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Mehmet Said Efendi

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 110_135; 267

Mehmet Said Efendi was born in Bagdat in AH 1288. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Bagdat in AH 1307 (19 AH years after the recorded birth year), with “Telgraf” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 15 distinct AH years between 1314 and 1329, with gaps; it begins with Memur in Bagdat (285 kuruş monthly). 3. mudur appears later, in AH 1329 (600 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

Recorded preparation

Birth
AH 1288; bagdat
School / programme
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship duration
1 source-recorded year
Qualification field (recorded code)
0
Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
0
Father’s occupation
Alay Emini
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Recorded language terms

  • Turkish: Kitabet (writing)
  • Arabic: Kitabet (writing)

First-work fields

Recorded year
AH 1307
Place
Bagdat
First-salary field
150 kuruş
Recorded first-job wording
Telgraf

First-work may concern earlier state service or preparation. The first-salary amount is separately recorded and is not dated by the first-work year.

Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

Original codes across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rütbe
0
Mecidi nişanı
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî
0
Madalya
0
Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi
0
  • Original legal note: “Hırsızlık / müskirât-ı resm-i mirisinden yüz on altı kuruş ketm eylediği cihetle azledilmiş” (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))
  • Original legal note: “Zimmet” (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))

The annual personnel records mark “yes for this annual record” in AH 1314–1324, 1326–1329.

Annual legal indicator · original codes
1
Personnel legal field · original codes
0
Additional annual legal field · original codes
1
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
1
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
1

Legal wording and annual indicators are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts. Complete original notes (2 distinct texts), codes and archival source details remain in the online dossier. Repeated source copies do not establish independent confirmation.

Annual chronology

15 annual entries in 15 recorded AH years. G labels are stored source labels, not exact conversions. Gaps remain gaps. Salaries are nominal monthly assigned kuruş, not confirmed disbursements.

AH yearG labelRecorded titleLocality / provinceMonthly kuruş
13141896memurbagdat
Province: bagdat
285
13151897memurbagdat
Province: bagdat
285
13161898seyyar memurbagdat
Province: bagdat
500
13171899seyyar memurbagdat
Province: bagdat
500
13181900memurbagdat
Province: bagdat
285
13191901memurbagdat
Province: bagdat
285
13201902memurbagdat
Province: bagdat
285
13211903merkez memurumekke
Province: hicaz
800
13221904merkez memurumekke
Province: hicaz
800
13231905muhabere memurumusul
Province: musul
400
13241906muhabere memurubasra
Province: basra
450
1326Not recorded2. mudurseydimakrun
Province: trablusgarp
800
1327Not recorded2. mudurfasatu
Province: trablusgarp
800
1328Not recorded2. mudurfasatu
Province: trablusgarp
800
1329Not recorded3. mudursece
Province: halep
600