Edvar Blak Bey
Born 1824/25 (AH 1240) · Izmir (İzmir) · Dated entries 1842 to 1893 (AH 1258 to 1310)
Languages English, French, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 1/521
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Edvar Blak Bey was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1824/25 (AH 1240). The father’s occupation was Monitör Ottoman (Takvîm-i Vekâyi‘ Fransızca yayını) idaresi müdürü. Schooling included Paris Barbe Mektebi. The language repertoire included English, French, Italian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [source]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1842/43 (AH 1258). Dated career entries span 1842/43 (AH 1258) to 1892/93 (AH 1310) across 50 AH years, beginning with Liman odası tercümanı. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Paris, Napoli, Amerika and Istanbul (Dersaadet) and 1 other named places. [1]
Life and career
Follow 11 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 11 · Izmir (İzmir)
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.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1824/25 (AH 1240)
Izmir (İzmir)
Birth
2 1842/43 (AH 1258)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Liman odası tercümanı
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 18
3 1843/44 (AH 1259) · 10 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Liman odası tercümanı
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Kurye dö Kostantinopol gazetesi muharriri
2,500 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
4 1852/53 (AH 1269) · 8 recorded years
Paris
AH entries: 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276. Gaps remain open.
Paris sefareti maiyet memuru
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 29
Paris sefareti başkâtibi
5,000 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
5 1860/61 (AH 1277) · 6 recorded years
Napoli
AH entries: 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Napoli
Napoli şehbenderi
6,000 kuruşCalculated age 37
Napoli şehbenderi
6,000 kuruşCalculated age 42
Continuing service as described
6 1866/67 (AH 1283) · 6 recorded years
Amerika
AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Amerika
Amerika sefiri
25,000 kuruşCalculated age 43
Amerika sefiri
30,000 kuruşCalculated age 48
7 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Matbuat müdürü
7,500 kuruşCalculated age 52
Belediye dairesi fahri reisi
Calculated age 53
8 1877/78 (AH 1294) · 13 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Altıncı Daire-i Belediye reisi
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 54
Altıncı Daire-i Belediye müdürü
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 66
Continuing service as described
9 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Bükreş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bükreş
Altıncı Daire-i Belediye müdürü
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 67
Continuing service as described
Bükreş
Bükreş sefiri
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 67
10 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 2 recorded years
Bükreş
AH entries: 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Bükreş
Bükreş sefiri
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 68
Continuing service as described
Bükreş sefiri
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 69
Continuing service as described
11 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Bükreş / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bükreş
Bükreş
Bükreş sefiri
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 70
Continuing service as described
Altıncı Daire-i Belediye müdürü
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 70
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.
- Amerika sefiri (İnfisal) · Amerika · 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.
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)5,000 to 10,000
- Paris3,000 to 5,000
- Amerika25,000 to 30,000
- Napoli6,000
- Bükreş10,000
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
Schooling Paris Barbe Mektebi [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sultan II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Osmanlı sefirlerinin tercüme-i halli
İBRAHİM DENİZ · 2021 · Pages 126, 127, 128
BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 1/521; 93 BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 1/521
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