Dikran Efendi
Born 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
Languages Armenian, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival reference DH. SAİD 54/285
The life
Dikran Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The father’s occupation was Sarraf. Schooling included İcadiye Rüşdiyesi; Gurkenyan Ermeni Mektebi. The language repertoire included Armenian, French, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Gelibolu in 1888/89 (AH 1306). Dated career entries span 1888/89 (AH 1306) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 2 AH years, from Gelibolu to Gelibolu, beginning with Rüsumat mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Gelibolu. [1]
Life and career
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.
Stage 1 of 3 · 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.
1 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
Rüsumat mülazımı
Calculated age 20
3 Rüsumat mubassır muavini
150 kuruşCalculated age 21
Rüsumat manifesto memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 21
2 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Rüsumat mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi) · Gelibolu · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Rüsumat mubassır muavini (Nakil) · Gelibolu · Undated 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.
- Gelibolu
2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
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- Gelibolu150 to 250
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
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Education
- İcadiye Rüşdiyesi; Gurkenyan Ermeni Mektebi [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Gelibolu [source]
- First work year
- 1888/89 (AH 1306) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 0.948 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları
HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 132
DH. SAİD 54/285
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