Balyan Serkiz Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Career evidence 1877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)
A short account from recorded fields
Balyan Serkiz Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). First work is recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). An early career entry records Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1877/78 (AH 1294)). Later entries include Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi in Tahran (1881/82 (AH 1299)); Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi ve kançıları in Tahran (1881/82 (AH 1299)).
- Career years represented
- 51877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)
- Recorded place labels
- 2Locality and province wording retained
- Personnel entries
- 111 without a resolved AH year
Life and career
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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.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1878 (AH 1295) · 2 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1295, 1296. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 18
Recorded service ending
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi
160 kuruşCalculated age 18
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi
160 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi
300 kuruşCalculated age 19
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası başmukayyidi
400 kuruşCalculated age 19
4 1880/81 (AH 1298) · 2 recorded years
Tahran
AH entries: 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kept as text: Tahran
Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi
1,900 kuruşCalculated age 21
Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi
1,900 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi ve kançıları
2,900 kuruşCalculated age 22
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.
- Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası başmukayyidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 500 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.
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)160 to 400
- Tahran1,900 to 2,900
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.
Personal record
Personal details
Other recorded details
Education and languages
- Armenian
- Tekellüm ve okuryazar[source]
- French
- Tekellüm ve okuryazar[source]
- Persian
- Aşina[source]
- Turkish
- Tekellüm ve okuryazar[source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded[source]Şahadetname[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Mekteb-i Sultani[source]
- Education level equivalent
- 12[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 17[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul[source]
- First work year
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)[source]
- Apprenticeship
- 0.75[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 236, 237
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