ARZUMAN ESTEFAN EFENDİ
Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/52
Biographical account
Born in İstanbul, 1822/23 (AH 1238). The father’s recorded occupation was Sarraf. Education included İstanbul Ermeni okulu; İzmir Bornova Fransız okulu. First work is recorded at Bâbıâli in 1843/44 (AH 1259). Career entries include Tercüme Odası; Fransızca başkâtibi. The surviving career entries cover 1843/44 (AH 1259) to 1879/80 (AH 1297).
Career across the sources
17 career entries across 13 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Tercüme Odası | Bâbıâli | ||
| 33 | Fransızca başkâtibi | Kirim | ||
| 33 | Hükümet tercümanı | Sidon (Sayda) | ||
| 34 | Hükümet tercümanı | Suriye | ||
| 35 | Vilayet tercümanı | Izmir (İzmir) | ||
| 36 | Fevkalade serkâtip | Sırbistan |
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
17 career entries in 1 source account.
| Recorded date | Title and category | Place | Recorded pay | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tercüme Odası | Bâbıâli | [1] | ||
| Fransızca başkâtibi | Kirim | [1] | ||
| Hükümet tercümanı | Sidon (Sayda) | [1] | ||
| Hükümet tercümanı | Suriye | [1] | ||
| Vilayet tercümanı | Izmir (İzmir) | [1] | ||
| Fevkalade serkâtip | Sırbistan | [1] | ||
| Fevkalade serkâtip | Girid | [1] | ||
| İane Komisyonu başkanı | Şam-ı Şerif | [1] | ||
| Meclis-i Fevkalade âzası | [1] | |||
| Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye evrak müdürü | [1] | |||
| Havale Cemiyeti âzası | [1] | |||
| Hariciye kâtibi | [1] | |||
| Hariciye kâtipliğinden ayrılma; mazuliyet | [1] | |||
| Matbuat müdürü | [1] | |||
| Ticaret ve Ziraat Meclisi âzası | [1] | |||
| Vilayet adliye müfettişiJudicial | Aydın | [1] | ||
| Vefat | [1] |
Sources and references
- Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 175, 176
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/52; BOA, BEO Ayniyât Def., nr.1115, s.234
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 year as recorded
- 1822/23 (AH 1238)
- Father’s occupation
- Sarraf
- Age at first service
- 21
- First work place as recorded
- Bâbıâli
- First work year as recorded
- 1843/44 (AH 1259)
- Nationality or community
- Ermeni
Education and languages
- Armenian
- Tekellüm
- French
- yazar
- Italian
- Tekellüm
- Rum
- Tekellüm
- Turkish
- yazar
- School or education as recorded
- İstanbul Ermeni okulu; İzmir Bornova Fransız okulu
Honours and legal record
- Judicial record as worded
- 0
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)