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Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
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ERMENAK FERĠD EFENDĠ

Born 1878/79 (AH 1296) · Gaziantep (Antep) · Dated entries 1902/03 (AH 1320)

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

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 12/13

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1902/03 (AH 1320): Kaymakam yardımcısı, Gecaş, 675 kuruşAH 1320
Places and reading notes
  • Gecaş

1 distinct dated year. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 3 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.

1Gaziantep (Antep)İzmit
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Gaziantep (Antep)

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.

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

  1. 1

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Gaziantep (Antep)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    İzmit

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 21

  3. 3

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Gecaş

    Not yet located on the map: Gecaş

    1. Kaymakam yardımcısı

      675 kuruşCalculated age 24

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.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
0337.56751902/03AH 13201902/03 (AH 1320) · 675 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. Gecaş1
    1902/03 (AH 1320)

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. Gecaş675

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. 1902/03 (AH 1320)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Diploma [1]

Schooling Ayıntab İptidai Mektebi; İzmir İngiliz Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gaziantep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 12/13 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
bilir [source]
English
bilir [source]
French
bilir [source]
Rum (as recorded)
bilir [source]
Turkish
bilir [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Diploma [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Ayıntab İptidai Mektebi; İzmir İngiliz Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21 (calculated from AH year labels) [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İzmit [source]
First-salary field
675 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1899/1900 (AH 1317) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Gaziantepli memurlar

    EDA CEREN ERKABALCI · 2019 · Pages 97

    BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 12/13.; 207 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 12/13.

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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 · 1 dated years

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