Elyas Zehlan Efendi
Elyas Zehlan Efendi was born in Hayfa in AH 1294. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Millet Mektebi. First work is recorded in Akka in AH 1314 (20 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 4 distinct AH years between 1319 and 1322; it begins with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyrut (250 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing); Italian: Kitabet (writing).
Life and career
4 recorded AH years · 4 annual entries
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1294
- AH 1314Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
- AH 1319–1322Birth-year difference: 25–28 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 · beyrut · 250 kuruş monthly
First work is separately recorded at AH 1314 in Akka. The first-salary field is 250 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.
Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes
Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.
Salary 250 to 320 kuruş +70 (+28%)
Salary 320 to 400 kuruş +80 (+25%)
A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.
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
- Millet Mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 4 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 5 source-recorded years
- Qualification indicator
- 1
- Telegraph school indicator
- 0
- Father’s occupation
- Not recorded
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1294
- Religion wording
- Hristiyan
- Nationality wording
- Latin
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 1314 · 1896 label
- Place
- Akka
- First-salary field
- 250 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
4 fields contain historical terms.
- Turkish
- Kitabet (writing)
- Arabic
- Kitabet (writing)
- French
- Kitabet (writing)
- Italian
- 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.
Enrichment edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-5e2ba3e19fa6918b. This is separate from the annual data edition and annual-record PDF.
Download these additional source records (JSON)
| 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 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | eda-memur · currentjob source lines 35497, 35498, 35499, 35500 Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 35497, 35498, 35499, 35500 Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 54040 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 56531 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 58982 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 61147 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 35497 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 35498 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 35499 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 35500 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 35497 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 35498 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 35499 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 35500 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 35497 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 35498 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 35499 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 35500 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 35497 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 35498 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 35499 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 35500 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1319 · AH source lines 54040 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1320 · AH source lines 56531 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1321 · AH source lines 58982 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1322 · AH source lines 61147 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 34402 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 34401 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 34399 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 34400 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 34402 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 34401 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 34399 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 34400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyrut | 250 | recovered line 32320 | |
| 1902 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyrut | 320 | recovered line 32321 | |
| 1903 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyrut | 320 | recovered line 32322 | |
| 1904 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyrut | 400 | recovered line 32323 |
- AH 1319 · 1901 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
250 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 32320
- AH 1320 · 1902 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
320 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 32321
- AH 1321 · 1903 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
320 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 32322
- AH 1322 · 1904 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
400 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 32323
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
- Included · 4 annual entries
- Other archival labels
- No different label recorded
- Geography
- Recorded place assertions; map linkage is separately reported
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 |
|---|---|---|
| qualification | 1 recovered · qualification · source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 0 september · qualification · source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 0 older · qualification · source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 | 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 | 1294 | recovered · dobirth source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| birthPlace | hayfa | recovered · birthplace source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| birthPlace | hayfa | recovered · birth_place source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| birthProvince | beyrut | recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| school | Millet Mektebi | recovered · school_type source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| schoolingYears | 4 | recovered · education_year source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| schoolingYears | 4 | recovered · school_year source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 5 | recovered · mulazemet source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| qualification | 1 | recovered · qualification source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| derivedQualificationFlag | 0 | recovered · has_qualification source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | recovered · telgraf source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| religion | Hristiyan | recovered · religion source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| nationality | Latin | recovered · nationality source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| firstWorkH | 1314 | recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| firstWorkG | 1896 | recovered · firstjobyear source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| firstWorkPlace | Akka | recovered · firstjob_place source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| firstWorkSalary | 250 | recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| birthLatitude | 32.79497100000002 | recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| birthLongitude | 34.99381199999999 | recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 32320, 32321, 32322, 32323 |
| name | Elyas Zehlan Efendi | september · İsim source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| birthH | 1294 | september · dobirth source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| birthPlace | hayfa | september · birthplace source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| birthProvince | beyrut | september · birth_vilayet source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| school | millet mektebi | september · school_type source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| schoolingYears | 4 | september · education_year source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 5 | september · mulazemet source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 5 | september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| qualification | 0 | september · qualification source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | september · telegraph_school source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| religion | hristiyan | september · religion source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| nationality | latin | september · nationality source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| firstWorkH | 1314 | september · firstjob_year source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| firstWorkPlace | akka | september · firstjob_place source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| firstWorkSalary | 250 | september · firstjob_wage source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| birthLatitude | 32.79497100000002 | september · lat_birth_place source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| birthLongitude | 34.99381199999999 | september · lon_birth_place source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | september · lang_turkish source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | september · lang_turkish2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| language:Arabic | Kitabet | september · lang_arabic source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 2 | september · lang_arabic2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| language:French | Kitabet | september · lang_french source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 2 | september · lang_french2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | september · lang_persian2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | september · lang_english2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| language:Italian | Kitabet | september · lang_italian source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 2 | september · lang_italian2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | september · lang_armenian2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | september · lang_greek2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | september · lang_rum2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | september · lang_russian2 source lines 34399, 34400, 34401, 34402 |
| name | Elyas Zehlan Efendi | older · İsim source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| birthH | 1294 | older · dobirth source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| birthPlace | hayfa | older · birthplace source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| birthProvince | beyrut | older · birth_vilayet source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| school | millet mektebi | older · school_type source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| schoolingYears | 4 | older · education_year source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 5 | older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| qualification | 0 | older · qualification source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | older · telgraph_school source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| religion | hristiyan | older · religion source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| nationality | latin | older · nationality source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| firstWorkH | 1314 | older · firstjob_year source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| firstWorkPlace | akka | older · firstjob_place source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| firstWorkSalary | 250 | older · firstjob_wage source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| birthLatitude | 32.79497100000002 | older · lat_birth_place source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| birthLongitude | 34.99381199999999 | older · lon_birth_place source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | older · lang_turkish source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | older · lang_turkish2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| language:Arabic | Kitabet | older · lang_arabic source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 2 | older · lang_arabic2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| language:French | Kitabet | older · lang_french source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 2 | older · lang_french2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | older · lang_persian2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | older · lang_english2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| language:Italian | Kitabet | older · lang_italian source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 2 | older · lang_italian2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | older · lang_armenian2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | older · lang_greek2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | older · lang_rum2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | older · lang_russian2 source lines 45568, 45592, 45597, 45611 |
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, “Elyas Zehlan Efendi”, archival reference 116_87; 171, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-200cfde5d67e9af4/.
Stable archival identity: /people/p-200cfde5d67e9af4/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.