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Canik Efendi

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/608

Biographical account

Born in İstanbul, 1856/57 (AH 1273). The father’s recorded occupation was Sarraf. First work is recorded at Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Career entries include Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımı; Şehbenderhane kançıları. The surviving career entries cover 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1883/84 (AH 1301).

This account may describe an official already represented in the collection.

Career across the sources

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

Salary amounts

Amounts in kuruş. Separate points can represent different posts within one year.

Places in this career

İstanbulTiflisBatumi (Batum)

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

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
20Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası
20Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası
21Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası100
Source-bounded service22Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası100
Source-bounded service23Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası100
23Şehbenderhane kançılarıBatumi (Batum)1,500

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

20 career entries in 2 source accounts.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası[2]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası100[1]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası100[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarBatumi (Batum)[2]
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası100[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıBatumi (Batum)1,500[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarTiflis[2]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıBatumi (Batum)1,500[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıTiflis1,500[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıTiflis1,500[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıTiflis1,500[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarHocabey[2]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıTiflis1,500[1]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıHocabey[1]
Şehbender vekiliHocabey[2]
Şehbenderhane kançılarıHocabey[1]
Şehbender vekiliHocabey[1]
Şehbender vekiliBatumi (Batum)[1]
Şehbender vekiliTiflis[1]

Sources and references

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909) (BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN, 2024). Pages 246
  2. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 179

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/608

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.

  • II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: source_bounded_intervals_or_one_missing_year_equal_post_place_known_pay.

  • 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
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Father’s occupation
Sarraf
Age at first service
20
First work place as recorded
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası
First work year as recorded
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
1
Armenian
Kitâbet
yazar
French
Kitâbet
yazar
Rum
Tekellüm
Russian
Tekellüm
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Mekteb-i Sultanî; Paris Sainte-Barbe Mektebi
Mekteb-i Sultani; Paris Saint Barbé

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