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Diran Erdaşis Efendi

Born 1884/85 (AH 1302) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1908/09 (AH 1326)

Languages Armenian, English, French, Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAİD d. nr. 161775 s. 75

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1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● 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.

  1. 1

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuriyeti yardımcılığı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 24

2 entries without a resolved year

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

  • Telgraf merkezi muhaberat-ı ecnebiye memuriyeti yardımcılığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
  • First work as recorded · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Year not recorded

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

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

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
0501001908/09AH 13261908/09 (AH 1326) · 100 kuruş

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● 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. 1908/09 (AH 1326)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1908/09 (AH 1326)

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 Millet mektebi; Üsküdar Fransız Frerler Mektebi; Kadıköy Katolik Muhtaris Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • English · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • French · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD d. nr. 161775 s. 75 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
English
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Millet mektebi; Üsküdar Fransız Frerler Mektebi; Kadıköy Katolik Muhtaris Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
İstanbul [source]

Sources and evidence

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

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 142, 143

    DH. SAİD d. nr. 161775 s. 75

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 1 dated years

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