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Mehmet Ali Efendi

Birthplace: tirnova Observed AH 1312–1323 (1894–1906)

0085_0122: 235Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Tirnova in AH 1291 (1874–1875). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1310 (1892–1893), 19 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 11 distinct AH years in AH 1312–1323 (1894–1906), with gaps; it begins with Posta Memuru in Adana (400 kuruş monthly). 2. Mudur appears later, in AH 1322 (1904–1905), with 1,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

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Life and career

11 recorded AH years · 11 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1291 (1874–1875)
AH 1310 (1892–1893)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1312 (1894–1895)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1313–1317 (1895–1900)Birth-year difference: 22–26 AH years
AH 1318 (1900–1901)Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
AH 1319 (1901–1902)Birth-year difference: 28 AH years
AH 1320 (1902–1903)Birth-year difference: 29 AH years
AH 1321 (1903–1904)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1322–1323 (1904–1906)Birth-year difference: 31–32 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 1312 (1894–1895)

Posta Memuru · adana · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1310 (1892–1893) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1310 (1892–1893)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.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality adana → halep
Salary 400 to 500 kuruş +100 (+25%)
Title Posta Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality halep → sam
Salary 500 to 1,000 kuruş +500 (+100%)
Locality sam → beyani nasif
Title 2. Mudur → Merkez Memuru
Locality beyani nasif → zor
Salary 1,000 to 540 kuruş -460 (-46%)
No annual entries for AH 1321 (1903–1904). Changes span the gap.
Title Merkez Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality zor → akabetus sam
Salary 540 to 1,000 kuruş +460 (+85.19%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1310 (1892–1893)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: 0085_0122: 235

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): “İşret / menhecin işret olması ve Zor ahalisinin sefahat ve işrete alışmamış bulunması yüzünden ol babda edilen nasayih ve tenbihat-ı müsmir olmadığı cihetle ha” …
Original note: “İşret”

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

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1322–1323 (1904–1906). 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 1312–1320 (1894–1903)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1322–1323 (1904–1906)

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: “İşret / menhecin işret olması ve Zor ahalisinin sefahat ve işrete alışmamış bulunması yüzünden ol babda edilen nasayih ve tenbihat-ı müsmir olmadığı cihetle halkın nefretini kazanmış olduğundan mucib-i intibahı olmak üzere bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülahiri selhinde 12 Temmuz sene 319 açığa çıkarıldığı ve ahirden iki aileye malik ve fevkalade fakir bulunmasına mebni erbab-ı hamiyetin ianesiyle yola çıkarılarak acınacak bir halde olmasına mebni bir memuriyeti yani liva-i mezkur Meclis İdaresiꞌnden verilen mazbatada zikr ve beyan kılınmış ve açıkta kalmış olduğu müddet ıslah-ı hâl eylemesiyle hakkında ceza-yı kafi görülüp”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1321 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1904 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1321 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1904 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret / menhecin işret olması ve Zor ahalisinin sefahat ve işrete alışmamış bulunması yüzünden ol babda edilen nasayih ve tenbihat-ı müsmir olmadığı cihetle halkın nefretini kazanmış olduğundan mucib-i intibahı olmak üzere bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülahiri selhinde 12 Temmuz sene 319 açığa çıkarıldığı ve ahirden iki aileye malik ve fevkalade fakir bulunmasına mebni erbab-ı hamiyetin ianesiyle yola çıkarılarak acınacak bir halde olmasına mebni bir memuriyeti yani liva-i mezkur Meclis İdaresiꞌnden verilen mazbatada zikr ve beyan kılınmış ve açıkta kalmış olduğu müddet ıslah-ı hâl eylemesiyle hakkında ceza-yı kafi görülüp”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1321 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1321 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1312–1320 (1894–1903) · 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 1322–1323 (1904–1906) · 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: 1321 (calendar unverified)