Cenova Başşehbenderi Edvard Bey
Born 1850/51 (AH 1267) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1869 to 1885 (AH 1286 to 1302)
Languages English, French, Turkish
The life
Cenova Başşehbenderi Edvard Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The father’s occupation was Divan-ı Muhasebat azası. Schooling included Paris Şarlmayn Mektebi; Paris Darülfünunu. The language repertoire included English, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1884/85 (AH 1302) across 16 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Cenova, beginning with Bâb-ı Âli Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Odası mülazımı and ending with entries for Cenova başşehbenderi. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Viyana, Tiflis and Cenova. [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)
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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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1850/51 (AH 1267)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Bâb-ı Âli Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 19
3 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Bâb-ı Âli Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Odası mülazımı
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi görevlisi
750 kuruşCalculated age 20
4 1871/72 (AH 1288) · 3 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi görevlisi
750 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Meclis-i Nafia kitabeti muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 23
Continuing service as described
5 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Place not recorded / Viyana
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Viyana
Place not recorded
Meclis-i Nafia kitabeti muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Viyana
Viyana Sergi-i Umumisi Devlet-i Aliyye Komisyonu kâtibi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 24
6 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Place not recorded / Viyana / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Viyana
Place not recorded
Meclis-i Nafia kitabeti muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Filadelfiya Sergisi Komisyonu azası
Calculated age 25
7 1876/77 (AH 1293) · 5 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Meclis-i Nafia kitabeti muavini
750 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Infisal
Calculated age 30
8 Tiflis başşehbenderi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 32
Tiflis başşehbenderi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
9 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Tiflis / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tiflis başşehbenderi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 34
10 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Cenova
Not yet located on the map: Cenova
Cenova başşehbenderi
Calculated age 35
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.
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
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- Tiflis3,000
- Viyana3,000
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
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 242, 243
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