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Dikram Sarafim Efendi

Born 1863/64 (AH 1280) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1885 to 1910 (AH 1303 to 1327)

Languages Armenian, French, Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAİD 69/ 293; 176 DH. SAİD d. nr. 96/219 s. 219

Follow 3 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.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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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. 1

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 23

    2. Beyoğlu Mutasarrıflığı Etıbba Dairesi tababet mülazımı

      Calculated age 23

  3. 3

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 24 recorded years

    Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    1. Beyoğlu Mutasarrıflığı Etıbba Dairesi tababet mülazımı

      Calculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

    2. Beyoğlu Polis Müdürlüğü tabibi

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 47

    All 29 recorded entries in this stage →

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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

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Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● 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 entries
  1. Beyoğlu, İstanbul25
    1885 to 1910 (AH 1303 to 1327)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Beyoğlu, İstanbul600 to 1,200

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 title
  1. 1887 to 1910 (AH 1305 to 1327)
  2. 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
  3. 1909/10 (AH 1327)

The 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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; 179 numaralı tababet diploması [1]

Schooling Ermeni Mektebi; Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 138, 139, 140

    DH. SAİD 69/ 293; 176 DH. SAİD d. nr. 96/219 s. 219

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 25 dated years

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