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Mahmut Cemil Efendi

Birthplace: zebid Observed AH 1324–1326

152-72-139Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mahmut Cemil Efendi was born in Zebid in AH 1304. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Zebid in AH 1321 (17 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 3 distinct AH years between 1324 and 1326; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Maha (500 kuruş monthly). muhabere memuru appears later, in AH 1326 (500 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 152-72-139

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

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1 field has differing source assertions. Alternatives remain visible in the evidence below; the display edition does not establish which assertion is historically correct.

Life and career

3 recorded AH years · 3 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1304
  2. AH 1321Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
  3. AH 1324–1325Birth-year difference: 20–21 AH years
  4. AH 1326Birth-year difference: 22 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.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1324

Muhabere Memuru · maha · 500 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1321 in zebid. The first-salary field is 500 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1321 · 1903 labelRecorded first-work anchorzebid
0250500AH 1324AH 1325AH 1326AH 1324 · 1906 label: 500 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · mahaAH 1325 · 1907 label: 500 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · mahaAH 1326: 500 kuruş / month · muhabere memuru · maha

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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Title Muhabere Memuru → muhabere memuru

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

Places in this record

AH 1321 · 1903 labelRecorded first-work anchorzebid
maha: Locality linkage; agreedmaha

◆ 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.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 152-72-139

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 1324–1326
Legal wording and source descriptions

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

  • Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1324–1326 · 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 annual personnel legal-record field A (meaning unverified)

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1324–1326 (calendar unverified)

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1324–1326 (calendar unverified)

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1324–1326 (calendar unverified)

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1324–1326

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1324–1326 (calendar unverified)

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · Stored source-year values: 1324–1326 (calendar unverified)

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1324–1326

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1324–1326

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

Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1324–1326

Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified)

Later annual personnel extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1324–1326

Occupational personnel legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Occupational-record extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1324–1326

Occupational personnel legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Occupational-record extract

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1324–1326

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
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
katip
Recorded birth year
AH 1304
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 1321 · 1903 label
Place
zebid
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

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
Arabic
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
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: 1324–1326
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionMuhabere MemuruEarlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Associated source-year values: 1324–1326
Earlier annual title wordingRecorded source assertionMuhabere MemuruEarlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
Associated source-year values: 1324–1326
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1324
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1325
Annual legal-record indicator (1 labelled yes)Annual indicator; not a lifetime verdict0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1326
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1324 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1326 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1324 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1326 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1324 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1326 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1324
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1326
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1324 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1326 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1324 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1325 (calendar unverified)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
Recorded year value: 1326 (calendar unverified)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1324
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
AH 1326
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1324
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1326
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1324
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
AH 1326
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1324
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1325
Additional annual personnel level code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Later annual personnel extract
AH 1326
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1324
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1325
Occupational-extract legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1326
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1324
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1325
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Occupational-record extract
AH 1326
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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 kuruşArchival reference
1906Muhabere MemuruRecorded wording: muhabere memurumaha500152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
1907Muhabere MemuruRecorded wording: muhabere memurumaha500152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Not recordedmuhabere memurumaha500152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
  1. AH 1324 · 1906 label

    Muhabere Memuru

    Recorded title wording: muhabere memuru

    maha

    500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 152-72-139 · Recovered annual personnel extract

  2. AH 1325 · 1907 label

    Muhabere Memuru

    Recorded title wording: muhabere memuru

    maha

    500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 152-72-139 · Recovered annual personnel extract

  3. AH 1326

    muhabere memuru

    maha

    500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 152-72-139 · Recovered annual personnel extract

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.

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
Outside the paper sample
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
Recorded apprenticeship duration
3
Archival reference 152-72-139 · Recovered annual personnel extract
0
Archival reference 152-72-139 · Recovered annual personnel extract
3
Archival reference 152-72-139 · Personnel attributes extract
3
Archival reference 152-72-139 · Personnel attributes extract
3
Archival reference 152-72-139 · Earlier annual personnel extract
Source alternatives are preserved. The displayed value follows the selected personnel record.
Recorded values and source alternatives (86)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded birth year (AH)1304Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacezebidArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacezebidArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace provinceyemenArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded school or programmeRusdiye MektebiArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded school or programmerusdiye mektebiArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration0Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded qualification field0Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Derived qualification indicator0Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded telegraph-school field0Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded religion wordingmuslumanArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded nationality wordingturkishArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded father’s occupationkatipArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded father’s occupationkatipArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1321Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Stored first-work year label1903Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work localityzebidArchival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work salary field500Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace latitude14.198290400000001Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace longitude43.319183900000006Archival reference 152-72-139
Recovered annual personnel extract
Recorded nameMahmut Cemil Efendi Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birth year (AH)1304Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplacezebidArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace provinceyemenArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded school or programmerusdiye mektebiArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded qualification field0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded telegraph-school field0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded religion wordingmuslumanArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded nationality wordingturkishArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded father’s occupationkatipArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1321Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work localityzebidArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded first-work salary field500Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace latitude14.198290400000001Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded birthplace longitude43.319183900000006Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Turkish3Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: ArabicKitabetArchival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Arabic2Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: French0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Persian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: English0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Italian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Armenian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Greek0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Rum0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Bulgarian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded language field: Russian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Personnel attributes extract
Recorded nameMahmut Cemil Efendi Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birth year (AH)1304Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplacezebidArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace provinceyemenArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded school or programmerusdiye mektebiArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded apprenticeship duration3Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded qualification field0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded telegraph-school field0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded religion wordingmuslumanArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded nationality wordingturkishArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded father’s occupationkatipArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work year (AH)1321Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work localityzebidArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded first-work salary field500Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace latitude14.198290400000001Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded birthplace longitude43.319183900000006Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Turkish3Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: ArabicKitabetArchival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Arabic2Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: French0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Persian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: English0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Italian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Armenian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Greek0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Rum0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Bulgarian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract
Recorded language field: Russian0Archival reference 152-72-139
Earlier annual personnel extract

Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 152-72-139. 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, “Mahmut Cemil Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 152-72-139. 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-3acfec6e170a9fa5/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 152-72-139
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival reference: 152-72-139. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.