MİHRAN KAVAFYAN EFENDİ
Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/824
Biographical account
Born in İstanbul, 1850/51 (AH 1267). The father’s recorded occupation was Tüccar. Education included Paris üniversitesi. First work is recorded in 1865/66 (AH 1282). Career entries include Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası; Altıncı Belediye Dairesi. The surviving career entries cover 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 1901/02 (AH 1319).
Career across the sources
13 career entries across 12 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.
Places in this career
Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.
Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.
| Year | Age | Post | Place | Salary (kuruş) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası | |||
| 17 | Altıncı Belediye Dairesi | |||
| 22 | Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi | |||
| 25 | Tüccar Vekâleti kançılar | İbrail | ||
| 26 | Sefaret | Petersburg | ||
| 27 | Sefaret ikinci kâtibi | Viyana |
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
13 career entries in 1 source account.
| Recorded date | Title and category | Place | Recorded pay | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Odası | [1] | |||
| Altıncı Belediye Dairesi | [1] | |||
| Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye Kalemi | [1] | |||
| Tüccar Vekâleti kançılar | İbrail | [1] | ||
| Sefaret | Petersburg | [1] | ||
| Sefaret ikinci kâtibi | Viyana | [1] | ||
| Sefaret birinci kâtibi | Çetine | [1] | ||
| Sefaret başkâtibi | Roma | [1] | ||
| Sefaret maslahatgüzarı | Roma | [1] | ||
| Sefaret müsteşarı | Roma | [1] | ||
| Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye müdür muavini | [1] | |||
| Başşehbender | Tolon | [1] | ||
| Sefaret müsteşarı | Brüksel | [1] |
Sources and references
- Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 203
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/824
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
- 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Father’s occupation
- Tüccar
- Age at first service
- 15
- First work year as recorded
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
- Nationality or community
- Ermeni
Education and languages
- Armenian
- Tekellüm
- French
- yazar
- Italian
- yazar
- Turkish
- Tekellüm
- School or education as recorded
- Paris üniversitesi
Honours and legal record
- Judicial record as worded
- 0
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)