Individual dossier

Mehmet Arif Efendi

Birthplace: yozgat Observed AH 1287–1306

0034_0118; 233Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Yozgat in AH 1266. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1283 (17 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 19 distinct AH years between 1287 and 1306, with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Ankara (400 kuruş monthly). Posta Memuru appears later, in AH 1306 (400 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

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Life and career

19 recorded AH years · 19 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1266
AH 1283Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
AH 1287Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1288–1297Birth-year difference: 22–31 AH years
AH 1298
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1299–1302Birth-year difference: 33–36 AH years
AH 1303–1305Birth-year difference: 37–39 AH years
AH 1306Birth-year difference: 40 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.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1287

Muhabere Memuru · ankara · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1283 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1283 · 1866 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian values elsewhere are stored labels.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality ankara → yozgat
Salary 400 to 380 kuruş -20 (-5%)
Salary 380 to 400 kuruş +20 (+5.26%)
Salary 400 to 450 kuruş +50 (+12.5%)
Salary 450 to 500 kuruş +50 (+11.11%)
Salary 500 to 475 kuruş -25 (-5%)
No annual entries for AH 1298. Changes span the gap.
Locality yozgat → beyobasi
Salary 475 to 380 kuruş -95 (-20%)
Locality beyobasi → seferihisar
Title Muhabere Memuru → Posta Memuru
Locality seferihisar → keskin
Salary 380 to 400 kuruş +20 (+5.26%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1283 · 1866 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ 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.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 0034_0118; 233

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: 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.

Original note (excerpt): “Görev ihmali / Beraat / Yozgat Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyeti'nden bazı telgrafnamelerin tehirine sebebiyet verdiği bildirilmesinden naşi munfasıl olup muahharan i” …
Original note: “Bereat”

Excerpts are shortened; complete wording is available in the source record download.

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1299–1306. This label applies to those annual entries, not to the official’s lifetime.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Annual legal-record indicator: 1 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1287–1297
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1299–1306

Legal wording and source descriptions

Identical wording is shown once above. Repeated copies remain separately listed here; they do not establish independent confirmation.

Original note: “Görev ihmali / Beraat / Yozgat Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyeti'nden bazı telgrafnamelerin tehirine sebebiyet verdiği bildirilmesinden naşi munfasıl olup muahharan icra olunan tahkikat neticesinde tehirat-ı mesrudenin tellerin fenalığından neşet eylediği anlaşılmıştır ve taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamıştır.”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1881 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Bereat”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1881 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görev ihmali / Beraat / Yozgat Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyeti'nden bazı telgrafnamelerin tehirine sebebiyet verdiği bildirilmesinden naşi munfasıl olup muahharan icra olunan tahkikat neticesinde tehirat-ı mesrudenin tellerin fenalığından neşet eylediği anlaşılmıştır ve taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamıştır.”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Bereat”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1287–1297 · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.
Recorded annual value 1 · AH 1299–1306 · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.

Earlier legal-notes workbook legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)

Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1298 (calendar unverified)