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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.72/197

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1849/50 (AH 1266). Education included Beyoğlu Fransız Mektebi. First work is recorded in 1865/66 (AH 1282). Career entries include Hariciye Nezareti Evrak Odası; Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi. The surviving career entries cover 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1900/01 (AH 1318).

Career across the sources

9 career entries across 7 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

İstanbul

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
16Hariciye Nezareti Evrak Odası
20Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi
21Hariciye Nezareti tercüman vekili
22Hariciye Nezareti tercümanı
28Sadaret tercümanı
30Hariciye Nezareti tercümanı

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

9 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Hariciye Nezareti Evrak Odası[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi[1]
Hariciye Nezareti tercüman vekili[1]
Hariciye Nezareti tercümanı[1]
Sadaret tercümanı[1]
Hariciye Nezareti tercümanı[1]
Şûrâ-yı Devlet Tanzimat Dairesi âzası[1]
Date as written: 1879/1299Hariciye Nezareti İstişare Odası muavini[1]
Date as written: 1879/1299Sadaret tercümanı[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 209, 210

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.72/197

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
1849/50 (AH 1266)
Age at first service
16
First work year as recorded
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Nationality or community
Rum
Religion
Katolik

Education and languages

Armenian
konuşur ve yazar
French
konuşur ve yazar
Rum
Tekellüm
Turkish
konuşur ve okuryazar
School or education as recorded
Beyoğlu Fransız Mektebi

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