Hamparsom Ekna Efendi
Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1864 to 1900 (AH 1281 to 1317)
Languages Armenian, French, Turkish
Archival reference DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/391 s. 391
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Hamparsom Ekna Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The father’s occupation was Esnaf. Schooling included Ermeni mektebi; Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Mektebi. The language repertoire included Armenian, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Dated career entries span 1864/65 (AH 1281) to 1891/92 (AH 1309) across 29 AH years, from İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi to İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi, beginning with Telgrafhane mülazımı and ending with entries for Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi. [1]
Death is recorded in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 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.
Stage 1 of 8 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
How to read this map
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.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1847/48 (AH 1264)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1864/65 (AH 1281)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1865/66 (AH 1282) · 3 recorded years
İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
AH entries: 1282, 1283, 1284. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
4 1868/69 (AH 1285)
İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi; Location not recorded
İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Telgrafhane mülazımı
Calculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 21
5 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 4 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 25
6 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Place not recorded / İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Place not recorded
Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 26
7 1874/75 (AH 1291) · 19 recorded years
İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
AH entries: 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi
Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru
450 kuruşCalculated age 45
8 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 53
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.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi400 to 500
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 titleThe 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
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları
HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 158
194 DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/391 s. 391; DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/391 s. 391
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