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Nikola Gazban ( Gobdan ) 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. 1845/46 (AH 1262)Şark Mektebi öğrencisiRoma

    1. Şark Mektebi öğrencisi

      Roma · Calculated age 11

      [1]

  2. 1856/57 (AH 1273)Tersâne-i Âmire Fener Rüsumu İdaresi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,000 kuruş
  3. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Vilayet tercümanıAleppo (Halep) · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 34 · 1,250 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Fevâid-i Osmaniye küçük vapurlar müdürüIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,800; 2,500 kuruş
  5. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Vilayet tercümanıAdana · 1,425 kuruş

    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Adana · Calculated age 36 · 1,425 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Vilayet tercümanıAdana · 1,425 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Adana · Calculated age 37 · 1,425 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Vilayet tercümanıAdana · 1,425 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Adana · Calculated age 38 · 1,425 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Vilayet tercümanıAdana · 1,425 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Adana · Calculated age 39 · 1,425 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,425 kuruş
  10. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,425 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muavini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 41 · 1,425 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,425 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muavini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 42 · 1,425 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,425 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muavini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 43 · 1,425 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1878 (AH 1295)Ticaret-i Bahriye Mahkemesi azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,000 kuruş
  14. 1879/80 (AH 1297)İstinaf Mahkemesi ticaret kısmı azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,800 kuruş
  15. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Rumeli-i Şarkî hadisesi komiseri · 2 career entriesPlovdiv (Filibe)
  16. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Atina sefiri (muvakkat)Pazar (Atina) · 10,000 kuruş

    1. Atina sefiri (muvakkat)

      Pazar (Atina) · Calculated age 58 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  17. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Atina sefiri (muvakkat) · 2 career entriesPazar (Atina) · 10,000 kuruş

    1. Atina sefiri (muvakkat)

      Pazar (Atina) · Calculated age 59 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Atina sefiri (asaleten)

      Pazar (Atina) · Calculated age 59 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  18. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Atina sefiri (asaleten) · 2 career entriesPazar (Atina) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 10,000 kuruşDeath recorded

    1. Atina sefiri (asaleten)

      Pazar (Atina) · Calculated age 60 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vefat

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 60

      [1]

  19. Undated entriesDarülfünunda Roma kanunu ve hukuk öğrencisi · 7 career entriesRoma · Aleppo (Halep) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,500; 2,750 kuruş

    3. Fevâid-i Osmaniye küçük vapurlar müdürü (İnfisal)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      [1]

    6. Mazuliyet

      · 2,500 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05,00010,0001856/57AH 12731893/94AH 13111856/57 (AH 1273) · Tersâne-i Âmire Fener Rüsumu İdaresi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 22 · 1,000 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Vilayet tercümanı · Aleppo (Halep) · age 34 · 1,250 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Fevâid-i Osmaniye küçük vapurlar müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 1,800 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Fevâid-i Osmaniye küçük vapurlar müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 2,500 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Vilayet tercümanı · Adana · age 36 · 1,425 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Vilayet tercümanı · Adana · age 37 · 1,425 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Vilayet tercümanı · Adana · age 38 · 1,425 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Vilayet tercümanı · Adana · age 39 · 1,425 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 40 · 1,425 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 41 · 1,425 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 1,425 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Üçüncü Ticaret Meclisi aza muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 43 · 1,425 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Ticaret-i Bahriye Mahkemesi azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 44 · 2,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · İstinaf Mahkemesi ticaret kısmı azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 46 · 2,800 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Atina sefiri (muvakkat) · Pazar (Atina) · age 58 · 10,000 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Atina sefiri (muvakkat) · Pazar (Atina) · age 59 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Atina sefiri (asaleten) · Pazar (Atina) · age 59 · 10,000 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Atina sefiri (asaleten) · Pazar (Atina) · age 60 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1835/36 (AH 1251) [source]
Father’s occupation
Mehmed Ali Paşa tercümanı; Galata Ticaret Borsası direktörü [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 4/132 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Armenian
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
English
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Italian
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şark Mektebi şehadetnamesi; Roma kanunu ve hukuk tahsili [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Roma Şark Mektebi; Roma Darülfünunu [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
1000 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
1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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. Sultan II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Osmanlı sefirlerinin tercüme-i halli

    İBRAHİM DENİZ · 2021 · Pages 59, 60, 61

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