
| Recorded date | Title and category | Place | Recorded pay | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tercüme Odası | Bâbıâli | [1] | ||
| Şûrâ-yı Devlet Nafia Dairesi mülazımı | [1] | |||
| Gümrük NezaretiFinance and revenue | Galata | [1] | ||
| Rusumat Nezareti | Beirut (Beyrut) | [1] | ||
| Meclis-i Rusumat âzası | [1] | |||
| Evrak-ı Sıhhiye müdürü | [1] | |||
| Mekteb-i Mülkiye muallimiEducation | [1] | |||
| Şûrâ-yı Devlet Nafia Dairesi âzası | [1] | |||
| Cemiyet-i Rusumiye başkanı | [1] | |||
| Maliye Hazinesi müsteşarıFinance and revenue | [1] | |||
| Ziraat Bankası genel müdürü | [1] | |||
| Rusumat emini | [1] | |||
| Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane nazırı | [1] | |||
| Vefat | [1] |
Sources and references
- Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 203, 204
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/250
About dates, entries and source conventions
Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.
- Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)
Calendar convention: Resolved AH labels only; Gregorian/Rumi and unresolved dates remain in native evidence..
Year construction: Source events and specifically source-bounded continuation states; no generic date carry-forward..
Personal details
- Birthplace
- İstanbul
- Birth province
- Dersaadet
- Birth year as recorded
- 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Age at first service
- 20
- First work place as recorded
- Bâbıâli
- First work year as recorded
- 1861/62 (AH 1278)
- Nationality or community
- Ermeni
- Religion
- Katolik
Education and languages
- Armenian
- konuşur ve yazar
- English
- konuşur ve yazar
- French
- konuşur ve yazar
- Turkish
- konuşur ve yazar
- School or education as recorded
- Ortaköy Sıbyan Ermeni Mektebi; Paris Muradyan Mektebi
Honours and legal record
- Judicial record as worded
- 0
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)