Diran Misak Efendi
Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1881 to 1899 (AH 1299 to 1316)
Languages French, Italian, Turkish
Archival reference DH. SAİD d. nr. 70/93 s. 93
The life
Diran Misak Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The father’s occupation was Sarraf. Schooling included Beyoğlu Fransız Mektebi. The language repertoire included French, Italian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Galata in 1881/82 (AH 1299). Dated career entries span 1881/82 (AH 1299) to 1887/88 (AH 1305) across 7 AH years, from Galata Postahanesi to Galata Postahanesi, beginning with İttihad memuru and ending with entries for Posta Memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Galata Postahanesi. [1]
Death is recorded in 1898/99 (AH 1316). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 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 4 · 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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1847/48 (AH 1264)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Galata / Galata Postahanesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Galata Postahanesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 35
Galata Postahanesi
İttihad memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 35
3 1882/83 (AH 1300) · 6 recorded years
Galata Postahanesi
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Galata Postahanesi
İttihad memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
İttihad memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
İttihad memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
İttihad memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Posta Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 39
Posta Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
Posta Memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 41
Continuing service as described
Posta Memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 41
4 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 52
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.
- Galata Postahanesi
8 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- Galata Postahanesi250 to 500
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
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Education
- Beyoğlu Fransız Mektebi [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 35 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Galata [source]
- First-salary field
- 250 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
- 1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları
HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 143, 144
DH. SAİD d. nr. 70/93 s. 93
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