Individual dossier

Mehmet Mecdi Efendi

45_246; 489Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Mecdi Efendi was born in Hersek in AH 1287. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Karahisari sarki in AH 1304 (17 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 5 distinct AH years between 1307 and 1312, with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Aynaroz (500 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings. Mehmet Mecdi Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1313 (1895).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 45_246; 489

Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

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Life and career

5 recorded AH years · 5 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1287
  2. AH 1304Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
  3. AH 1307Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
  4. AH 1308Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
  5. AH 1309Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
  6. AH 1310Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
  7. AH 1311
    No annual career entries

    The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.

  8. AH 1312Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
  9. AH 1313 (1895)

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 1307

Muhabere Memuru · aynaroz · 500 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1304 in Karahisari sarki. The first-salary field is 500 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1304 · 1887 labelRecorded first-work anchorKarahisari sarki
0400800GapAH 1307AH 1308AH 1309AH 1310AH 1311AH 1312AH 1307 · 1890 label: 500 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · aynarozAH 1308 · 1891 label: 380 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · samsunAH 1309 · 1892 label: 600 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · iskodraAH 1310 · 1892 label: 600 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · sivasAH 1312 · 1894 label: 800 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · cide

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.

Recorded death

AH 1313 (1895) · “Vefat”

Reported in the personnel records after the surviving salary series.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Locality aynaroz → samsun

    Salary 500 to 380 kuruş -120 (-24%)

  2. Locality samsun → iskodra

    Salary 380 to 600 kuruş +220 (+57.89%)

  3. Locality iskodra → sivas

  4. No annual entries for AH 1311. Changes span the gap.

    Locality sivas → cide

    Salary 600 to 800 kuruş +200 (+33.33%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1304 · 1887 labelRecorded first-work anchorKarahisari sarki
hersek: Locality linkage; agreedhersekkarahisari sarki: Locality linkage; agreedkarahisari sarkiaynaroz: Locality linkage; agreedaynarozsamsun: Locality linkage; agreedsamsuniskodra: Locality linkage; agreediskodrasivas: Locality linkage; agreedsivascide: Locality linkage; agreedcide

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record

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: 45_246; 489

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): “Zimmet / Görev ihmal / bir seneden beri kefil veremediği gibi hasılattan da zimmetine bin beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on para geçirdiği tebeyyün etmekle üç yüz on” …
  • Original note: “Zimmet”

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

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1312. This label applies to those annual entries, not to the official’s lifetime.

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: “Zimmet / Görev ihmal / bir seneden beri kefil veremediği gibi hasılattan da zimmetine bin beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on para geçirdiği tebeyyün etmekle üç yüz on bir senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin on sekizinde 15 Teşrinisani sene 1309 azl ile ahiran mezkur zimmetinden bin kuruşunu nezaret veznesine teslim ettiği ve İşkodra merkezinde bulunduğu zaman zayi ettiği iki kıta taahhütlü mektuptan dolayı aranılan yüz Frank ceza-yı nakdi ile zimmeti küsuru olan beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on paranın rub maaşından tahsil olunup teslim-i vezne edilmek üzere bin üç yüz on bir senesi Ramazanının yirmi beşinde 20 Mart sene 1310 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Cide Telgraf Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakledilip bazı mühim şifreli telgrafnamelerin tehirine sebebiyet verdiğinden bin üç yüz on üç senesi Muharreminin dokuzunda 2 Haziran sene 1311 azledildiği ”
    Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1894 (calendar unverified)
  • Original note: “Zimmet”
    Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1894 (calendar unverified)
  • Original note: “Zimmet / Görev ihmal / bir seneden beri kefil veremediği gibi hasılattan da zimmetine bin beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on para geçirdiği tebeyyün etmekle üç yüz on bir senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin on sekizinde 15 Teşrinisani sene 1309 azl ile ahiran mezkur zimmetinden bin kuruşunu nezaret veznesine teslim ettiği ve İşkodra merkezinde bulunduğu zaman zayi ettiği iki kıta taahhütlü mektuptan dolayı aranılan yüz Frank ceza-yı nakdi ile zimmeti küsuru olan beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on paranın rub maaşından tahsil olunup teslim-i vezne edilmek üzere bin üç yüz on bir senesi Ramazanının yirmi beşinde 20 Mart sene 1310 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Cide Telgraf Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakledilip bazı mühim şifreli telgrafnamelerin tehirine sebebiyet verdiğinden bin üç yüz on üç senesi Muharreminin dokuzunda 2 Haziran sene 1311 azledildiği ”
    Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
  • Original note: “Zimmet”
    Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

  • Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1307–1308, 1310 · 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 1312 · 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: 1311 (calendar unverified)

Later legal-notes workbook legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Legal notes (later workbook copy)

  • Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1311 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field A (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1307–1310, 1312–1313 (calendar unverified)
  • Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1311 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field B (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1307–1310, 1312 (calendar unverified)
  • Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1311 (calendar unverified)
  • Recorded code 2 · Stored source-year values: 1313 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field C (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1307–1310, 1312 (calendar unverified)
  • Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1311 (calendar unverified)
  • Recorded code 2 · Stored source-year values: 1313 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1307–1310
  • Recorded code 1 · AH 1311–1312
  • Recorded code 2 · AH 1313

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field D (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1307–1310, 1312–1313 (calendar unverified)
  • Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1311 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field E (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1307–1310, 1312–1313 (calendar unverified)
  • Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1311 (calendar unverified)

Earlier annual personnel legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1307–1310
  • Recorded code 1 · AH 1311–1313

Parallel earlier annual personnel legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1307–1310
  • Recorded code 1 · AH 1311–1312
  • Recorded code 2 · AH 1313

Parallel earlier annual personnel legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1307–1310
  • Recorded code 1 · AH 1311–1313

Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified)

Later annual personnel extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1307–1308, 1310
  • Recorded code 1 · AH 1312

Occupational personnel legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Occupational-record extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1307–1308, 1310
  • Recorded code 1 · AH 1312

Occupational personnel legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Occupational-record extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1307–1308, 1310
  • Recorded code 1 · AH 1312

Rank and honour codes

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

No honour or rank code assertion is linked in these additional sources.

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
3 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Ceza Reisi
Recorded birth year
AH 1287
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

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.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

First-work source date
AH 1304 · 1887 label
Place
Karahisari sarki
First-salary field
500 kuruş
Personnel record
Recovered annual personnel extract

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

1 field contains historical terms.

Turkish
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.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Recorded occupation category

  • Communication and Telegraph

Earlier annual title wording

  • Muhabere Memuru
  • Vefat
  • azl
Annual status wording
  • Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy) lists “Vefat” under AH 1313 (1895).
  • Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) lists “Vefat” under AH 1313 (1895).

Separate extracts may preserve the same underlying record; they are not independent confirmation of a second event. No death locality is inferred.

All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Additional source edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-edcc450f53e488f7. This is separate from the annual data edition.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Recorded occupation categoryRecorded source assertionCommunication and TelegraphOccupational-record extract
Associated source-year values: 1307–1308, 1310, 1312
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionMuhabere MemuruEarlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Associated source-year values: 1307–1310, 1312
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionVefatEarlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Associated source-year values: 1313
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionazlEarlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Associated source-year values: 1311
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionMuhabere MemuruEarlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
Associated source-year values: 1307–1310, 1312
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionVefatEarlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
Associated source-year values: 1313
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionazlEarlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
Associated source-year values: 1311
Recorded source fieldAnnual status wordingVefatEarlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1313 (1895)
Recorded source fieldAnnual status wordingVefatEarlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1313 (1895)
Legal-record detailsRecorded source assertionZimmet / Görev ihmal / bir seneden beri kefil veremediği gibi hasılattan da zimmetine bin beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on para geçirdiği tebeyyün etmekle üç yüz on bir senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin on sekizinde 15 Teşrinisani sene 1309 azl ile ahiran mezkur zimmetinden bin kuruşunu nezaret veznesine teslim ettiği ve İşkodra merkezinde bulunduğu zaman zayi ettiği iki kıta taahhütlü mektuptan dolayı aranılan yüz Frank ceza-yı nakdi ile zimmeti küsuru olan beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on paranın rub maaşından tahsil olunup teslim-i vezne edilmek üzere bin üç yüz on bir senesi Ramazanının yirmi beşinde 20 Mart sene 1310 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Cide Telgraf Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakledilip bazı mühim şifreli telgrafnamelerin tehirine sebebiyet verdiğinden bin üç yüz on üç senesi Muharreminin dokuzunda 2 Haziran sene 1311 azledildiği Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1894 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record wordingRecorded source assertionZimmetLegal notes (earlier workbook copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1894 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record detailsRecorded source assertionZimmet / Görev ihmal / bir seneden beri kefil veremediği gibi hasılattan da zimmetine bin beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on para geçirdiği tebeyyün etmekle üç yüz on bir senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin on sekizinde 15 Teşrinisani sene 1309 azl ile ahiran mezkur zimmetinden bin kuruşunu nezaret veznesine teslim ettiği ve İşkodra merkezinde bulunduğu zaman zayi ettiği iki kıta taahhütlü mektuptan dolayı aranılan yüz Frank ceza-yı nakdi ile zimmeti küsuru olan beş yüz doksan yedi kuruş on paranın rub maaşından tahsil olunup teslim-i vezne edilmek üzere bin üç yüz on bir senesi Ramazanının yirmi beşinde 20 Mart sene 1310 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Cide Telgraf Muhabere Memuriyeti'ne nakledilip bazı mühim şifreli telgrafnamelerin tehirine sebebiyet verdiğinden bin üç yüz on üç senesi Muharreminin dokuzunda 2 Haziran sene 1311 azledildiği Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record wordingRecorded source assertionZimmetLegal notes (later workbook copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1307
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1308
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1310
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict1Later annual personnel extract
AH 1312
Earlier legal-notes code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1894 (calendar unverified)
Later legal-notes code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1307 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1308 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1309 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1312 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1307 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1308 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1309 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1312 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion2Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1307 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1308 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1309 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1312 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion2Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1307
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1308
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1309
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1310
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1311
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1312
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion2Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1313
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1307 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1308 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1309 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1312 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1307 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1308 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1309 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1312 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1307
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1308
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1309
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1310
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1311
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1312
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1313
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1307
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1308
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1309
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1310
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1311
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1312
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion2Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1313
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1307
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1308
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1309
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1310
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1311
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1312
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1313
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1307
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1308
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1310
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Later annual personnel extract
AH 1312
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1307
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1308
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1310
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Occupational-record extract
AH 1312
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1307
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1308
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1310
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion1Occupational-record extract
AH 1312

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 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.

Missing AH years: 1311. Older source entries do not fill the selected annual chronology.

Collection membership

Website edition
Current collective-biography edition
Personnel records
Earlier annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Recovered annual personnel extract
Annual display source
Recovered annual personnel extract
Paper sample
Included · 5 annual entries
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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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.

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Recorded values and source alternatives (80)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded birth year (AH)1287Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacehersekArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacehersekArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace provincebosnaArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded school or programmeRusdiye MektebiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded qualification field1Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Derived qualification indicator1Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded telegraph-school field0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded father’s occupationCeza ReisiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded father’s occupationceza reisiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1304Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Stored first-work year label1887Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work localityKarahisari sarkiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work salary field500Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace latitude43.977106Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace longitude16.834359Archival reference 45_246; 489
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded nameMehmet Mecdi EfendiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birth year (AH)1287Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplacehersekArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace provincebosnaArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded school or programmerusdiye mektebiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded qualification field1Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded telegraph-school field0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded religion wordingmuslumanArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded nationality wordingturkishArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded father’s occupationceza reisiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1304Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work localitykarahisari sarkiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work salary field500Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace latitude43.977106Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace longitude16.834359Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Turkish3Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Arabic0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: French0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Persian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: English0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Italian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Armenian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Greek0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Rum0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Bulgarian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Russian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded nameMehmet Mecdi EfendiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birth year (AH)1287Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacehersekArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace provincebosnaArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded school or programmerusdiye mektebiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded qualification field1Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded telegraph-school field0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded religion wordingmuslumanArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded nationality wordingturkishArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded father’s occupationceza reisiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1304Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work localitykarahisari sarkiArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work salary field500Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace latitude43.977106Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace longitude16.834359Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Turkish3Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Arabic0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: French0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Persian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: English0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Italian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Armenian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Greek0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Rum0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Bulgarian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Russian0Archival reference 45_246; 489
Earlier annual personnel extract

Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 45_246; 489. Personnel records coded by Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis; original wording and differing assertions are retained.

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Cite this record

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Mecdi Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 45_246; 489. Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis. Annual edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a; additional source edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-edcc450f53e488f7. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-2e6baae6bb651ad5/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 45_246; 489
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival reference: 45_246; 489. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.