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Kalas Başşehbenderi Manuk Azaryan

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. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Fransızca MuallimiMekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · 500 kuruş

    1. Fransızca Muallimi

      Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Fransızca MuallimiMekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · 500; 700 kuruş

    1. Fransızca Muallimi

      Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · Calculated age 22 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Fransızca Muallimi

      Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · Calculated age 22 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  3. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuruTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru

      Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası · Calculated age 24 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  4. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru · 2 career entriesTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru

      Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası · Calculated age 25 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sadrazam tercümanlığından ayrılma (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 25

      [1]

  5. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Baştercüman unvanıyla politika müdürüHersek ve Bosna Kumandanlığı · 3,000 kuruş

    1. Baştercüman unvanıyla politika müdürü

      Hersek ve Bosna Kumandanlığı · Calculated age 26 · 3,000 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Rütbe-i saniye sınıf-ı mütemeyyizi
  7. 1878 (AH 1295)Fahri başşehbenderHocabey

    1. Fahri başşehbender

      Hocabey · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  8. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Sefaret birinci kâtibiPetersburg Sefareti · 4,000 kuruş

    1. Sefaret birinci kâtibi

      Petersburg Sefareti · Calculated age 30 · 4,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  9. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Sefaret birinci kâtibiPetersburg Sefareti · 3,000; 4,000 kuruş

    1. Sefaret birinci kâtibi

      Petersburg Sefareti · Calculated age 31 · 4,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sefaret birinci kâtibi

      Petersburg Sefareti · Calculated age 31 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  10. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Sefaret birinci kâtibiPetersburg Sefareti · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sefaret birinci kâtibi

      Petersburg Sefareti · Calculated age 32 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Sefaret birinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesPetersburg Sefareti · 3,000 kuruş

    1. Sefaret birinci kâtibi

      Petersburg Sefareti · Calculated age 33 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  12. 1882/83 (AH 1300)BaşşehbenderKorfu · 3,000 kuruş

    1. Başşehbender

      Korfu · Calculated age 34 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  13. Undated entriesBaşşehbenderKorfu

Recorded pay

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

02,0004,0001870/71AH 12871882/83AH 13001870/71 (AH 1287) · Fransızca Muallimi · Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · age 21 · 500 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Fransızca Muallimi · Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · age 22 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Fransızca Muallimi · Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye · age 22 · 700 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası · age 24 · 1,500 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru · Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası · age 25 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Baştercüman unvanıyla politika müdürü · Hersek ve Bosna Kumandanlığı · age 26 · 3,000 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Sefaret birinci kâtibi · Petersburg Sefareti · age 30 · 4,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Sefaret birinci kâtibi · Petersburg Sefareti · age 31 · 4,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Sefaret birinci kâtibi · Petersburg Sefareti · age 31 · 3,000 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Sefaret birinci kâtibi · Petersburg Sefareti · age 32 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Sefaret birinci kâtibi · Petersburg Sefareti · age 33 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Başşehbender · Korfu · age 34 · 3,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1849/50 (AH 1266) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Italian
Tekellüm [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Russian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Ortaköy Ermeni Rüştiyesi; Paris Sant Farbe Mektebi; Paris Collège de France [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye [source]
First-salary field
500 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
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]

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 247, 248

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