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Bedros Topkolyan 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Beşinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Beşinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 24 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Beşinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 2 career entries · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Beşinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 25 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 25 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 2 career entries · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 26 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 750 kuruş

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 31 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 32 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 750 kuruş

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 33 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 33 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 34 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 750; 1,500 kuruş

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 35 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 35 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 36 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · 750; 1,500 kuruş

    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 37 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi

      · Calculated age 37 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesBirinci Daire-i Belediye fahri tabibi

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001882/83AH 13001895/96AH 13131882/83 (AH 1300) · Beşinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 24 · 1,000 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Beşinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 25 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 25 · 1,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 26 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 31 · 750 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 32 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 33 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 33 · 750 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 34 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 35 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 35 · 1,500 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 36 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 37 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Birinci Daire-i Belediye tabibi · age 37 · 750 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]
Father’s occupation
Simkeş [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD 73/97 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Tıp diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Surp Zükur Mektebi; Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
1000 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [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. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre İstanbul doğumlu Ermeni devlet adamları

    HARUN TUNCA · 2016 · Pages 118, 119

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