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Mehmet Arif Efendi

Birthplace: kigi Observed AH 1320

121-89-173Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Kigi in AH 1297. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Beyoglu in AH 1320 (23 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1320 with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoglu (400 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing); Armenian: Tekellum (speaking).

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Life and career

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1297
  2. AH 1320Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
  3. AH 1320Birth-year difference: 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.

2 of 3

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1320

Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · beyoglu · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1320 in beyoglu. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1320 · 1902 labelRecorded first-work anchorbeyoglu
400 kuruş / month

AH 1320 · 1902 label

One annual entry survives; there is no salary trajectory to draw.

Places in this record

AH 1320 · 1902 labelRecorded first-work anchorbeyoglu
kigi: Locality linkage; agreedkigibeyoglu: Locality linkage; agreedbeyoglu

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • 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.

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.

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Darussafaka
Schooling duration
12 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
1
Father’s occupation
Hademe
Recorded birth year
AH 1297
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 1320 · 1902 label
Place
beyoglu
First-salary field
400 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

3 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
French
Kitabet (writing)
Armenian
Tekellum (speaking)

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.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wordingFL Communication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
source lines 36330
Recorded source-year values: 1320
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyetieda-memur · currentjob
source lines 37532
Recorded source-year values: 1320
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyetieda-memureski · currentjob
source lines 37532
Recorded source-year values: 1320
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 56773
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 37532
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 37532
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 37532
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 37532
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 56773
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 36330
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 36330
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Every displayed annual entry, in source / Hijri-year order. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.

Every displayed annual entry. Select a year to inspect its salary, title, place and source together.
Source yearGregorian labelTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşSource line
1902Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyetibeyoglu400recovered
line 34186
  1. AH 1320 · 1902 label

    Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti

    beyoglu

    400 kuruş / month

    recovered · source line 34186

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 · 1 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.

About the edition, calendars and selection

FieldSource alternativesDisplay rule
telegraphSchool
1
recovered · telgraf · source lines 34186
0
september · telegraph_school · source lines 36330
1
older · telgraph_school · source lines 50264
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 (84)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1297recovered · dobirth
source lines 34186
birthPlacekigirecovered · birthplace
source lines 34186
birthPlacekigirecovered · birth_place
source lines 34186
birthProvinceerzurumrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 34186
schoolDarussafakarecovered · school_type
source lines 34186
schoolingYears12recovered · education_year
source lines 34186
schoolingYears12recovered · school_year
source lines 34186
apprenticeshipYears0recovered · mulazemet
source lines 34186
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 34186
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 34186
telegraphSchool1recovered · telgraf
source lines 34186
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 34186
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 34186
fatherJobHademerecovered · fatherjob
source lines 34186
fatherJobhademerecovered · father_job
source lines 34186
firstWorkH1320recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 34186
firstWorkG1902recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 34186
firstWorkPlacebeyoglurecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 34186
firstWorkSalary400recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 34186
birthLatitude39.31014799999999recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 34186
birthLongitude40.349465recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 34186
nameMehmet Arif Efendi september · İsim
source lines 36330
birthH1297september · dobirth
source lines 36330
birthPlacekigiseptember · birthplace
source lines 36330
birthProvinceerzurumseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 36330
schooldarussafakaseptember · school_type
source lines 36330
schoolingYears12september · education_year
source lines 36330
apprenticeshipYears0september · mulazemet
source lines 36330
apprenticeshipYears0september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 36330
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 36330
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 36330
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 36330
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 36330
fatherJobhademeseptember · fatherjob
source lines 36330
firstWorkH1320september · firstjob_year
source lines 36330
firstWorkPlacebeyogluseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 36330
firstWorkSalary400september · firstjob_wage
source lines 36330
birthLatitude39.31014799999999september · lat_birth_place
source lines 36330
birthLongitude40.349465september · lon_birth_place
source lines 36330
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 36330
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 36330
language:ArmenianTekellumseptember · lang_armenian
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian1september · lang_armenian2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 36330
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 36330
nameMehmet Arif Efendi older · İsim
source lines 50264
birthH1297older · dobirth
source lines 50264
birthPlacekigiolder · birthplace
source lines 50264
birthProvinceerzurumolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 50264
schooldarussafakaolder · school_type
source lines 50264
schoolingYears12older · education_year
source lines 50264
apprenticeshipYears0older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 50264
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 50264
telegraphSchool1older · telgraph_school
source lines 50264
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 50264
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 50264
fatherJobhademeolder · fatherjob
source lines 50264
firstWorkH1320older · firstjob_year
source lines 50264
firstWorkPlacebeyogluolder · firstjob_place
source lines 50264
firstWorkSalary400older · firstjob_wage
source lines 50264
birthLatitude39.31014799999999older · lat_birth_place
source lines 50264
birthLongitude40.349465older · lon_birth_place
source lines 50264
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 50264
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 50264
language:ArmenianTekellumolder · lang_armenian
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian1older · lang_armenian2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 50264
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 50264

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, “Mehmet Arif Efendi”, archival reference 121-89-173, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-38f48e89c59d8602/.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-38f48e89c59d8602/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.