Bekir Vefa Efendi
Bekir Vefa Efendi was born in Urgup in AH 1302. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Beyoglu in AH 1322 (20 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 4 distinct AH years between 1322 and 1325; it begins with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoglu (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).
Life and career
4 recorded AH years · 4 annual entries
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1302
- AH 1322Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
- AH 1322–1325Birth-year difference: 20–23 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 · beyoglu · 300 kuruş monthly
First work is separately recorded at AH 1322 in beyoglu. The first-salary field is 300 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 300 to 400 kuruş +100 (+33.33%)
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
- Darussafaka
- Schooling duration
- 12 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 0 source-recorded years
- Qualification indicator
- 0
- Telegraph school indicator
- 1
- Father’s occupation
- ciftci
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1302
- 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.
First-work and entry-pay fields
- First-work source date
- AH 1322 · 1904 label
- Place
- beyoglu
- First-salary field
- 300 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
2 fields contain historical terms.
- Turkish
- Kitabet (writing)
- French
- 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 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 Recorded source-year values: 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | eda-memur · currentjob source lines 38030, 38031, 38032, 38033 Recorded source-year values: 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 38030, 38031, 38032, 38033 Recorded source-year values: 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 61458 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 63279 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 64569 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 65509 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 38030 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 38031 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 · AH source lines 38032 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 · AH source lines 38033 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 38030 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 38031 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 38032 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 38033 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 38030 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 38031 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 · AH source lines 38032 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 · AH source lines 38033 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 38030 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 38031 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 38032 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 38033 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1322 · AH source lines 61458 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1323 · AH source lines 63279 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1324 · AH source lines 64569 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1325 · AH source lines 65509 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 36792 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 36794 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 · AH source lines 36793 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 · AH source lines 36795 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 36792 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 36794 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1324 · AH source lines 36793 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1325 · AH source lines 36795 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyoglu | 300 | recovered line 34470 | |
| 1905 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyoglu | 400 | recovered line 34471 | |
| 1906 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyoglu | 400 | recovered line 34472 | |
| 1907 | Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti | beyoglu | 400 | recovered line 34473 |
- AH 1322 · 1904 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
300 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34470
- AH 1323 · 1905 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
400 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34471
- AH 1324 · 1906 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
400 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34472
- AH 1325 · 1907 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
400 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34473
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 · 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| telegraphSchool | 1 recovered · telgraf · source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 0 september · telegraph_school · source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 1 older · telgraph_school · source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 | 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 | 1302 | recovered · dobirth source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| birthPlace | urgup | recovered · birthplace source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| birthPlace | urgup | recovered · birth_place source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| birthProvince | konya | recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| school | Darussafaka | recovered · school_type source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | recovered · education_year source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | recovered · school_year source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | recovered · mulazemet source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| qualification | 0 | recovered · qualification source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| derivedQualificationFlag | 0 | recovered · has_qualification source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| telegraphSchool | 1 | recovered · telgraf source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| religion | Musluman | recovered · religion source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| nationality | Turkish | recovered · nationality source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| fatherJob | ciftci | recovered · fatherjob source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| fatherJob | ciftci | recovered · father_job source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| firstWorkH | 1322 | recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| firstWorkG | 1904 | recovered · firstjobyear source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| firstWorkPlace | beyoglu | recovered · firstjob_place source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| firstWorkSalary | 300 | recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| birthLatitude | 38.63094700000004 | recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| birthLongitude | 34.91296400000004 | recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 34470, 34471, 34472, 34473 |
| name | Bekir Vefa Efendi | september · İsim source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| birthH | 1302 | september · dobirth source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| birthPlace | urgup | september · birthplace source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| birthProvince | konya | september · birth_vilayet source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| school | darussafaka | september · school_type source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | september · education_year source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | september · mulazemet source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| qualification | 0 | september · qualification source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | september · telegraph_school source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| religion | musluman | september · religion source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| nationality | turkish | september · nationality source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| fatherJob | ciftci | september · fatherjob source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| firstWorkH | 1322 | september · firstjob_year source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| firstWorkPlace | beyoglu | september · firstjob_place source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| firstWorkSalary | 300 | september · firstjob_wage source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| birthLatitude | 38.63094700000004 | september · lat_birth_place source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| birthLongitude | 34.91296400000004 | september · lon_birth_place source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | september · lang_turkish source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | september · lang_turkish2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | september · lang_arabic2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| language:French | Kitabet | september · lang_french source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 2 | september · lang_french2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | september · lang_persian2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | september · lang_english2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | september · lang_italian2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | september · lang_armenian2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | september · lang_greek2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | september · lang_rum2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | september · lang_russian2 source lines 36792, 36793, 36794, 36795 |
| name | Bekir Vefa Efendi | older · İsim source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| birthH | 1302 | older · dobirth source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| birthPlace | urgup | older · birthplace source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| birthProvince | konya | older · birth_vilayet source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| school | darussafaka | older · school_type source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| schoolingYears | 12 | older · education_year source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0 | older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| qualification | 0 | older · qualification source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| telegraphSchool | 1 | older · telgraph_school source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| religion | musluman | older · religion source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| nationality | turkish | older · nationality source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| fatherJob | ciftci | older · fatherjob source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| firstWorkH | 1322 | older · firstjob_year source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| firstWorkPlace | beyoglu | older · firstjob_place source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| firstWorkSalary | 300 | older · firstjob_wage source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| birthLatitude | 38.63094700000004 | older · lat_birth_place source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| birthLongitude | 34.91296400000004 | older · lon_birth_place source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | older · lang_turkish source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | older · lang_turkish2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | older · lang_arabic2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| language:French | Kitabet | older · lang_french source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 2 | older · lang_french2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | older · lang_persian2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | older · lang_english2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | older · lang_italian2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | older · lang_armenian2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | older · lang_greek2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | older · lang_rum2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | older · lang_russian2 source lines 66406, 66462, 66501, 66534 |
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, “Bekir Vefa Efendi”, archival reference 145-229-453, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-346b9413bcf15085/.
Stable archival identity: /people/p-346b9413bcf15085/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.