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İLYAS ÇAYAN EFENDİ

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/742; BOA, ŞD.SAİD., nr.27/11

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1839/40 (AH 1255). The father’s recorded occupation was Akmişe ve Güherçile Fabrika-i Hümayunu müdürü. Education included İzmir mektepleri; özel hocalar. First work is recorded in 1859/60 (AH 1276). Career entries include Bab-ı Zabtiye Mazbata Odası; Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi. The surviving career entries cover 1859/60 (AH 1276) to 1884/85 (AH 1302).

Career across the sources

5 career entries across 5 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

İstanbul

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
21Bab-ı Zabtiye Mazbata Odası
23Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi
31Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye evrak müdürü
41Hariciye Nezareti müsteşar muavini
47Hariciye Nezareti müsteşar muavini

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

5 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Bab-ı Zabtiye Mazbata Odası[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye evrak müdürü[1]
Hariciye Nezareti müsteşar muavini[1]
Hariciye Nezareti müsteşar muavini[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 190

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/742; BOA, ŞD.SAİD., nr.27/11

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 province
Dersaadet
Birth year as recorded
1839/40 (AH 1255)
Father’s occupation
Akmişe ve Güherçile Fabrika-i Hümayunu müdürü
Age at first service
21
First work year as recorded
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

School or education as recorded
İzmir mektepleri; özel hocalar

Honours and legal record

Judicial record (recorded code)
1

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