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Edmun Polikar Fransuva Ros Terziyan

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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Kosova vilayeti tercümanıKosova · 1,080 kuruş
    1. Kosova vilayeti tercümanı

      Kosova · Calculated age 18 · 1,080 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Kosova vilayeti tercümanı · 4 career entriesKosova · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,080; 1,092 kuruş
    1. Kosova vilayeti tercümanı

      Kosova · Calculated age 19 · 1,080 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İzin

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19

      [1]

    3. Mekteb-i İdadi-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane Fransızca muallimi

      · Calculated age 19 · 1,092 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    4. İstifa

      · Calculated age 19

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Batum başşehbenderliği kançılar vekili · 2 career entriesBatumi (Batum) · 200; 1,000 kuruş
    1. Batum başşehbenderliği kançılar

      Batumi (Batum) · Calculated age 20 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Batum başşehbenderliği kançılar · 5 career entriesBatumi (Batum) · Poti (Faş) · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Batum başşehbenderliği kançılar

      Batumi (Batum) · Calculated age 21 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Poti şehbender vekili

      Poti (Faş) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    3. Poti şehbender vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Poti (Faş) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. İzin

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

    5. Infisal

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  6. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Adana İdadisi Fransızca muallimi · 4 career entriesAdana · 300; 400; 600 kuruş
    1. Adana İdadisi Fransızca muallimi

      Adana · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    2. Adana İdadisi hikmet muallimi

      Adana · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    3. Adana İdadisi servet muallimi

      Adana · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    4. İstifa

      · Calculated age 26

      [1] · 3 linked entries

  7. Undated entriesİstifa
    1. İstifa

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05461,0921882/83AH 13001890/91AH 13081882/83 (AH 1300) · Kosova vilayeti tercümanı · Kosova · age 18 · 1,080 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Kosova vilayeti tercümanı · Kosova · age 19 · 1,080 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Mekteb-i İdadi-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane Fransızca muallimi · age 19 · 1,092 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Batum başşehbenderliği kançılar vekili · Batumi (Batum) · age 20 · 200 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Batum başşehbenderliği kançılar · Batumi (Batum) · age 20 · 1,000 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Batum başşehbenderliği kançılar · Batumi (Batum) · age 21 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Adana İdadisi Fransızca muallimi · Adana · age 26 · 600 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Adana İdadisi hikmet muallimi · Adana · age 26 · 400 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Adana İdadisi servet muallimi · Adana · age 26 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Nationality or community
Latin [source]
Religion
Katolik (Latin) [source]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Italian
Tekellüm [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Âlâ dereceli siyasiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Sultanî Türkçe üçüncü ve Fransızca beşinci sınıfları; Mülkiye sınıf-ı âli [source]
Education
İbtidai; Mekteb-i Sultanî; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

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 year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.6666666667 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 267, 268

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