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Kigork Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi mülazımı · 3 career entriesKalas · 400 kuruş

    2. Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Kalas · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi

      Kalas · Calculated age 18 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  2. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibiKalas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi

      Kalas · Calculated age 19 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibiKalas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi

      Kalas · Calculated age 20 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi · 2 career entriesKalas · 400 kuruş

    1. Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi

      Kalas · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kançıları

      Kalas · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

02004001884/85AH 13021887/88AH 13051884/85 (AH 1302) · Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi · Kalas · age 18 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi · Kalas · age 19 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi · Kalas · age 20 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kâtibi · Kalas · age 21 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kalas Başşehbenderhanesi kançıları · Kalas · age 21 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tekirdağ [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
English
Aşina [source]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Edirne Rüşdiye Mektebi; Ortaköy Ermeni Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
kalas [source]
First work year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.25 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

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

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 249

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