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Diran Taktakyan 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. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Bab-ı seraskeri tercüme odası müdiriyeti · 2 career entriesvilâyet-i mezkûr · 2,375; 2,870 kuruş
    1. Bab-ı seraskeri tercüme odası müdiriyeti

      · Calculated age 30 · 2,375 kuruş

      [1]

    2. tahrîrat ecnebiyeyle müdürlüğü

      vilâyet-i mezkûr · Calculated age 30 · 2,870 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Personnel entry · 2,700 kuruş
    1. Career entry

      · Calculated age 37 · 2,700 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Personnel entry · 2,160 kuruş
    1. Career entry

      · Calculated age 38 · 2,160 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)VefatDeath recorded
    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 46

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesmülâzemet (mülâzemet süresi: iki sene) · 7 career entries · 1,000; 1,100; 4,000 kuruş
    1. tercümanlık

      · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. tercümanlık

      · 1,100 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,4352,8701872/73AH 12891879/80AH 12971872/73 (AH 1289) · Bab-ı seraskeri tercüme odası müdiriyeti · age 30 · 2,375 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · tahrîrat ecnebiyeyle müdürlüğü · vilâyet-i mezkûr · age 30 · 2,870 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · age 37 · 2,700 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · age 38 · 2,160 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]
Birth year
1843/44 (AH 1259) [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Hristiyan [source]
Archive references
4/15; 28 [1]

Education and languages

English
kitâbet eder [source]
French
tekallüm ve kitâbet eder [source]
Italian
tekallüm ve kitâbet eder [source]
Rum (as recorded)
tekallüm [source]
Turkish
tekallüm ve kitâbet eder [source]
Education
İzmir'de propaganitnam mekteb-i kebir [source]
Education level equivalent
7 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship
2 [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]

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 417,418,419

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