Individual dossier

Odi Efendi

Birthplace: paris Observed AH 1272–1314 (1855–1897)

3_ 212; 420Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Odi Efendi was born in Paris in AH 1244 (1828–1829). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Paris. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1272 (1855–1856), 28 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 37 distinct AH years in AH 1272–1314 (1855–1897), with gaps; it begins with muhabere memuru in Beyoglu (750 kuruş monthly). Mufettis appears later, in AH 1311 (1893–1894), with 2,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Tekellum (speaking); French: Kitabet (writing); Italian: kitabet. Odi Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1315 (1897–1898).

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Life and career

37 recorded AH years · 37 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1244 (1828–1829)
AH 1272 (1855–1856)Birth-year difference: 28 AH years
AH 1272 (1855–1856)Birth-year difference: 28 AH years
AH 1273 (1856–1857)Birth-year difference: 29 AH years
AH 1274–1276 (1857–1860)Birth-year difference: 30–32 AH years
AH 1277–1278 (1860–1862)Birth-year difference: 33–34 AH years
AH 1279 (1862–1863)Birth-year difference: 35 AH years
AH 1280 (1863–1864)Birth-year difference: 36 AH years
AH 1281–1284 (1864–1868)Birth-year difference: 37–40 AH years
AH 1285 (1868–1869)Birth-year difference: 41 AH years
AH 1286–1291 (1869–1875)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1292–1296 (1875–1879)Birth-year difference: 48–52 AH years
AH 1297 (1879–1880)Birth-year difference: 53 AH years
AH 1298–1309 (1880–1892)Birth-year difference: 54–65 AH years
AH 1310 (1892–1893)Birth-year difference: 66 AH years
AH 1311–1314 (1893–1897)Birth-year difference: 67–70 AH years
AH 1315 (1897–1898)

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 1272 (1855–1856)

muhabere memuru · beyoglu · 750 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1272 (1855–1856) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 750 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1272 (1855–1856)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.

Recorded death

AH 1315 (1897–1898) · “Vefat”

The personnel record lists “Vefat” under this year.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality beyoglu → gelibolu
Locality gelibolu → tekirdag
Salary 750 to 1,200 kuruş +450 (+60%)
Title muhabere memuru → Muhabere Memuru
Title Muhabere Memuru → Mufettis
Locality tekirdag → bagdat
Salary 1,200 to 4,000 kuruş +2,800 (+233.33%)
Locality bagdat → diyarbakir
Salary 4,000 to 3,000 kuruş -1,000 (-25%)
Locality diyarbakir → beyoglu
Salary 3,000 to 2,750 kuruş -250 (-8.33%)
Salary 2,750 to 2,500 kuruş -250 (-9.09%)
Locality beyoglu → diyarbakir
Salary 2,500 to 3,100 kuruş +600 (+24%)
No annual entries for AH 1286–1291 (1869–1875). Changes span the gap.
Locality diyarbakir → bosna
Salary 3,100 to 2,000 kuruş -1,100 (-35.48%)
Title Mufettis → Basmemur
Locality bosna → pristine
Salary 2,000 to 1,000 kuruş -1,000 (-50%)
Title Basmemur → Mufettis
Locality pristine → konya
Salary 1,000 to 2,000 kuruş +1,000 (+100%)
Locality konya → adana
Locality adana → beyrut
Salary 2,000 to 1,800 kuruş -200 (-10%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1272 (1855–1856)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: 3_ 212; 420

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.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1272–1276 (1855–1860), AH 1278–1285 (1861–1869), AH 1292–1309 (1875–1892), AH 1311–1314 (1893–1897)

Legal wording and source descriptions