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Mehmet Ali Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1325–1326

153-160-315Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1300. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Selanik in AH 1325 (25 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years between 1325 and 1326; it begins with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Selanik (400 kuruş monthly). muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti appears later, in AH 1326 (400 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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Honours, rank and legal records

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Sabıka / criminal records

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

October annual indicator: 0
Additional October code: 0

Legal wording, values and source locators

Original annual indicator value 0
AH 1325–1326
October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
Source lines 65788, 66262

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
Source lines 39348

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 39347
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1326
Source lines 39348

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1325
Source lines 65788
Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1326
Source lines 66262

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 38083
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
Source lines 38082

September personnel source · criminal

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 38083
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1326
Source lines 38082

Rank and honour codes

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No honour or rank code assertion is linked in these additional sources.

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Life and career

2 recorded AH years · 2 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1300
AH 1325Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1325Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1326Birth-year difference: 26 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 1325

Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · selanik · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1325 in Selanik. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1325 · 1907 labelRecorded first-work anchorSelanik

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 1325 · 1907 labelRecorded first-work anchorSelanik

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

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Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Title Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti → muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti

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

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: 0
Telegraph school indicator: 1
Father’s occupation: Not recorded
Recorded birth year: AH 1300
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 1325 · 1907 label
Place: Selanik
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

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish: Kitabet (writing)
French: 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

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

FL Communication and Telegraph

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

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Recorded field	Original value	Source locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertion	FL Communication and Telegraph	september-occupation · occupation_cat Source-year labels: 1325–1326 Source lines 38082, 38083
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti	eda-memur · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 39347, 39348
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti	eda-memureski · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 39347, 39348
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 65788
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 66262
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39347
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39348
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39347
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39348
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39347
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39348
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 39347
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1326 Source lines 39348
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39347
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39348
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39347
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39348
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 39347
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 39348
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 39347
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1326 Source lines 39348
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 39347
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 39348
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1325 Source lines 65788
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1326 Source lines 66262
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 38083
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1326 Source lines 38082
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 38083
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 38082

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Source year	Gregorian label	Title	Locality wording	Monthly kuruş	Source line
	1907	Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti	selanik	400	recovered line 35917
	Not recorded	muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti	selanik	400	recovered line 35918

AH 1325 · 1907 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
selanik
400 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 35917
AH 1326
muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
selanik
400 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 35918

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: Outside the paper sample
Other archival labels: No different label recorded
Geography: Recorded place assertions; map linkage is separately reported

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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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Field	Source alternatives	Display rule
telegraphSchool	1 recovered · telgraf · source lines 35917 0 recovered · telgraf · source lines 35918 0 september · telegraph_school · source lines 38082, 38083 1 older · telgraph_school · source lines 12459, 27601	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 (83)

Field	Original stored value	Source field and lines
birthH	1300	recovered · dobirth source lines 35917, 35918
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birthplace source lines 35917
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birth_place source lines 35917, 35918
birthProvince	dersaadet	recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 35917, 35918
school	Darussafaka	recovered · school_type source lines 35917
school	darussafaka	recovered · school_type source lines 35918
schoolingYears	12	recovered · education_year source lines 35917
schoolingYears	12	recovered · school_year source lines 35917, 35918
apprenticeshipYears	0	recovered · mulazemet source lines 35917, 35918
qualification	0	recovered · qualification source lines 35917
derivedQualificationFlag	0	recovered · has_qualification source lines 35917, 35918
telegraphSchool	1	recovered · telgraf source lines 35917
telegraphSchool	0	recovered · telgraf source lines 35918
religion	Musluman	recovered · religion source lines 35917
religion	musluman	recovered · religion source lines 35918
nationality	Turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 35917
nationality	turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 35918
firstWorkH	1325	recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 35917, 35918
firstWorkG	1907	recovered · firstjobyear source lines 35917
firstWorkPlace	Selanik	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 35917
firstWorkPlace	selanik	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 35918
firstWorkSalary	400	recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 35917, 35918
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 35917, 35918
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 35917, 35918
name	Mehmet Ali Efendi	september · İsim source lines 38082, 38083
birthH	1300	september · dobirth source lines 38082, 38083
birthPlace	dersaadet	september · birthplace source lines 38082, 38083
birthProvince	dersaadet	september · birth_vilayet source lines 38082, 38083
school	darussafaka	september · school_type source lines 38082, 38083
schoolingYears	12	september · education_year source lines 38082, 38083
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · mulazemet source lines 38082, 38083
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 38082, 38083
qualification	0	september · qualification source lines 38082, 38083
telegraphSchool	0	september · telegraph_school source lines 38082, 38083
religion	musluman	september · religion source lines 38082, 38083
nationality	turkish	september · nationality source lines 38082, 38083
firstWorkH	1325	september · firstjob_year source lines 38082, 38083
firstWorkPlace	selanik	september · firstjob_place source lines 38082, 38083
firstWorkSalary	400	september · firstjob_wage source lines 38082, 38083
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	september · lat_birth_place source lines 38082, 38083
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	september · lon_birth_place source lines 38082, 38083
language:Turkish	Kitabet	september · lang_turkish source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	september · lang_turkish2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	september · lang_arabic2 source lines 38082, 38083
language:French	Kitabet	september · lang_french source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	september · lang_french2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	september · lang_persian2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	september · lang_english2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	september · lang_italian2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	september · lang_armenian2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	september · lang_greek2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	september · lang_rum2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 38082, 38083
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	september · lang_russian2 source lines 38082, 38083
name	Mehmet Ali Efendi	older · İsim source lines 12459, 27601
birthH	1300	older · dobirth source lines 12459, 27601
birthPlace	dersaadet	older · birthplace source lines 12459, 27601
birthProvince	dersaadet	older · birth_vilayet source lines 12459, 27601
school	darussafaka	older · school_type source lines 12459, 27601
schoolingYears	12	older · education_year source lines 12459, 27601
apprenticeshipYears	0	older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 12459, 27601
qualification	0	older · qualification source lines 12459, 27601
telegraphSchool	1	older · telgraph_school source lines 12459, 27601
religion	musluman	older · religion source lines 12459, 27601
nationality	turkish	older · nationality source lines 12459, 27601
firstWorkH	1325	older · firstjob_year source lines 12459, 27601
firstWorkPlace	selanik	older · firstjob_place source lines 12459, 27601
firstWorkSalary	400	older · firstjob_wage source lines 12459, 27601
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	older · lat_birth_place source lines 12459, 27601
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	older · lon_birth_place source lines 12459, 27601
language:Turkish	Kitabet	older · lang_turkish source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	older · lang_turkish2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	older · lang_arabic2 source lines 12459, 27601
language:French	Kitabet	older · lang_french source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	older · lang_french2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	older · lang_persian2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	older · lang_english2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	older · lang_italian2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	older · lang_armenian2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	older · lang_greek2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	older · lang_rum2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 12459, 27601
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	older · lang_russian2 source lines 12459, 27601

Original stored values

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Cite this record

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Ali Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 153-160-315. 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-e57164ecd75cde91. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-44dd56c25780acb6/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 153-160-315
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-44dd56c25780acb6/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.