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Despotables Efendi

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. 1890/91 (AH 1308)muhabere memuru stajyeriBeyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi

    1. muhabere memuru stajyeri

      Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  2. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi · 50; 100 kuruş

    1. Muhabere Memuru

      Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 23 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Muhabere Memuru

      Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 23 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1896/97 (AH 1314)muhaberat memuruİskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · 300 kuruş

    1. muhaberat memuru

      İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1897/98 (AH 1315)muhaberat memuruİskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. muhaberat memuru

      İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1898/99 (AH 1316)muhaberat memuru · 2 career entriesİskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · 300; 540 kuruş

    1. muhaberat memuru

      İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · Calculated age 28 · 540 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · 2 career entriesAvlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · 540 kuruş

    1. muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · Calculated age 29 · 540 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru (Azil)

      Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  7. Undated entriesmuhabere memuru (Azil)Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi

    1. muhabere memuru (Azil)

      Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02705401893/94AH 13111899/1900AH 13171893/94 (AH 1311) · Muhabere Memuru · Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi · age 23 · 50 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Muhabere Memuru · Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi · age 23 · 100 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · muhaberat memuru · İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · age 26 · 300 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · muhaberat memuru · İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · age 27 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · muhaberat memuru · İskenderun Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · age 28 · 540 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · Avlaya Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi · age 29 · 540 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Archive references
205 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00089/00246, s. 489. [1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00089/00246, s. 489. [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Rum (as recorded)
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Koca Mustafa Paşa Rüştiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

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
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi [source]
First work year
1890/91 (AH 1308) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları

    AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 120

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