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Mehmet Kani Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1318–1323

0048_0121:239Preserved archival reference
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A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Kani Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1289. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1307 (18 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 6 distinct AH years between 1318 and 1323; it begins with Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul (600 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

6 recorded AH years · 6 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1289
AH 1307Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1318–1323Birth-year difference: 29–34 AH years

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1318

Kontrol Kalemi · istanbul · 600 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1307 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 80 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1307 · 1890 labelRecorded 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 values elsewhere are stored labels.

Places in this record

AH 1307 · 1890 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

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Locality record

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Salary 600 to 800 kuruş +200 (+33.33%)

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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: Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration: 7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship: 0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator: 1
Telegraph school indicator: 0
Father’s occupation: Binbasi
Recorded birth year: AH 1289
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 1307 · 1890 label
Place: istanbul
First-salary field: 80 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

1 field contains historical terms.

Turkish: 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.

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Source wording and status assertions

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

Technical and Engineering

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Recorded field	Original value	Source locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wording	Technical and Engineering	september-occupation · occupation_cat source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286 Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Kontrol Kalemi	eda-memur · currentjob source lines 5916, 5917, 5918, 5919, 5920, 5921 Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Kontrol Kalemi	eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 5916, 5917, 5918, 5919, 5920, 5921 Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 50135
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 52682
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 55145
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 57705
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 60145
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 62260
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 5916
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 5917
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 5918
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 5919
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 5920
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 5921
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 5916
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 5917
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 5918
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 5919
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 5920
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 5921
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 5916
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 5917
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 5918
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 5919
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 5920
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 5921
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 5916
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 5917
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 5918
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 5919
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 5920
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 5921
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1318 · AH source lines 50135
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1319 · AH source lines 52682
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1320 · AH source lines 55145
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1321 · AH source lines 57705
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1322 · AH source lines 60145
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1323 · AH source lines 62260
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 6286
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 6284
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 6282
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 6281
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 6285
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 6283
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 6286
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 6284
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 6282
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 6281
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 6285
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 6283

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Gregorian label	Title	Locality wording	Monthly kuruş	Source line
1900	Kontrol KalemiOriginal: kontrol kalemi	istanbul	600	recovered line 5309
1901	Kontrol KalemiOriginal: kontrol kalemi	istanbul	600	recovered line 5310
1902	Kontrol KalemiOriginal: kontrol kalemi	istanbul	600	recovered line 5311
1903	Kontrol KalemiOriginal: kontrol kalemi	istanbul	800	recovered line 5312
1904	Kontrol KalemiOriginal: kontrol kalemi	istanbul	800	recovered line 5313
1905	Kontrol KalemiOriginal: kontrol kalemi	istanbul	800	recovered line 5314

AH 1318 · 1900 label
Kontrol Kalemi
Original title: kontrol kalemi
istanbul
600 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 5309
AH 1319 · 1901 label
Kontrol Kalemi
Original title: kontrol kalemi
istanbul
600 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 5310
AH 1320 · 1902 label
Kontrol Kalemi
Original title: kontrol kalemi
istanbul
600 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 5311
AH 1321 · 1903 label
Kontrol Kalemi
Original title: kontrol kalemi
istanbul
800 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 5312
AH 1322 · 1904 label
Kontrol Kalemi
Original title: kontrol kalemi
istanbul
800 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 5313
AH 1323 · 1905 label
Kontrol Kalemi
Original title: kontrol kalemi
istanbul
800 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 5314

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 · 6 annual entries
Other archival labels: No different label recorded
Geography: Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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All substantive source assertions (80)

Field	Original stored value	Source field and lines
birthH	1289	recovered · dobirth source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birthplace source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birth_place source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
birthProvince	dersaadet	recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
school	Rusdiye Mektebi	recovered · school_type source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
schoolingYears	7	recovered · education_year source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
schoolingYears	7	recovered · school_year source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
apprenticeshipYears	0	recovered · mulazemet source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
qualification	1	recovered · qualification source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
derivedQualificationFlag	1	recovered · has_qualification source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
telegraphSchool	0	recovered · telgraf source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
religion	Musluman	recovered · religion source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
nationality	Turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
fatherJob	Binbasi	recovered · fatherjob source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
fatherJob	binbasi	recovered · father_job source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
firstWorkH	1307	recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
firstWorkG	1890	recovered · firstjobyear source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
firstWorkSalary	80	recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314
name	Mehmet Kani Efendi	september · İsim source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
birthH	1289	september · dobirth source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
birthPlace	dersaadet	september · birthplace source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
birthProvince	dersaadet	september · birth_vilayet source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
school	rusdiye mektebi	september · school_type source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
schoolingYears	7	september · education_year source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · mulazemet source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
qualification	1	september · qualification source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
telegraphSchool	0	september · telegraph_school source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
religion	musluman	september · religion source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
nationality	turkish	september · nationality source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
fatherJob	binbasi	september · fatherjob source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
firstWorkH	1307	september · firstjob_year source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	september · firstjob_place source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
firstWorkSalary	80	september · firstjob_wage source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	september · lat_birth_place source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	september · lon_birth_place source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
language:Turkish	Kitabet	september · lang_turkish source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	september · lang_turkish2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	september · lang_arabic2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:French	0	september · lang_french2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	september · lang_persian2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	september · lang_english2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	september · lang_italian2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	september · lang_armenian2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	september · lang_greek2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	september · lang_rum2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	september · lang_russian2 source lines 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286
name	Mehmet Kani Efendi	older · İsim source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
birthH	1289	older · dobirth source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
birthPlace	dersaadet	older · birthplace source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
birthProvince	dersaadet	older · birth_vilayet source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
school	rusdiye mektebi	older · school_type source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
schoolingYears	7	older · education_year source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
apprenticeshipYears	0	older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
qualification	1	older · qualification source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
telegraphSchool	0	older · telgraph_school source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
religion	musluman	older · religion source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
nationality	turkish	older · nationality source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
fatherJob	binbasi	older · fatherjob source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
firstWorkH	1307	older · firstjob_year source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	older · firstjob_place source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
firstWorkSalary	80	older · firstjob_wage source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	older · lat_birth_place source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	older · lon_birth_place source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
language:Turkish	Kitabet	older · lang_turkish source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	older · lang_turkish2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	older · lang_arabic2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:French	0	older · lang_french2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	older · lang_persian2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	older · lang_english2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	older · lang_italian2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	older · lang_armenian2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	older · lang_greek2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	older · lang_rum2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	older · lang_russian2 source lines 10819, 11215, 22272, 27710, 31779, 34747

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Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Kani Efendi”, archival reference 0048_0121:239, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-3bdb587cf5082859/.

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