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ESTEPAN EFENDİ

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.18/271

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1836/37 (AH 1252). Education included Ermeni okulları. First work is recorded at Bâbıâli in 1863/64 (AH 1280). Career entries include Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi; Sancak hükümet tercümanı. The surviving career entries cover 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 1895/96 (AH 1313).

Career across the sources

6 career entries across 5 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

İstanbulTrikala (Tırhala)Tolci

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
28Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye KalemiBâbıâli
29Sancak hükümet tercümanıTolci
29Tuna Komisyonu kâtibi
43MutasarrıfTrikala (Tırhala)
44Şehbenderİbrail
61Vilayet vali muaviniMamuretülaziz

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

6 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye KalemiBâbıâli[1]
Sancak hükümet tercümanıTolci[1]
Tuna Komisyonu kâtibi[1]
MutasarrıfProvincial administrationTrikala (Tırhala)[1]
Şehbenderİbrail[1]
Vilayet vali muaviniProvincial administrationMamuretülaziz[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 185

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.18/271

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)

    Calendar convention: Resolved AH labels only; Gregorian/Rumi and unresolved dates remain in native evidence..

    Year construction: Source events and specifically source-bounded continuation states; no generic date carry-forward..

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul
Birth province
Dersaadet
Birth year as recorded
1836/37 (AH 1252)
Age at first service
28
First work place as recorded
Bâbıâli
First work year as recorded
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet
French
Kitâbet
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Ermeni okulları

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