Individual dossier

Mehmet Bahattin Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1303–1323

0098_0034; 65Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Bahattin Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1285. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1303 (18 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 20 distinct AH years between 1303 and 1323, with gaps; it begins with Muvezzi in Galata (200 kuruş monthly). Mekatib Memuru appears later, in AH 1307 (100 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). An original legal-record note states “Devamsızlık”; this is not an adjudicated finding.

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Life and career

20 recorded AH years · 20 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1285
AH 1303Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1303–1305Birth-year difference: 18–20 AH years
AH 1306
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1307–1323Birth-year difference: 22–38 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 1303

Muvezzi · galata · 200 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1303 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 200 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1303 · 1886 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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

No annual entries for AH 1306. Changes span the gap.
Title Muvezzi → Mekatib Memuru
Locality galata → dersaadet
Salary 200 to 100 kuruş -100 (-50%)
Salary 100 to 130 kuruş +30 (+30%)
Salary 130 to 180 kuruş +50 (+38.46%)
Salary 180 to 200 kuruş +20 (+11.11%)
Salary 200 to 220 kuruş +20 (+10%)
Salary 220 to 235 kuruş +15 (+6.82%)
Salary 235 to 275 kuruş +40 (+17.02%)
Salary 275 to 295 kuruş +20 (+7.27%)
Salary 295 to 315 kuruş +20 (+6.78%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1303 · 1886 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: 0098_0034; 65

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: “Devamsızlık”

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1307–1309, 1311–1323. 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 1303–1305
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1307–1309, 1311–1323

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: “Devamsızlık”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1306 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1889 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Devamsızlık”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1306 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1889 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Devamsızlık”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1306 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Devamsızlık”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1306 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1303–1305 · 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 1307–1309, 1311–1323 · 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: 1306 (calendar unverified)