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Mehmet Cemalettin Bey

Birthplace: istanbul Recorded AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)

0002_0178; 354Preserved archival reference
Cross-institution personnel record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Cemalettin Bey was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1253 (1837–1838). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Muallim-i mahsustan. The surviving career record covers 22 distinct AH years in AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889); it begins with Kapikethudasi in Lazistan (1,250 kuruş monthly). Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi appears later, in AH 1305 (1887–1888), with 2,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 0002_0178; 354

Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

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This official is newly included from the cross-institution personnel records. No Post and Telegraph appointment is established by this source.

Life and career

22 recorded AH years · 22 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1253 (1837–1838)
  2. AH 1285 (1868–1869)Birth-year difference: 32 AH years
  3. AH 1286–1289 (1869–1873)Birth-year difference: 33–36 AH years
  4. AH 1290 (1873–1874)Birth-year difference: 37 AH years
  5. AH 1291–1295 (1874–1878)Birth-year difference: 38–42 AH years
  6. AH 1296–1304 (1878–1887)Birth-year difference: 43–51 AH years
  7. AH 1305–1306 (1887–1889)Birth-year difference: 52–53 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place, title and institutional group. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same institution, title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1285 (1868–1869)

Kapikethudasi · Lazistan · 1,250 kuruş monthly

AH 1285 (1868–1869)KapikethudasiLazistan · 1,250 kuruş / month
  • Other recorded institution
  • Justice
01,0002,000AH 1285 (1868–1869)AH 1285(1868–1869)AH 1289 (1872–1873)AH 1289(1872–1873)AH 1292 (1875–1876)AH 1292(1875–1876)AH 1296 (1878–1879)AH 1296(1878–1879)AH 1299 (1881–1882)AH 1299(1881–1882)AH 1303 (1885–1886)AH 1303(1885–1886)AH 1306 (1888–1889)AH 1306(1888–1889)AH 1285 (1868–1869) · Other recorded institution: 1,250 kuruş / month · Kapikethudasi · Lazistan1,250 kuruşAH 1286 (1869–1870) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · Ticaret Mahkemesi · LazistanAH 1287 (1870–1871) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · Ticaret Mahkemesi · LazistanAH 1288 (1871–1872) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · Ticaret Mahkemesi · LazistanAH 1289 (1872–1873) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · Ticaret Mahkemesi · LazistanAH 1290 (1873–1874) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · 3. Ticaret Mahkemesi Aza Muavini · LazistanAH 1291 (1874–1875) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · 2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini · LazistanAH 1292 (1875–1876) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · 2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini · LazistanAH 1293 (1876–1877) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · 2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini · LazistanAH 1294 (1877–1878) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · 2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini · LazistanAH 1295 (1878) · Justice: 1,425 kuruş / month · 2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini · LazistanAH 1296 (1878–1879) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1297 (1879–1880) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1298 (1880–1881) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1299 (1881–1882) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1300 (1882–1883) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1301 (1883–1884) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1302 (1884–1885) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1303 (1885–1886) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1304 (1886–1887) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Ticaret Bahriye Azasi · LazistanAH 1305 (1887–1888) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi · uskudarAH 1306 (1888–1889) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi · uskudar

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years within the same recorded institution only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Title Ticaret Mahkemesi → 3. Ticaret Mahkemesi Aza Muavini

  2. Title 3. Ticaret Mahkemesi Aza Muavini → 2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini

  3. Title 2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini → Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Salary 1,425 to 2,000 kuruş +575 (+40.35%)

  4. Title Ticaret Bahriye Azasi → Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Locality Lazistan → uskudar

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1285 (1868–1869)KapikethudasiLazistan · 1,250 kuruş / month
uskudar: Locality linkage; agreeduskudar

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • Locality record

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0178; 354

Collection retained in the coded personnel source: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)
0 · Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
Legal wording and source descriptions

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Cross-institution personnel records

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)

Rank and honour codes

Original values across linked assertions, including zero; meanings are unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rank code (meaning unverified)
0 / 2 / 3
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)
0
Medal code (meaning unverified)
0
Rank, nişan, medal and merit source descriptions

Associated year values locate the recorded assertion; they are not award dates.

Rank code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1295 (1868–1878)
  • Recorded code 2
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1302–1306 (1884–1889)
  • Recorded code 3
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1296–1301 (1878–1884)

Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)

Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)

Medal code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Muallim-i mahsustan
Schooling duration
4 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
1 source-recorded year
Qualification indicator
Not recorded
Telegraph school indicator
Not recorded
Father’s occupation
Matbahi Amire Muduru
Recorded birth year
AH 1253 (1837–1838)
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Schooling and apprenticeship numbers are source duration/classification fields. No dated education or training event is inferred. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

The recorded first-job fields are shown separately below.

Original personnel workbook

Recorded first job

Department / title wording
Dahiliye Kalemi
Workbook first-job year
1267 (calendar unverified)
Associated salary field
120 kuruş

The first-job wording and associated amount are recorded separately from the first-salary field and annual pay.

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Recorded language repertoire

1 field contains historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)

Only recorded terms are shown. Omitted language fields mean not recorded; they do not establish that the official lacked a language. Original competency wording is preserved; Kitabet (writing), Tekellum (speaking) and Asina (familiarity) are cautious historical glosses, not modern proficiency levels. Workbook language notes remain separately source-linked in the additional evidence. Read the terminology note.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Recorded first-job wording

  • Dahiliye Kalemi

First-work year value (calendar unverified)

  • 1267

First-job salary field (undated)

  • 120
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. This is separate from the annual data edition.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1295 (1868–1878)
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning2Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1302–1306 (1884–1889)
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning3Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1296–1301 (1878–1884)
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
Medal code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
Recorded first-job wordingRecorded source assertionDahiliye KalemiCross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
First-work year value (calendar unverified)Recorded source assertion1,267Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
First-job salary field (undated)Recorded source assertion120Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1306 (1868–1889)
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Every displayed annual entry, in Hijri-year order, with institutional classifications retained. Entries sharing a year remain separate. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.

Every displayed annual entry. Select a year to inspect its salary, title, place and source together.
Source yearSource Gregorian labelInstitutional groupTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşArchival reference
Not recordedOther recorded institutionKapikethudasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,2500002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret MahkemesiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret MahkemesiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret MahkemesiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret MahkemesiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJustice3. Ticaret Mahkemesi Aza MuaviniLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJustice2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza MuaviniLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJustice2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza MuaviniLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJustice2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza MuaviniLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJustice2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza MuaviniLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJustice2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza MuaviniLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize1,4250002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeTicaret Bahriye AzasiLazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkeme Azasiuskudar2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkeme Azasiuskudar2,0000002_0178; 354
Cross-institution personnel records
  1. AH 1285 (1868–1869)

    Kapikethudasi

    Other recorded institution

    Lazistan

    1,250 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  2. AH 1286 (1869–1870)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  3. AH 1287 (1870–1871)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  4. AH 1288 (1871–1872)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  5. AH 1289 (1872–1873)

    Ticaret Mahkemesi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  6. AH 1290 (1873–1874)

    3. Ticaret Mahkemesi Aza Muavini

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  7. AH 1291 (1874–1875)

    2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  8. AH 1292 (1875–1876)

    2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  9. AH 1293 (1876–1877)

    2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  10. AH 1294 (1877–1878)

    2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  11. AH 1295 (1878)

    2. Ticaret Mahkeme Aza Muavini

    Justice

    Lazistan

    1,425 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  12. AH 1296 (1878–1879)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  13. AH 1297 (1879–1880)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  14. AH 1298 (1880–1881)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  15. AH 1299 (1881–1882)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  16. AH 1300 (1882–1883)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  17. AH 1301 (1883–1884)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  18. AH 1302 (1884–1885)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  19. AH 1303 (1885–1886)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  20. AH 1304 (1886–1887)

    Ticaret Bahriye Azasi

    Justice

    Lazistan

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  21. AH 1305 (1887–1888)

    Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Justice

    uskudar

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

  22. AH 1306 (1888–1889)

    Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Justice

    uskudar

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0178; 354 · Cross-institution personnel records

Evidence & edition

Personnel records and their differences

How to read the dates, birth-year differences and salaries

AH years are the ordering clock. Birth-year differences subtract uncontested AH birth and event year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays. Separately recorded first-job age fields can use a different or unresolved convention and are not substituted into this calculation. Gregorian spans identify the calendar years touched by the whole AH year, using the tabular Islamic calendar. Original source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence. The first-work field may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service, and does not establish the beginning of PT service.

Salaries are monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash disbursements. Differences between annual entries are not dated promotions or transfers.

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Recorded values and source alternatives (13)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded nameMehmet Cemalettin BeyArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded birth year (AH)1253AH 1253 (1837–1838)Archival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded birthplaceistanbulArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded father’s occupationMatbahi Amire MuduruArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded school or programmeMuallim-i mahsustanArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded schooling duration4Archival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded apprenticeship duration1Archival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
First-work year value (calendar unverified)1267Archival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded first-job wordingDahiliye KalemiArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded first-job salary field120Archival reference 0002_0178; 354
Linked source record
Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 0002_0178; 354
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Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 0002_0178; 354. Linked cross-institution coded personnel records; original wording and differing assertions are retained.

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Cite this record

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Cemalettin Bey”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0178; 354. Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset. Annual edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45; additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-00f627f9b576fd8e/ Cross-institution source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45.

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0178; 354
Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

Stable archival reference: 0002_0178; 354. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.