Individual dossier

Mehmet Halit Efendi

120-143-281Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Halit Efendi was born in Kizilhisar in AH 1303. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Denizli in AH 1314 (11 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 3 distinct AH years between 1321 and 1323; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Humus2 (250 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing); Rum: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 120-143-281

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

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Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

Sabıka / criminal records

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

Legal wording, values and source locators
  • Original annual indicator value 0
    AH 1321–1323
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 59172, 61325, 63164

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 36749

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 36747
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 36748
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 36749

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1321
    Source lines 59172
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1322
    Source lines 61325
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1323
    Source lines 63164

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 35599
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 35598
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 35600

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 35599
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 35598
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 35600

Rank and honour codes

Original values across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

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

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Life and career

3 recorded AH years · 3 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1303
  2. AH 1314Birth-year difference: 11 AH years
  3. AH 1321–1322Birth-year difference: 18–19 AH years
  4. AH 1323Birth-year difference: 20 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 1321

Muhabere Memuru · humus2 · 250 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1314 in Denizli. The first-salary field is 250 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1314 · 1896 labelRecorded first-work anchorDenizli
0400800AH 1321AH 1322AH 1323AH 1321 · 1903 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · humus2AH 1322 · 1904 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · humus2AH 1323 · 1905 label: 800 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · trablusgarp

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 1314 · 1896 labelRecorded first-work anchorDenizli
kizilhisar: Locality linkage; source_onlykizilhisardenizli: Locality linkage; agreeddenizlihumus2: Locality linkage; agreedhumus2trablusgarp: Locality linkage; agreedtrablusgarp

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • 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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Locality humus2 → trablusgarp

    Salary 250 to 800 kuruş +550 (+220%)

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
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
7 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Esnaf
Recorded birth year
AH 1303
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 1314 · 1896 label
Place
Denizli
First-salary field
250 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)
Rum
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)

  • Communication and Telegraph

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Muhabere Memuru
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Enrichment edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-e57164ecd75cde91. This is separate from the annual data edition; the compact dossier PDF cites both editions.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertionCommunication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1321–1323
Source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 36747, 36748, 36749
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 36747, 36748, 36749
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 59172
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 61325
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 63164
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 36747
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36748
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 36749
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 36747
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36748
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 36749
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 36747
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36748
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 36749
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 36747
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 36748
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 36749
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 36747
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36748
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 36749
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 36747
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36748
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 36749
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 36747
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 36748
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 36749
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 36747
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 36748
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 36749
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 36747
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 36748
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 36749
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1321
Source lines 59172
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1322
Source lines 61325
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1323
Source lines 63164
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 35599
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 35598
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 35600
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 35599
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 35598
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 35600

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 · 3 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 (81)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1303recovered · dobirth
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
birthPlacekizilhisarrecovered · birthplace
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
birthPlacekizilhisarrecovered · birth_place
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
birthProvincehaleprecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
apprenticeshipYears7recovered · mulazemet
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
qualification0recovered · qualification
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
fatherJobEsnafrecovered · fatherjob
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
firstWorkH1314recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
firstWorkG1896recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
firstWorkPlaceDenizlirecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
firstWorkSalary250recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
birthLatitude37.580385recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
birthLongitude29.266198recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 33464, 33465, 33466
nameMehmet Halit Efendiseptember · İsim
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
birthH1303september · dobirth
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
birthPlacekizilhisarseptember · birthplace
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
birthProvincehalepseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
apprenticeshipYears7september · mulazemet
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
apprenticeshipYears7september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
firstWorkH1314september · firstjob_year
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
firstWorkPlacedenizliseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
firstWorkSalary250september · firstjob_wage
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
birthLatitude37.580385september · lat_birth_place
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
birthLongitude29.266198september · lon_birth_place
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
language:RumKitabetseptember · lang_rum
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Rum2september · lang_rum2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 35598, 35599, 35600
nameMehmet Halit Efendiolder · İsim
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
birthH1303older · dobirth
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
birthPlacekizilhisarolder · birthplace
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
birthProvincehalepolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
apprenticeshipYears7older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
firstWorkH1314older · firstjob_year
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
firstWorkPlacedenizliolder · firstjob_place
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
firstWorkSalary250older · firstjob_wage
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
birthLatitude37.580385older · lat_birth_place
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
birthLongitude29.266198older · lon_birth_place
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
language:RumKitabetolder · lang_rum
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Rum2older · lang_rum2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 50564, 50565, 50566

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

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Halit Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 120-143-281. 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-49026ead458ea71e/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 120-143-281
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-49026ead458ea71e/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.