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Edvar Samoelyan Efendi

Born 1868/69 (AH 1285) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1888 to 1895 (AH 1306 to 1312)

Languages Armenian, French, Italian, Turkish

Archival references DH. SAİD 179/ 483; DH. SAİD d. nr. 27/195 s. 195

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1888/89 (AH 1306): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 50 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti, place unspecified, 150 kuruşAH 1306AH 1310AH 1312
Places and reading notes

    7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

    Life and career

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    1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
    ● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

    Stage 1 of 2 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

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      1868/69 (AH 1285)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      1. Birth

    2. 2

      1888/89 (AH 1306) · 7 recorded years

      Place not recorded

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

      Within-year entry order unresolved

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      1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        50 kuruşCalculated age 21

      2. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        50 kuruşCalculated age 22

        Continuing service as described

      3. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        50 kuruşCalculated age 23

        Continuing service as described

      4. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        50 kuruşCalculated age 24

        Continuing service as described

      5. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        50 kuruşCalculated age 25

        Continuing service as described

      6. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        50 kuruşCalculated age 26

        Continuing service as described

      7. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        50 kuruşCalculated age 27

        Continuing service as described

      8. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Kalemi hizmeti

        150 kuruşCalculated age 27

    1 entry without a resolved year

    These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

    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

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    Salary comparison sample

    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 amounts
    0751501888/89AH 13061891/92AH 13091894/95AH 13121888/89 (AH 1306) · 50 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 50 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · 50 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 50 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 50 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 50 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 50 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 150 kuruş

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    Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

    Titles across the recorded years

    Distinct AH years with each recorded title
    1. 1888 to 1895 (AH 1306 to 1312)

    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 Üsküdar Berberyan Ermeni Mektebi; İtalya Murad Rafael Mektebi [source]

    Language skills and historical terms

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

    • Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
    • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
    • Italian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
    • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]

    Honours and other personal details

    Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
    0 (recorded code) [source]
    Judicial record as worded
    0 (recorded code) [source]
    All personal fields and their sources

    Personal details

    Birthplace
    İstanbul [source]
    Birth province
    Dersaadet [source]
    Birth year
    1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
    Father’s occupation
    Erzak tüccarı [source]
    Nationality or community
    Ermeni [source]
    Religion
    Katolik [source]
    Archive references
    DH. SAİD 179/ 483 [1]DH. SAİD d. nr. 27/195 s. 195 [1]

    Education and languages

    Armenian
    Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
    French
    Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
    Italian
    Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
    Turkish
    Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
    Education
    Üsküdar Berberyan Ermeni Mektebi; İtalya Murad Rafael Mektebi [source]

    First work and apprenticeship

    Age at first service
    19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
    Apprenticeship
    2.75 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

    Other recorded details

    Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
    0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
    Judicial record as worded
    0 (recorded code) [source]

    Sources and evidence

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

      HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 146, 147

      DH. SAİD 179/ 483; 185 DH. SAİD d. nr. 27/195 s. 195; DH. SAİD d. nr. 27/195 s. 195

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