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Cafer Bey

Birthplace: Bosna Recorded AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)

76_152; 301Preserved archival reference
Cross-institution personnel record
A short account from recorded fields

Cafer Bey was born in Bosna in AH 1283 (1866–1867). Recorded schooling includes 14 years at Hukuk Mektebi. The surviving career record covers 19 distinct AH years in AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913); it begins with Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini in Amasya (1,400 kuruş monthly). istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi appears later, in AH 1331 (1912–1913), with 3,500 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Bulgarian: Asina (familiarity).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 76_152; 301

Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

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This official is newly included from the cross-institution personnel records. No Post and Telegraph appointment is established by this source.

Life and career

19 recorded AH years · 19 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1283 (1866–1867)
  2. AH 1313–1315 (1895–1898)Birth-year difference: 30–32 AH years
  3. AH 1316–1317 (1898–1900)Birth-year difference: 33–34 AH years
  4. AH 1318–1319 (1900–1902)Birth-year difference: 35–36 AH years
  5. AH 1320–1323 (1902–1906)Birth-year difference: 37–40 AH years
  6. AH 1324–1326 (1906–1909)Birth-year difference: 41–43 AH years
  7. AH 1327 (1909–1910)Birth-year difference: 44 AH years
  8. AH 1328 (1910–1911)Birth-year difference: 45 AH years
  9. AH 1329–1330 (1911–1912)Birth-year difference: 46–47 AH years
  10. AH 1331 (1912–1913)Birth-year difference: 48 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place, title and institutional group. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same institution, 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 1313 (1895–1896)

Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · Amasya · 1,400 kuruş monthly

AH 1313 (1895–1896)Bidayet Mahkemesi MuaviniAmasya · 1,400 kuruş / month
  • Justice
02,0004,000AH 1313 (1895–1896)AH 1313(1895–1896)AH 1316 (1898–1899)AH 1316(1898–1899)AH 1319 (1901–1902)AH 1319(1901–1902)AH 1322 (1904–1905)AH 1322(1904–1905)AH 1325 (1907–1908)AH 1325(1907–1908)AH 1328 (1910–1911)AH 1328(1910–1911)AH 1331 (1912–1913)AH 1331(1912–1913)AH 1313 (1895–1896) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · Amasya1,400 kuruşAH 1314 (1896–1897) · Justice: 1,260 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · AmasyaAH 1315 (1897–1898) · Justice: 1,260 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · AmasyaAH 1316 (1898–1899) · Justice: 1,260 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · TaslicaAH 1317 (1899–1900) · Justice: 1,260 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · TaslicaAH 1318 (1900–1901) · Justice: 1,620 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · iskodraAH 1319 (1901–1902) · Justice: 1,620 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · iskodraAH 1320 (1902–1903) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · KosovaAH 1321 (1903–1904) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · KosovaAH 1322 (1904–1905) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · KosovaAH 1323 (1905–1906) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · KosovaAH 1324 (1906–1907) · Justice: 3,000 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini · EdirneAH 1325 (1907–1908) · Justice: 3,500 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini · EdirneAH 1326 (1908–1909) · Justice: 3,500 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini · EdirneAH 1327 (1909–1910) · Justice: 3,500 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi · SelanikAH 1328 (1910–1911) · Justice: 3,500 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi · BeyogluAH 1329 (1911) · Justice: 4,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei Umumi · BeyogluAH 1330 (1911–1912) · Justice: 4,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei Umumi · BeyogluAH 1331 (1912–1913) · Justice: 3,500 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi · Dersaadet

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years within the same recorded institution 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.

  1. Salary 1,400 to 1,260 kuruş -140 (-10%)

  2. Title Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini → 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Locality Amasya → Taslica

  3. Title 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti → Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini

    Locality Taslica → iskodra

    Salary 1,260 to 1,620 kuruş +360 (+28.57%)

  4. Title Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini → 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Locality iskodra → Kosova

    Salary 1,620 to 2,000 kuruş +380 (+23.46%)

  5. Title 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti → istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini

    Locality Kosova → Edirne

    Salary 2,000 to 3,000 kuruş +1,000 (+50%)

  6. Salary 3,000 to 3,500 kuruş +500 (+16.67%)

  7. Title istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini → istinaf Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi

    Locality Edirne → Selanik

  8. Title istinaf Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi → Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi

    Locality Selanik → Beyoglu

  9. Title Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi → Bidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei Umumi

    Salary 3,500 to 4,000 kuruş +500 (+14.29%)

  10. Title Bidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei Umumi → istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi

    Locality Beyoglu → Dersaadet

    Salary 4,000 to 3,500 kuruş -500 (-12.5%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1313 (1895–1896)Bidayet Mahkemesi MuaviniAmasya · 1,400 kuruş / month
bosna: Locality linkage; agreedbosnaamasya: Locality linkage; agreedamasyataslica: Locality linkage; agreedtaslicaiskodra: Locality linkage; agreediskodrakosova: Locality linkage; agreedkosovaselanik: Locality linkage; agreedselanikbeyoglu: Locality linkage; agreedbeyoglu

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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: 76_152; 301

Collection retained in the coded personnel source: 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.

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)
0 · Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
Legal wording and source descriptions

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Cross-institution personnel records

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)

Rank and honour codes

Original values across linked assertions, including zero; meanings are unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rank code (meaning unverified)
0
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)
0
Medal code (meaning unverified)
0
Rank, nişan, medal and merit source descriptions

Associated year values locate the recorded assertion; they are not award dates.

Rank code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)

Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)

Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)

Medal code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Hukuk Mektebi
Schooling duration
14 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
1 source-recorded year
Qualification indicator
Not recorded
Telegraph school indicator
Not recorded
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1283 (1866–1867)
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Schooling and apprenticeship numbers are source duration/classification fields. No dated education or training event is inferred. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

The recorded first-job fields are shown separately below.

Original personnel workbook

Recorded first job

Department / title wording
Mahkeme Kalemi
Workbook first-job year
1312 (calendar unverified)
Associated salary field
1,400 kuruş

The first-job wording and associated amount are recorded separately from the first-salary field and annual pay.

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Recorded language repertoire

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
Bulgarian
Asina (familiarity)

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.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Recorded first-job wording

  • Mahkeme Kalemi

First-work year value (calendar unverified)

  • 1312

First-job salary field (undated)

  • 1400
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
Medal code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
Recorded first-job wordingRecorded source assertionMahkeme KalemiCross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
First-work year value (calendar unverified)Recorded source assertion1,312Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
First-job salary field (undated)Recorded source assertion1,400Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313–1331 (1895–1913)
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Every displayed annual entry, in Hijri-year order, with institutional classifications retained. Entries sharing a year remain separate. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.

Every displayed annual entry. Select a year to inspect its salary, title, place and source together.
Source yearSource Gregorian labelInstitutional groupTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşArchival reference
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi MuaviniAmasya1,40076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi MuaviniAmasya1,26076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi MuaviniAmasya1,26076_152; 301
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Not recordedJustice2. Bidayet Mahkemesi RiyasetiTaslica1,26076_152; 301
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Not recordedJustice2. Bidayet Mahkemesi RiyasetiTaslica1,26076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi Muaviniiskodra1,62076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi Muaviniiskodra1,62076_152; 301
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Not recordedJustice2. Bidayet Mahkemesi RiyasetiKosova2,00076_152; 301
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Not recordedJustice2. Bidayet Mahkemesi RiyasetiKosova2,00076_152; 301
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Not recordedJustice2. Bidayet Mahkemesi RiyasetiKosova2,00076_152; 301
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Not recordedJustice2. Bidayet Mahkemesi RiyasetiKosova2,00076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeistinaf Mahkemesi MuaviniEdirne3,00076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeistinaf Mahkemesi MuaviniEdirne3,50076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeistinaf Mahkemesi MuaviniEdirne3,50076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeistinaf Mahkemesi Muddei UmumiSelanik3,50076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi Muddei UmumiBeyoglu3,50076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei UmumiBeyoglu4,00076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei UmumiBeyoglu4,00076_152; 301
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Not recordedJusticeistinaf Mahkemesi AzasiDersaadet3,50076_152; 301
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  1. AH 1313 (1895–1896)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    Amasya

    1,400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  2. AH 1314 (1896–1897)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    Amasya

    1,260 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  3. AH 1315 (1897–1898)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    Amasya

    1,260 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  4. AH 1316 (1898–1899)

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Justice

    Taslica

    1,260 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  5. AH 1317 (1899–1900)

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Justice

    Taslica

    1,260 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  6. AH 1318 (1900–1901)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    iskodra

    1,620 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  7. AH 1319 (1901–1902)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    iskodra

    1,620 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  8. AH 1320 (1902–1903)

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Justice

    Kosova

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  9. AH 1321 (1903–1904)

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Justice

    Kosova

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  10. AH 1322 (1904–1905)

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Justice

    Kosova

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  11. AH 1323 (1905–1906)

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Justice

    Kosova

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  12. AH 1324 (1906–1907)

    istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    Edirne

    3,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  13. AH 1325 (1907–1908)

    istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    Edirne

    3,500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  14. AH 1326 (1908–1909)

    istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini

    Justice

    Edirne

    3,500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  15. AH 1327 (1909–1910)

    istinaf Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi

    Justice

    Selanik

    3,500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  16. AH 1328 (1910–1911)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    3,500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  17. AH 1329 (1911)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei Umumi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    4,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  18. AH 1330 (1911–1912)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Basmuddei Umumi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    4,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

  19. AH 1331 (1912–1913)

    istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi

    Justice

    Dersaadet

    3,500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 76_152; 301 · Cross-institution personnel records

Evidence & edition

Personnel records and their differences

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 spans identify the calendar years touched by the whole AH year, using the tabular Islamic calendar. Original source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence. 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.

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Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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Recorded values and source alternatives (13)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded nameCafer BeyArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded birth year (AH)1283AH 1283 (1866–1867)Archival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded birthplaceBosnaArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded school or programmeHukuk MektebiArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded schooling duration14Archival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded apprenticeship duration1Archival reference 76_152; 301
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First-work year value (calendar unverified)1312Archival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded first-job wordingMahkeme KalemiArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded first-job salary field1400Archival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Recorded language field: BulgarianAsinaArchival reference 76_152; 301
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Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 76_152; 301. Linked cross-institution coded personnel records; original wording and differing assertions are retained.

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Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Cafer Bey”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 76_152; 301. Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset. Annual edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45; additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-237f45d77ea90058/ Cross-institution source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45.

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 76_152; 301
Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

Stable archival reference: 76_152; 301. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.