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Mehmet İhsan Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1299–1324 (1881–1907)

121-123-241Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1278 (1861–1862). Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1299 (1881–1882), 21 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 26 distinct AH years in AH 1299–1324 (1881–1907); it begins with Fen Kalemi in Istanbul (300 kuruş monthly). Posta Memuru appears later, in AH 1324 (1906–1907), with 1,200 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing); Rum: Kitabet (writing); Russian: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

26 recorded AH years · 26 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1278 (1861–1862)
AH 1299 (1881–1882)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1299–1301 (1881–1884)Birth-year difference: 21–23 AH years
AH 1302 (1884–1885)Birth-year difference: 24 AH years
AH 1303–1304 (1885–1887)Birth-year difference: 25–26 AH years
AH 1305–1307 (1887–1890)Birth-year difference: 27–29 AH years
AH 1308 (1890–1891)Birth-year difference: 30 AH years
AH 1309 (1891–1892)Birth-year difference: 31 AH years
AH 1310–1315 (1892–1898)Birth-year difference: 32–37 AH years
AH 1316 (1898–1899)Birth-year difference: 38 AH years
AH 1317 (1899–1900)Birth-year difference: 39 AH years
AH 1318–1322 (1900–1905)Birth-year difference: 40–44 AH years
AH 1323 (1905–1906)Birth-year difference: 45 AH years
AH 1324 (1906–1907)Birth-year difference: 46 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 1299 (1881–1882)

Fen Kalemi · istanbul · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1299 (1881–1882) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1299 (1881–1882)Recorded 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 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.

Title Fen Kalemi → Muhabere Memuru
Locality istanbul → dersaadet
Locality dersaadet → beyoglu
Title Muhabere Memuru → Posta Memuru
Locality beyoglu → cisri mustafapasa
Salary 300 to 700 kuruş +400 (+133.33%)
Title Posta Memuru → ittihat Posta Memuru
Locality cisri mustafapasa → aynaroz
Title ittihat Posta Memuru → Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Locality aynaroz → yozgat
Locality yozgat → yemen
Salary 700 to 1,500 kuruş +800 (+114.29%)
Title Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti → Seyyar Memur
Locality yemen → dersaadet
Salary 1,500 to 750 kuruş -750 (-50%)
Title Seyyar Memur → Muhabere Memuru
Locality dersaadet → sirkeci
Salary 750 to 450 kuruş -300 (-40%)
Locality sirkeci → seyhsaid
Salary 450 to 1,500 kuruş +1,050 (+233.33%)
Locality seyhsaid → canik
Title Muhabere Memuru → Posta Memuru
Locality canik → yemen
Salary 1,500 to 1,200 kuruş -300 (-20%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1299 (1881–1882)Recorded 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: 121-123-241

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.

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 1299–1308 (1881–1891), AH 1310–1324 (1892–1907)

Legal wording and source descriptions