Individual dossier

Bekir Sami Efendi

27_30; 57Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Bekir Sami Efendi was born in Rusya in AH 1257. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1279 (22 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 15 distinct AH years between 1281 and 1295; it begins with Posta Memuru in Istanbul (300 kuruş monthly). Pul Kitabeti appears later, in AH 1292 (800 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

15 recorded AH years · 15 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1257
AH 1279Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
AH 1281–1291Birth-year difference: 24–34 AH years
AH 1292–1295Birth-year difference: 35–38 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 1281

Posta Memuru · istanbul · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1279 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1279 · 1862 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.

Salary 300 to 600 kuruş +300 (+100%)
Salary 600 to 570 kuruş -30 (-5%)
Title Posta Memuru → Pul Kitabeti
Salary 570 to 800 kuruş +230 (+40.35%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1279 · 1862 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: 27_30; 57

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): “Zimmet / hod-be-hod memurlara pul hasılatından akçe vermesine mebni doksan altı senesi Zilkadesinin üçünden itibaren işten el çektirilip sene-i merkume Zilhicce” …
Original note: “Zimmet”

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

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1281–1295

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: “Zimmet / hod-be-hod memurlara pul hasılatından akçe vermesine mebni doksan altı senesi Zilkadesinin üçünden itibaren işten el çektirilip sene-i merkume Zilhiccesinin yirmi sekizinde Şura-yı Devlet kararıyla hizmetten ihraç edilmiş ve bin üç yüz senesi Şabanının sekizinde üç yüz kuruş maaşla Dersim Vilayeti dahilinde kain Çemişkezek Kazası Sandık Emini olmuştur.”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1879 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1879 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet / hod-be-hod memurlara pul hasılatından akçe vermesine mebni doksan altı senesi Zilkadesinin üçünden itibaren işten el çektirilip sene-i merkume Zilhiccesinin yirmi sekizinde Şura-yı Devlet kararıyla hizmetten ihraç edilmiş ve bin üç yüz senesi Şabanının sekizinde üç yüz kuruş maaşla Dersim Vilayeti dahilinde kain Çemişkezek Kazası Sandık Emini olmuştur.”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1281–1295 · 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: 1296 (calendar unverified)