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Süleyman Şefik Efendi

Birthplace: ankara Observed AH 1319

118-181-358Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Süleyman Şefik Efendi was born in Ankara in AH 1298. Recorded schooling includes 9 years at idadi Mektebi. First work is recorded in Ankara in AH 1313 (15 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1319 with Taahhut Memuru in Ankara (100 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1298
  2. AH 1313Birth-year difference: 15 AH years
  3. AH 1319Birth-year difference: 21 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 1319

Taahhut Memuru · ankara · 100 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1313 in Ankara. The first-salary field is 101 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1313 · 1895 labelRecorded first-work anchorAnkara
100 kuruş / month

AH 1319 · 1901 label

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

Places in this record

AH 1313 · 1895 labelRecorded first-work anchorAnkara
ankara: Locality linkage; agreedankara

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • 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
idadi Mektebi
Schooling duration
9 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
5 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Esnaf
Recorded birth year
AH 1298
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 1313 · 1895 label
Place
Ankara
First-salary field
101 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.

Further biographical evidence

Source wording and status assertions

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

  • Clerical and Administrative Staff
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 wordingClerical and Administrative Staffseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
source lines 34915
Recorded source-year values: 1319
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingTaahhut Memurueda-memur · currentjob
source lines 36029
Recorded source-year values: 1319
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingTaahhut Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
source lines 36029
Recorded source-year values: 1319
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 54092
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 36029
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 36029
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 36029
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 36029
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 54092
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 34915
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 34915
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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
1901Taahhut MemuruOriginal: taahhut memuruankara100recovered
line 32799
  1. AH 1319 · 1901 label

    Taahhut Memuru

    Original title: taahhut memuru

    ankara

    100 kuruş / month

    recovered · source line 32799

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.

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All substantive source assertions (80)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1298recovered · dobirth
source lines 32799
birthPlaceankararecovered · birthplace
source lines 32799
birthPlaceankararecovered · birth_place
source lines 32799
birthProvinceankararecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 32799
schoolidadi Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 32799
schoolingYears9recovered · education_year
source lines 32799
schoolingYears9recovered · school_year
source lines 32799
apprenticeshipYears5recovered · mulazemet
source lines 32799
qualification0recovered · qualification
source lines 32799
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 32799
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 32799
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 32799
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 32799
fatherJobEsnafrecovered · fatherjob
source lines 32799
fatherJobesnafrecovered · father_job
source lines 32799
firstWorkH1313recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 32799
firstWorkG1895recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 32799
firstWorkPlaceAnkararecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 32799
firstWorkSalary101recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 32799
birthLatitude39.94153200000035recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 32799
birthLongitude32.839473recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 32799
nameSüleyman Şefik Efendiseptember · İsim
source lines 34915
birthH1298september · dobirth
source lines 34915
birthPlaceankaraseptember · birthplace
source lines 34915
birthProvinceankaraseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 34915
schoolidadi mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 34915
schoolingYears9september · education_year
source lines 34915
apprenticeshipYears5september · mulazemet
source lines 34915
apprenticeshipYears5september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 34915
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 34915
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 34915
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 34915
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 34915
fatherJobesnafseptember · fatherjob
source lines 34915
firstWorkH1313september · firstjob_year
source lines 34915
firstWorkPlaceankaraseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 34915
firstWorkSalary101september · firstjob_wage
source lines 34915
birthLatitude39.94153200000035september · lat_birth_place
source lines 34915
birthLongitude32.839473september · lon_birth_place
source lines 34915
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 34915
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 34915
nameSüleyman Şefik Efendiolder · İsim
source lines 1046
birthH1298older · dobirth
source lines 1046
birthPlaceankaraolder · birthplace
source lines 1046
birthProvinceankaraolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 1046
schoolidadi mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 1046
schoolingYears9older · education_year
source lines 1046
apprenticeshipYears5older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 1046
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 1046
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 1046
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 1046
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 1046
fatherJobesnafolder · fatherjob
source lines 1046
firstWorkH1313older · firstjob_year
source lines 1046
firstWorkPlaceankaraolder · firstjob_place
source lines 1046
firstWorkSalary101older · firstjob_wage
source lines 1046
birthLatitude39.94153200000035older · lat_birth_place
source lines 1046
birthLongitude32.839473older · lon_birth_place
source lines 1046
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 1046
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 1046

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, “Süleyman Şefik Efendi”, archival reference 118-181-358, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-3d607b3e1dae5d0c/.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-3d607b3e1dae5d0c/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.