İbrahim Vasıf Efendi
İbrahim Vasıf Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1304. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1324 (20 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years between 1324 and 1325; it begins with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).
Life and career
2 recorded AH years · 2 annual entries
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1304
- AH 1324Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
- AH 1324–1325Birth-year difference: 20–21 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 · AHMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · istanbul · 300 kuruş monthly
First work is separately recorded at AH 1324 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.
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.
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
- Darussafaka
- Schooling duration
- 12 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 0 source-recorded years
- Qualification indicator
- 0
- Telegraph school indicator
- 1
- Father’s occupation
- Ketebe
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1304
- 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 1324 · 1906 label
- Place
- istanbul
- First-salary field
- 300 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
2 fields contain historical terms.
- Turkish
- Kitabet (writing)
- French
- 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)
- FL Communication and Telegraph
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 | FL Communication and Telegraph | september-occupation · occupation_cat source lines 36812, 36813 Recorded source-year values: 1324, 1325 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | eda-memur · currentjob source lines 38050, 38051 Recorded source-year values: 1324, 1325 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 38050, 38051 Recorded source-year values: 1324, 1325 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 64574 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 65515 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 · AH source lines 38050 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 · AH source lines 38051 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 38050 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 38051 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 · AH source lines 38050 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 · AH source lines 38051 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 38050 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 38051 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1324 · AH source lines 64574 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1325 · AH source lines 65515 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 · AH source lines 36812 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 · AH source lines 36813 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 36812 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 36813 |
Read the complete annual source table
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | istanbul | 300 | recovered line 34490 | |
| 1907 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | istanbul | 300 | recovered line 34491 |
- AH 1324 · 1906 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
300 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34490
- AH 1325 · 1907 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
300 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34491
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
- Outside the paper sample
- 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.
| Field | Source alternatives | Display rule |
|---|---|---|
| telegraphSchool | 1 recovered · telgraf · source lines 34490, 34491 0 september · telegraph_school · source lines 36812, 36813 1 older · telgraph_school · source lines 9346, 16476 | All stored assertions retained. Names prefer September, then older; supplemental names fill only missing names. Other preferred attributes use recovered, then September, then older, with modal nonblank value and source-order tie break. This does not adjudicate historical truth or changes in coding. |
All substantive source assertions (82)
| Field | Original stored value | Source field and lines |
|---|---|---|
| birthH | 1304 | recovered · dobirth source lines 34490, 34491 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | recovered · birthplace source lines 34490, 34491 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | recovered · birth_place source lines 34490, 34491 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 34490, 34491 |
| school | Darussafaka | recovered · school_type source lines 34490, 34491 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | recovered · education_year source lines 34490, 34491 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | recovered · school_year source lines 34490, 34491 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | recovered · mulazemet source lines 34490, 34491 |
| qualification | 0 | recovered · qualification source lines 34490, 34491 |
| derivedQualificationFlag | 0 | recovered · has_qualification source lines 34490, 34491 |
| telegraphSchool | 1 | recovered · telgraf source lines 34490, 34491 |
| religion | Musluman | recovered · religion source lines 34490, 34491 |
| nationality | Turkish | recovered · nationality source lines 34490, 34491 |
| fatherJob | Ketebe | recovered · fatherjob source lines 34490, 34491 |
| fatherJob | ketebe | recovered · father_job source lines 34490, 34491 |
| firstWorkH | 1324 | recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 34490, 34491 |
| firstWorkG | 1906 | recovered · firstjobyear source lines 34490, 34491 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | recovered · firstjob_place source lines 34490, 34491 |
| firstWorkSalary | 300 | recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 34490, 34491 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 34490, 34491 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 34490, 34491 |
| name | İbrahim Vasıf Efendi | september · İsim source lines 36812, 36813 |
| birthH | 1304 | september · dobirth source lines 36812, 36813 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | september · birthplace source lines 36812, 36813 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | september · birth_vilayet source lines 36812, 36813 |
| school | darussafaka | september · school_type source lines 36812, 36813 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | september · education_year source lines 36812, 36813 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | september · mulazemet source lines 36812, 36813 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 36812, 36813 |
| qualification | 0 | september · qualification source lines 36812, 36813 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | september · telegraph_school source lines 36812, 36813 |
| religion | musluman | september · religion source lines 36812, 36813 |
| nationality | turkish | september · nationality source lines 36812, 36813 |
| fatherJob | ketebe | september · fatherjob source lines 36812, 36813 |
| firstWorkH | 1324 | september · firstjob_year source lines 36812, 36813 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | september · firstjob_place source lines 36812, 36813 |
| firstWorkSalary | 300 | september · firstjob_wage source lines 36812, 36813 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | september · lat_birth_place source lines 36812, 36813 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | september · lon_birth_place source lines 36812, 36813 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | september · lang_turkish source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | september · lang_turkish2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | september · lang_arabic2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| language:French | Kitabet | september · lang_french source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 2 | september · lang_french2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | september · lang_persian2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | september · lang_english2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | september · lang_italian2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | september · lang_armenian2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | september · lang_greek2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | september · lang_rum2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | september · lang_russian2 source lines 36812, 36813 |
| name | İbrahim Vasıf Efendi | older · İsim source lines 9346, 16476 |
| birthH | 1304 | older · dobirth source lines 9346, 16476 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | older · birthplace source lines 9346, 16476 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | older · birth_vilayet source lines 9346, 16476 |
| school | darussafaka | older · school_type source lines 9346, 16476 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | older · education_year source lines 9346, 16476 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 9346, 16476 |
| qualification | 0 | older · qualification source lines 9346, 16476 |
| telegraphSchool | 1 | older · telgraph_school source lines 9346, 16476 |
| religion | musluman | older · religion source lines 9346, 16476 |
| nationality | turkish | older · nationality source lines 9346, 16476 |
| fatherJob | ketebe | older · fatherjob source lines 9346, 16476 |
| firstWorkH | 1324 | older · firstjob_year source lines 9346, 16476 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | older · firstjob_place source lines 9346, 16476 |
| firstWorkSalary | 300 | older · firstjob_wage source lines 9346, 16476 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | older · lat_birth_place source lines 9346, 16476 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | older · lon_birth_place source lines 9346, 16476 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | older · lang_turkish source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | older · lang_turkish2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | older · lang_arabic2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| language:French | Kitabet | older · lang_french source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 2 | older · lang_french2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | older · lang_persian2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | older · lang_english2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | older · lang_italian2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | older · lang_armenian2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | older · lang_greek2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | older · lang_rum2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | older · lang_russian2 source lines 9346, 16476 |
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, “İbrahim Vasıf Efendi”, archival reference 145-235-465, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-0e179a3e5e4c294d/.
Stable archival identity: /people/p-0e179a3e5e4c294d/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.