Mahmut Efendi
Mahmut Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1279. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1298 (19 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1299 with Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul (150 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).
Life and career
1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1279
- AH 1298Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
- AH 1299Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.
Assigned salary in the annual career
Monthly kuruş · AHTahsilat Kalemi · istanbul · 150 kuruş monthly
First work is separately recorded at AH 1298 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.
AH 1299 · 1882 label
One annual entry survives; there is no salary trajectory to draw.
Places in this record
◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations
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.
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 years are stored dataset labels. 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. A source status such as Vefat is not a formal death date; no death locality is assigned from a last work place.
Preparation
- School / programme
- Rusdiye Mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 7 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 1 source-recorded year
- Qualification indicator
- 0
- Telegraph school indicator
- 0
- Father’s occupation
- Sultan hizmetlisi
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1279
- Religion wording
- Musluman
- Nationality wording
- Turkish
Schooling years are a duration/classification, not an acquisition date. Education and training dates await source-linked structured records; no dates are inferred here. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.
First-work and entry-pay fields
- First-work source date
- AH 1298 · 1881 label
- Place
- istanbul
- First-salary field
- 150 kuruş
- Source
- recovered
The first-work date may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service. The first-salary amount is a separate inherited field; their presence together does not prove that payment began on this date. Neither is the first positive annual salary observation.
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.
Further biographical evidence
Source wording and status assertions
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)
- Clerical and Administrative Staff
Inspect the additional source wording, language notes and original codes
These separately linked fields add source wording and raw codes without replacing the annual career. Original rank, decoration and merit-code labels remain unverified; zero is retained literally. Read about the sources.
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| Recorded field | Original value | Source locator |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wording | Clerical and Administrative Staff | september-occupation · occupation_cat source lines 47526 Recorded source-year values: 1299 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Tahsilat Kalemi | eda-memur · currentjob source lines 48904 Recorded source-year values: 1299 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | azl | eda-memur · currentjob source lines 48905 Recorded source-year values: 1300 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Tahsilat Kalemi | eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 48904 Recorded source-year values: 1299 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | azl | eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 48905 Recorded source-year values: 1300 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1299 · AH source lines 16422 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1299 · AH source lines 48904 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 1 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1300 · AH source lines 48905 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1299 · AH source lines 48904 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 1 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1300 · AH source lines 48905 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1299 · AH source lines 48904 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 1 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1300 · AH source lines 48905 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1299 · AH source lines 48904 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 1 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1300 · AH source lines 48905 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1299 · AH source lines 16422 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1299 · AH source lines 47526 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1299 · AH source lines 47526 |
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Every displayed annual entry, in source / Hijri-year order. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.
| Source year | Gregorian label | Title | Locality wording | Monthly kuruş | Source line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | Tahsilat KalemiOriginal: tahsilat kalemi | istanbul | 150 | recovered line 54980 |
- AH 1299 · 1882 label
Tahsilat Kalemi
Original title: tahsilat kalemi
150 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 54980
Evidence & edition
Coded extracts, preserved source differences
Collection membership
- Website edition
- ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
- Source editions
- older, september, recovered
- Annual display source
- Recovered merged personnel extract
- Paper sample
- Included · 1 annual entries
- Other archival labels
- No different label recorded
- Geography
- Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence
How to read this dossier
The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. No annual gap is filled from another extract. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.
All substantive source assertions (82)
| Field | Original stored value | Source field and lines |
|---|---|---|
| birthH | 1279 | recovered · dobirth source lines 54980 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | recovered · birthplace source lines 54980 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | recovered · birth_place source lines 54980 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 54980 |
| school | Rusdiye Mektebi | recovered · school_type source lines 54980 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · education_year source lines 54980 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · school_year source lines 54980 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 1 | recovered · mulazemet source lines 54980 |
| qualification | 0 | recovered · qualification source lines 54980 |
| derivedQualificationFlag | 0 | recovered · has_qualification source lines 54980 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | recovered · telgraf source lines 54980 |
| religion | Musluman | recovered · religion source lines 54980 |
| nationality | Turkish | recovered · nationality source lines 54980 |
| fatherJob | Sultan hizmetlisi | recovered · fatherjob source lines 54980 |
| fatherJob | sultan hizmetlisi | recovered · father_job source lines 54980 |
| firstWorkH | 1298 | recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 54980 |
| firstWorkG | 1881 | recovered · firstjobyear source lines 54980 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | recovered · firstjob_place source lines 54980 |
| firstWorkSalary | 150 | recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 54980 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 54980 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 54980 |
| name | Mahmut Efendi | september · İsim source lines 47526 |
| birthH | 1279 | september · dobirth source lines 47526 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | september · birthplace source lines 47526 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | september · birth_vilayet source lines 47526 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | september · school_type source lines 47526 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | september · education_year source lines 47526 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 1 | september · mulazemet source lines 47526 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 1 | september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 47526 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 1 | september · internship source lines 47526 |
| qualification | 0 | september · qualification source lines 47526 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | september · telegraph_school source lines 47526 |
| religion | musluman | september · religion source lines 47526 |
| nationality | turkish | september · nationality source lines 47526 |
| fatherJob | sultan hizmetlisi | september · fatherjob source lines 47526 |
| firstWorkH | 1298 | september · firstjob_year source lines 47526 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | september · firstjob_place source lines 47526 |
| firstWorkSalary | 150 | september · firstjob_wage source lines 47526 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | september · lat_birth_place source lines 47526 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | september · lon_birth_place source lines 47526 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | september · lang_turkish source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | september · lang_turkish2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | september · lang_arabic2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | september · lang_french2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | september · lang_persian2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | september · lang_english2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | september · lang_italian2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | september · lang_armenian2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | september · lang_greek2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | september · lang_rum2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 47526 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | september · lang_russian2 source lines 47526 |
| name | Mahmut Efendi | older · İsim source lines 17602, 30687 |
| birthH | 1279 | older · dobirth source lines 17602, 30687 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | older · birthplace source lines 17602, 30687 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | older · birth_vilayet source lines 17602, 30687 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | older · school_type source lines 17602, 30687 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | older · education_year source lines 17602, 30687 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 1 | older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 17602, 30687 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 1 | older · internship source lines 17602, 30687 |
| qualification | 0 | older · qualification source lines 17602, 30687 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | older · telgraph_school source lines 17602, 30687 |
| religion | musluman | older · religion source lines 17602, 30687 |
| nationality | turkish | older · nationality source lines 17602, 30687 |
| fatherJob | sultan hizmetlisi | older · fatherjob source lines 17602, 30687 |
| firstWorkH | 1298 | older · firstjob_year source lines 17602, 30687 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | older · firstjob_place source lines 17602, 30687 |
| firstWorkSalary | 150 | older · firstjob_wage source lines 17602, 30687 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | older · lat_birth_place source lines 17602, 30687 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | older · lon_birth_place source lines 17602, 30687 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | older · lang_turkish source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | older · lang_turkish2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | older · lang_arabic2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | older · lang_french2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | older · lang_persian2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | older · lang_english2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | older · lang_italian2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | older · lang_armenian2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | older · lang_greek2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | older · lang_rum2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | older · lang_russian2 source lines 17602, 30687 |
Original stored values
These are values in the inherited coded extracts. They are not a verified transcription of the original register. Source spelling and differences are preserved.
Cite this record
Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mahmut Efendi”, archival reference 5_51; 99, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-026beb60df0eae85/.
Stable archival identity: /people/p-026beb60df0eae85/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.