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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/238

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1854/55 (AH 1271). The father’s recorded occupation was İzmir Fabrika-i Hümayunu müdürü. Education included Mekteb-i Sultani. First work is recorded in 1872/73 (AH 1289). Career entries include Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası mülazımı; Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası memuru. The surviving career entries cover 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 1887/88 (AH 1305).

Career across the sources

7 career entries across 7 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

İstanbulPeste

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
18Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası mülazımı
22Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası memuru
23Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Telgraf-ı Mühimme Odası memuru
26Şehbenderhane kançılarıPeste
29Sefaret ikinci kâtibiRoma
31Sefaret ikinci kâtibiBükreş

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

7 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Evrak Odası mülazımı[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası memuru[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Telgraf-ı Mühimme Odası memuru[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıPeste[1]
Sefaret ikinci kâtibiRoma[1]
Sefaret ikinci kâtibiBükreş[1]
Sefaret başkâtibiBükreş[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 222, 223

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/238

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)

    Calendar convention: Resolved AH labels only; Gregorian/Rumi and unresolved dates remain in native evidence..

    Year construction: Source events and specifically source-bounded continuation states; no generic date carry-forward..

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul
Birth province
Dersaadet
Birth year as recorded
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Father’s occupation
İzmir Fabrika-i Hümayunu müdürü
Age at first service
18
First work year as recorded
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Armenian
yazar
French
yazar
Turkish
Kitâbet
School category (recorded code)
High
School or education as recorded
Mekteb-i Sultani
Education level (coded)
12

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded
0

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