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Diran Misak 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)İttihad memuruGalata Postahanesi · 250 kuruş
    1. İttihad memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 35 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)İttihad memuruGalata Postahanesi · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İttihad memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 36 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)İttihad memuruGalata Postahanesi · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İttihad memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 37 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)İttihad memuruGalata Postahanesi · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İttihad memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 38 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)İttihad memuru · 2 career entriesGalata Postahanesi · 250; 400 kuruş
    1. İttihad memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 39 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Posta Memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Posta MemuruGalata Postahanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Posta Memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 40 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Posta MemuruGalata Postahanesi · 400; 500 kuruş
    1. Posta Memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 41 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Posta Memuru

      Galata Postahanesi · Calculated age 41 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. 1898/99 (AH 1316)VefatDeath recorded
    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 52

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001881/82AH 12991887/88AH 13051881/82 (AH 1299) · İttihad memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 35 · 250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · İttihad memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 36 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · İttihad memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 37 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · İttihad memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 38 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · İttihad memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 39 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Posta Memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 39 · 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Posta Memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 40 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Posta Memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 41 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Posta Memuru · Galata Postahanesi · age 41 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1847/48 (AH 1264) [source]
Father’s occupation
Sarraf [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD d. nr. 70/93 s. 93 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Italian
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
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]

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 İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 143, 144

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