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SAHAK ABRO EFENDİ

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/178

Biographical account

Born in İzmir, 1825/26 (AH 1241). Education included İzmir Propaganda Mektebi; Mesrubyan Mektebi. First work is recorded at Bâbıâli in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Career entries include Tercüme Odası memuru; Divan-ı Hümayun mütercim-i evveli. The surviving career entries cover 1848/49 (AH 1265) to 1879/80 (AH 1297).

Career across the sources

15 career entries across 12 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

İzmirPlovdiv (Filibe)

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)
24Tercüme Odası memuruBâbıâli
30Divan-ı Hümayun mütercim-i evveli0
31Divan-ı Hümayun mütercim-i sanisi
32Tâhrîrât-ı Ecnebiye Odası müdürü
38Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye kâtibi
39Esham-ı Umumiye komiseriParis; Londra

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

15 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tercüme Odası memuruBâbıâli[1]
Divan-ı Hümayun mütercim-i evveli0[1]
Divan-ı Hümayun mütercim-i sanisi[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Ecnebiye Odası müdürü[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye kâtibi[1]
Esham-ı Umumiye komiseriParis; Londra[1]
Tâhrîrât-ı Hâriciye müdürlüğünden azil[1]
Fevkalade Komisyon âzasıPlovdiv (Filibe)[1]
Fevkalade Komisyon başkanıPlovdiv (Filibe)[1]
Dördüncü Daire-i İntihabiye başkanı[1]
On İkinci Daire-i Belediye fahri başkanı[1]
Deavi-i Hâriciye kâtibi[1]
Rumeli Şarki Avrupa Komisyonu ikinci komiseri[1]
Şûrâ-yı Devlet âzası[1]
Avrupa Komisyonu ikinci komiseri[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 219, 220

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/178; BOA, İrâde Hâriciye, nr.225/13146, 25 Nisan1867/20 Z1283

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
İzmir
Birth year as recorded
1825/26 (AH 1241)
Age at first service
24
First work place as recorded
Bâbıâli
First work year as recorded
1848/49 (AH 1265)
Nationality or community
Ermeni

Education and languages

Armenian
bilir ve yazar
English
bilir ve yazar
French
bilir ve yazar
Italian
bilir ve yazar
Rum
konuşur ve yazar
Turkish
bilir ve yazar
School or education as recorded
İzmir Propaganda Mektebi; Mesrubyan Mektebi

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded
0

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