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Dikran Efendi

Born 1865/66 (AH 1282) · Bilecik · Dated entries 1882 to 1895 (AH 1300 to 1312)

Languages Armenian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.365; 101 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.365.

Follow 5 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.

1BilecikErtugrul
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Bilecik

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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.

  1. 1

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Bilecik

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Bilecik

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Mal Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years

    Bilecik

    AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.

    1. Mal Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    2. Mal Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Bilecik / Ertugrul

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Bilecik

      Mal Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    2. Ertugrul

      Muhasebe Kalemi merkez kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 21

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 9 recorded years

    Ertugrul

    AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi merkez kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi merkez kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 30

    All 12 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

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Pay over time

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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

Select 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 entries
  1. 1885 to 1895 (AH 1303 to 1312)
  2. 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)

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. Ertugrul250 to 400

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. 1885 to 1895 (AH 1303 to 1312)
  2. 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)

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

Schooling Bilecik Ermeni Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Armenian · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları

    MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 72

    BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.365; 101 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:95, s.365.

Read the original source accounts · 18 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated years

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