Despotables Efendi
Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1890 to 1900 (AH 1308 to 1317)
Languages Armenian, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
The life
Despotables Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The father’s occupation was Esnaf. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Koca Mustafa Paşa Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Armenian, French, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi in 1890/91 (AH 1308). Dated career entries span 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 6 AH years, from Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi to Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi, beginning with muhabere memuru stajyeri and ending with entries for muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi, İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi and Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi. [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
How to read this map
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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
muhabere memuru stajyeri
Calculated age 20
3 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi
Muhabere Memuru
50 kuruşCalculated age 23
Muhabere Memuru
100 kuruşCalculated age 23
4 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 2 recorded years
İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
AH entries: 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
muhaberat memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 26
muhaberat memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
5 1898/99 (AH 1316)
İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi / Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi; Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
muhaberat memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru
540 kuruşCalculated age 28
6 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru
540 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru (Azil)
Calculated age 29
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- muhabere memuru (Azil) · Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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.
- Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi
- İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
- Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
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- İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi300
- Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi540
- Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi50 to 100
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
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Koca Mustafa Paşa Rüştiyesi [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
Other recorded details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları
AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 120
205 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00089/00246, s. 489.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00089/00246, s. 489.
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