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Balyan Serkiz Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1878 (AH 1295)Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 160 kuruş
    1. Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 18

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 160; 300; 400 kuruş
    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19 · 160 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibiTahran · 1,900 kuruş
    1. Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi

      Tahran · Calculated age 21 · 1,900 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesTahran · 1,900; 2,900 kuruş
    1. Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi

      Tahran · Calculated age 22 · 1,900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi ve kançıları

      Tahran · Calculated age 22 · 2,900 kuruş

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası başmukayyidiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 500 kuruş

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

01,4502,9001878AH 12951881/82AH 12991878 (AH 1295) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 18 · 160 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 160 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası ikinci mukayyidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 300 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası başmukayyidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 400 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · Tahran · age 21 · 1,900 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · Tahran · age 22 · 1,900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tahran Sefareti ikinci kâtibi ve kançıları · Tahran · age 22 · 2,900 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
Evkaf-ı Hümayun serdallığı [source]

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.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 236, 237

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