Grigor Arıştaki Efendi
Born 1843/44 (AH 1259) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1860 to 1909 (AH 1277 to 1326)
Languages English, French, Greek, Italian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00165/00071, s. 139
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Grigor Arıştaki Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). The father’s occupation was Şura-yı Devlet azası. Schooling included Özel hocalar; Almanya ve Avusturya'da eğitim; Fransa'da hukuk. The language repertoire included English, French, Greek, Italian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Crete (Girit) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Service included Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Müdürü in Crete (Girit) (1860 to 1864 (AH 1277 to 1280)). Later posts included Vali Muavini in Aydın (1867 to 1872 (AH 1284 to 1288)), Sefaret memuru (Washington Sefareti) in Washington (1873 to 1880 (AH 1290 to 1297)) and Infisal (1882/83 (AH 1300)). Washington appears most often, across 8 dated years. [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · 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.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1843/44 (AH 1259)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Müdürü
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 18
3 1861/62 (AH 1278) · 3 recorded years
Crete (Girit)
AH entries: 1278, 1279, 1280. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Müdürü
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Müdürü
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 21
4 1867/68 (AH 1284) · 5 recorded years
Aydın
AH entries: 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Vali Muavini
6,250 kuruşCalculated age 25
Vali Muavini
5,935 kuruşCalculated age 29
5 1873/74 (AH 1290) · 8 recorded years
Washington
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Washington
Sefaret memuru (Washington Sefareti)
10,000 kuruşCalculated age 31
Sefaret memuru (Washington Sefareti)
15,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
6 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 41
7 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tekaüt
5,000 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 43
8 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tekaüt
6,500 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 52
9 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tekaüt
5,850 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 55
10 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tekaüt
Calculated age 67
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.
- Sefaret memuru (Washington Sefareti) · Washington · Undated · 10,000 kuruş 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- Washington10,000 to 23,750
- Aydın5,935 to 6,250
- Crete (Girit)2,000 to 3,000
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 Özel hocalar; Almanya ve Avusturya'da eğitim; Fransa'da hukuk [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları
AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 130, 131
221 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00165/00071, s. 139.
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