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Dikran Vartanyan Efendi

Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)

Languages French, Turkish

Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)BeyoğluCrete (Girit)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

How to read this map

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. 1

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1893/94 (AH 1311) · 2 recorded years

    Beyoğlu

    AH entries: 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı

      150 kuruşCalculated age 21

    2. Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı

      150 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    3. Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

    4. Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 22

  3. 3

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Beyoğlu / Crete (Girit)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Beyoğlu

      Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    2. Crete (Girit)

      Resmî Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memurluğu

      500 kuruşCalculated age 23

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.

  • Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı · Beyoğlu · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
  • First work as recorded · Beyoğlu · 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.

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1893/94 (AH 1311): Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı, Beyoğlu, 150 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı, Beyoğlu, 150 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı (Görevin sona ermesi), Beyoğlu1894/95 (AH 1312): Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı, Beyoğlu, 100 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313): Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memur Yardımcılığı, Beyoğlu, 100 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313): Resmî Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memurluğu, Crete (Girit), 500 kuruşAH 1311AH 1313
  • Beyoğlu
  • Crete (Girit)

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

Pay over time

Pay in its time

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
02505001893/94AH 13111895/96AH 13131893/94 (AH 1311) · 150 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 150 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 100 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 100 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 500 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● 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. 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
  2. 1895/96 (AH 1313)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Beyoğlu100 to 150

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. 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
  2. 1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • 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
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Millet 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.
First work place
Beyoğlu [source]

Sources and evidence

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

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 140

Read the original source accounts · 7 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated years

How to read the records

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