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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.10/33

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1853/54 (AH 1270). The father’s recorded occupation was Sarraf. Education included Edirne ilköğrenimi; Hasköy Şahnazaryan Mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani; Hukuk Mektebi; özel hocalar. First work is recorded at Bâbıâli in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Career entries include Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası; Vilayet tercümanı. The surviving career entries cover 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1903/04 (AH 1321).

Career across the sources

10 career entries across 9 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

İstanbulBeyoğluAdanaAnkaraAydınBeirut (Beyrut)

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)
23Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye OdasıBâbıâli
26Vilayet tercümanıAdana
27Vilayet müddei umumi muaviniAdana
28Vilayet müddei umumi muaviniAnkara
30Vilayet müddei umumisiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid
33Vilayet İstinaf Mahkemesi müddei umumisiAydın

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

10 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye OdasıBâbıâli[1]
Vilayet tercümanıAdana[1]
Vilayet müddei umumi muaviniAdana[1]
Vilayet müddei umumi muaviniAnkara[1]
Vilayet müddei umumisiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid[1]
Vilayet İstinaf Mahkemesi müddei umumisiAydın[1]
Vilayetler adliye müfettişiJudicialSivas ve Mamuretülaziz[1]
Vilayet İstinaf müddei umumisiBeirut (Beyrut)[1]
Vilayet İstinaf müddei umumisiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid[1]
Bidayet Mahkemesi âzasıBeyoğlu[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 183

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.10/33

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
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Father’s occupation
Sarraf
Age at first service
23
First work place as recorded
Bâbıâli
First work year as recorded
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Armenian
yazar
French
yazar
Rum
Kitâbet
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Edirne ilköğrenimi; Hasköy Şahnazaryan Mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani; Hukuk Mektebi; özel hocalar

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