KOSTAN EFENDİ
Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.2/246
Biographical account
Born in İzmir, 1834/35 (AH 1250). Education included İstanbul Ermeni okulları; İzmir İngiliz okulu. First work is recorded in 1852/53 (AH 1269). Career entries include Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi; Sancak hükümet tercümanı. The surviving career entries cover 1852/53 (AH 1269) to 1882/83 (AH 1300).
Career across the sources
13 career entries across 11 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.
Places in this career
Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.
Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.
| Year | Age | Post | Place | Salary (kuruş) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi | |||
| 23 | Sancak hükümet tercümanı | Varna | ||
| 23 | Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi | |||
| 27 | Ordu-yı Hümayun politika memuru | |||
| 31 | Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi mümeyyizi | |||
| 34 | Vilayet muavini | Ioannina (Yanya) |
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
13 career entries in 1 source account.
| Recorded date | Title and category | Place | Recorded pay | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi | [1] | |||
| Sancak hükümet tercümanı | Varna | [1] | ||
| Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi | [1] | |||
| Ordu-yı Hümayun politika memuru | [1] | |||
| Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi mümeyyizi | [1] | |||
| Vilayet muavini | Ioannina (Yanya) | [1] | ||
| Vilayet Umur-ı Ecnebiye müdürü | Tuna | [1] | ||
| Bab-ı Seraskeri Tâhrîrât-ı Ecnebiye müdürü | [1] | |||
| Ticaret Mahkemesi Birinci Meclis âzası | [1] | |||
| Ticaret-i Bahriye Mahkemesi âzası | [1] | |||
| Beşinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âzası | [1] | |||
| Adliye Nezareti Umur-ı Cezaiye müdürüJudicial | [1] | |||
| Birinci Ticaret Mahkemesi âzası | [1] |
Sources and references
- Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 198, 199
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.2/246
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
- İzmir
- Birth province
- Aydın
- Birth year as recorded
- 1834/35 (AH 1250)
- Age at first service
- 19
- First work year as recorded
- 1852/53 (AH 1269)
- Nationality or community
- Ermeni
Education and languages
- Armenian
- konuşur ve okuryazar
- English
- konuşur ve okuryazar
- French
- konuşur ve okuryazar
- Rum
- Aşina
- Turkish
- konuşur ve okuryazar
- School or education as recorded
- İstanbul Ermeni okulları; İzmir İngiliz okulu
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)