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Hamparsom Ekna 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. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Telgrafhane mülazımıİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Telgrafhane mülazımıİstanbul, Beyoğlu TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Telgrafhane mülazımıİstanbul, Beyoğlu TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Telgrafhane mülazımıİstanbul, Beyoğlu TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 2 career entriesİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 250 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 250; 300; 384 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 384 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 23 · 384 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 340; 384 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 24 · 384 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 340; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 25 · 340 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400; 475 kuruş

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 27 · 475 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 475 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 28 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 475; 500 kuruş

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 29 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1878 (AH 1295)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 33 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  18. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 34 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 35 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 37 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  24. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 40 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  25. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 41 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  26. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 42 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  27. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 43 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  28. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 44 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  29. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuruİstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · 400; 450 kuruş

    1. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 45 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 45 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  30. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 53

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001868/69AH 12851891/92AH 13091868/69 (AH 1285) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 21 · 250 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 22 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1869/70 (AH 1286) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 22 · 300 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 22 · 384 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 23 · 384 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 24 · 384 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 24 · 340 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 25 · 340 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 25 · 400 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 26 · 400 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 27 · 475 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 28 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 29 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 29 · 500 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 31 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 33 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 33 · 400 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 34 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 35 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 36 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 37 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 38 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 39 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 40 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 41 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 42 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 43 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 44 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 45 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuru · İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi · age 45 · 450 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1847/48 (AH 1264) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD d. nr. 62/391 s. 391 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Ermeni mektebi; Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1864/65 (AH 1281) [source]
Apprenticeship
3.83 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 158

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