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Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Gümüşyan Mardiros Ağa

Born 1831/32 (AH 1247) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1885 to 1897 (AH 1303 to 1314)

Languages Armenian, Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAİD d. nr. 83/313 s. 313

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1885/86 (AH 1303): Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı, Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi, 300 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304): Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı, Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi, 300 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305): Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı, Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi, 300 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306): Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı, Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi, 300 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306): Sim damga odası kalemkârı, Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi, 300 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314): Sim damga odası kalemkârı (İnfisal), Meskukat-ı Şahane DairesiAH 1303AH 1314
Places and reading notes
  • Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi

5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 4 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.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · 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.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1831/32 (AH 1247)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 56

    2. Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı

      300 kuruşCalculated age 56

  3. 3

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 3 recorded years

    Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi

    AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi

    1. Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı

      300 kuruşCalculated age 57

      Continuing service as described

    2. Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı

      300 kuruşCalculated age 58

      Continuing service as described

    3. Sim damga odası evani-i sim kalemkârı

      300 kuruşCalculated age 59

      Continuing service as described

    4. Sim damga odası kalemkârı

      300 kuruşCalculated age 59

  4. 4

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi

    Not yet located on the map: Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi

    1. Sim damga odası kalemkârı (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 67

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

Salary comparison sample

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 amounts
01503001885/86AH 13031888/89AH 13061885/86 (AH 1303) · 300 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 300 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 300 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 300 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 300 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi4
    1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi300

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 title
  1. 1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)
  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)

The 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 Hasköy Ermeni Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1831/32 (AH 1247) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD d. nr. 83/313 s. 313 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Tekellüm [source]
Education
Hasköy Ermeni Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
56 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Meskukat-ı Şahane Dairesi [source]
First-salary field
300 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1885/86 (AH 1303) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 150

    190 DH. SAİD d. nr. 83/313 s. 313; DH. SAİD d. nr. 83/313 s. 313

Read the original source accounts · 6 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated years

How to read the records

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