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OHANNES VAHAN EFENDİ

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/470

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1835/36 (AH 1251). The father’s recorded occupation was tüccar. Education included Paris yükseköğrenimi. First work is recorded in 1857/58 (AH 1274). Career entries include İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âza mülazımı; İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âzası. The surviving career entries cover 1857/58 (AH 1274) to 1890/91 (AH 1308).

Career across the sources

20 career entries across 11 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Salary amounts

Amounts in kuruş. Separate points can represent different posts within one year.

Places in this career

İstanbulThessaloniki (Selanik)

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

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
23İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âza mülazımı500
26İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âzası
28Üçüncü Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanı2,500
29İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanı4,500
33Ticaret Nezareti muavini
34Divan-ı Ahkâm-ı Adliye âzası

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

20 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âza mülazımı500[1]
İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âzası[1]
Üçüncü Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanı2,500[1]
İkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi başkanı4,500[1]
Ticaret Nezareti muavini[1]
Divan-ı Ahkâm-ı Adliye âzasıJudicial[1]
Tefrik Cemiyeti başkanı[1]
Şûrâ-yı Devlet âzası[1]
Maarif Nezareti müsteşarıEducation[1]
Mekteb-i Sultani müdürü[1]
Maarif Nezareti müsteşarıEducation15,000[1]
Nafia Nezareti müsteşarı[1]
Islahat Komisyonu fahri âzası[1]
İstinaf Mahkemesi âzası[1]
Demiryolu Komisyonu âzası[1]
Şûrâ-yı Devlet âzası[1]
Adliye Nezareti müsteşarıJudicial[1]
vefat[1]
Date as written: Selanik Vakası’nda fevkalade komiser tayin edilmiştir.Fevkalade komiserThessaloniki (Selanik)[1]
Date as written: 1860 CEİkinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âzası2,500[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 215, 216

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/470; BOA, İrâde Dâhiliye, nr.644/44771, 3 Ocak 1872/22 L 1288; BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/470

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
1835/36 (AH 1251)
Father’s occupation
tüccar
Age at first service
23
First salary as recorded (kuruş)
500
First work year as recorded
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Armenian
konuşur ve yazar
French
konuşur ve yazar
Turkish
konuşur ve yazar
School or education as recorded
Paris yükseköğrenimi

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded
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