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Mehmet Rustu Efendi

Birthplace: istanbul Recorded AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)

43_95; 187Preserved archival reference
Cross-institution personnel record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Rustu Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1293 (1876–1877). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. The surviving career record covers 13 distinct AH years in AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904); it begins with Rusumat Memuru in Istanbul (40 kuruş monthly). Sahil Memuru appears later, in AH 1319 (1901–1902), with 380 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 43_95; 187

Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

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This official is newly included from the cross-institution personnel records. No Post and Telegraph appointment is established by this source.

Life and career

13 recorded AH years · 13 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1293 (1876–1877)
  2. AH 1309–1314 (1891–1897)Birth-year difference: 16–21 AH years
  3. AH 1315–1318 (1897–1901)Birth-year difference: 22–25 AH years
  4. AH 1319–1321 (1901–1904)Birth-year difference: 26–28 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place, title and institutional group. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same institution, 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 1309 (1891–1892)

Rusumat Memuru · istanbul · 40 kuruş monthly

AH 1309 (1891–1892)Rusumat Memuruistanbul · 40 kuruş / month
  • Customs
  • Other recorded institution
0200400AH 1309 (1891–1892)AH 1309(1891–1892)AH 1311 (1893–1894)AH 1311(1893–1894)AH 1313 (1895–1896)AH 1313(1895–1896)AH 1315 (1897–1898)AH 1315(1897–1898)AH 1317 (1899–1900)AH 1317(1899–1900)AH 1319 (1901–1902)AH 1319(1901–1902)AH 1321 (1903–1904)AH 1321(1903–1904)AH 1309 (1891–1892) · Customs: 40 kuruş / month · Rusumat Memuru · istanbul40 kuruşAH 1310 (1892–1893) · Customs: 80 kuruş / month · Rusumat Memuru · istanbulAH 1311 (1893–1894) · Customs: 80 kuruş / month · Rusumat Memuru · istanbulAH 1312 (1894–1895) · Customs: 80 kuruş / month · Rusumat Memuru · istanbulAH 1313 (1895–1896) · Customs: 80 kuruş / month · Rusumat Memuru · istanbulAH 1314 (1896–1897) · Customs: 80 kuruş / month · Rusumat Memuru · istanbulAH 1315 (1897–1898) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · iskele Memuru · GalataAH 1316 (1898–1899) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · iskele Memuru · GalataAH 1317 (1899–1900) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · iskele Memuru · GalataAH 1318 (1900–1901) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · iskele Memuru · GalataAH 1319 (1901–1902) · Other recorded institution: 380 kuruş / month · Sahil Memuru · GalataAH 1320 (1902–1903) · Other recorded institution: 380 kuruş / month · Sahil Memuru · GalataAH 1321 (1903–1904) · Other recorded institution: 380 kuruş / month · Sahil Memuru · Galata

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years within the same recorded institution only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Salary 40 to 80 kuruş +40 (+100%)

  2. Title iskele Memuru → Sahil Memuru

    Salary 400 to 380 kuruş -20 (-5%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1309 (1891–1892)Rusumat Memuruistanbul · 40 kuruş / month
galata: Locality linkage; agreedgalata

◆ 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: 43_95; 187

Collection retained in the coded personnel source: 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.

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)
0 · Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
Legal wording and source descriptions

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Cross-institution personnel records

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)

Rank and honour codes

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

Rank code (meaning unverified)
0
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)
0
Medal code (meaning unverified)
0
Rank, nişan, medal and merit source descriptions

Associated year values locate the recorded assertion; they are not award dates.

Rank code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)

Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)

Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)

Medal code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
Not recorded
Telegraph school indicator
Not recorded
Father’s occupation
Rusumat Muduru
Recorded birth year
AH 1293 (1876–1877)
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Schooling and apprenticeship numbers are source duration/classification fields. No dated education or training event is inferred. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

The recorded first-job fields are shown separately below.

Original personnel workbook

Recorded first job

Department / title wording
Rusumat Kalemi
Workbook first-job year
1309 (calendar unverified)
Associated salary field
40 kuruş

The first-job wording and associated amount are recorded separately from the first-salary field and annual pay.

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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.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Recorded school locality

  • Besiktas

Recorded first-job wording

  • Rusumat Kalemi

First-work year value (calendar unverified)

  • 1309

First-job salary field (undated)

  • 40
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. This is separate from the annual data edition.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
Medal code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
Recorded school localityRecorded source assertionBesiktasCross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
Recorded first-job wordingRecorded source assertionRusumat KalemiCross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
First-work year value (calendar unverified)Recorded source assertion1,309Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
First-job salary field (undated)Recorded source assertion40Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1321 (1891–1904)
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Every displayed annual entry, in Hijri-year order, with institutional classifications retained. Entries sharing a year remain separate. 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 yearSource Gregorian labelInstitutional groupTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşArchival reference
Not recordedCustomsRusumat Memuruistanbul4043_95; 187
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Not recordedCustomsRusumat Memuruistanbul8043_95; 187
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Not recordedCustomsRusumat Memuruistanbul8043_95; 187
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedCustomsRusumat Memuruistanbul8043_95; 187
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedCustomsRusumat Memuruistanbul8043_95; 187
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Not recordedCustomsRusumat Memuruistanbul8043_95; 187
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Not recordedOther recorded institutioniskele MemuruGalata40043_95; 187
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Not recordedOther recorded institutioniskele MemuruGalata40043_95; 187
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Not recordedOther recorded institutioniskele MemuruGalata40043_95; 187
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Not recordedOther recorded institutioniskele MemuruGalata40043_95; 187
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Not recordedOther recorded institutionSahil MemuruGalata38043_95; 187
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Not recordedOther recorded institutionSahil MemuruGalata38043_95; 187
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Not recordedOther recorded institutionSahil MemuruGalata38043_95; 187
Cross-institution personnel records
  1. AH 1309 (1891–1892)

    Rusumat Memuru

    Customs

    istanbul

    40 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  2. AH 1310 (1892–1893)

    Rusumat Memuru

    Customs

    istanbul

    80 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  3. AH 1311 (1893–1894)

    Rusumat Memuru

    Customs

    istanbul

    80 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  4. AH 1312 (1894–1895)

    Rusumat Memuru

    Customs

    istanbul

    80 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  5. AH 1313 (1895–1896)

    Rusumat Memuru

    Customs

    istanbul

    80 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  6. AH 1314 (1896–1897)

    Rusumat Memuru

    Customs

    istanbul

    80 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  7. AH 1315 (1897–1898)

    iskele Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    Galata

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  8. AH 1316 (1898–1899)

    iskele Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    Galata

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  9. AH 1317 (1899–1900)

    iskele Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    Galata

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  10. AH 1318 (1900–1901)

    iskele Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    Galata

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  11. AH 1319 (1901–1902)

    Sahil Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    Galata

    380 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  12. AH 1320 (1902–1903)

    Sahil Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    Galata

    380 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

  13. AH 1321 (1903–1904)

    Sahil Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    Galata

    380 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 43_95; 187 · Cross-institution personnel records

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 spans identify the calendar years touched by the whole AH year, using the tabular Islamic calendar. Original source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence. 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.

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Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

How to read this dossier

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Recorded values and source alternatives (13)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded nameMehmet Rustu EfendiArchival reference 43_95; 187
Linked source record
Recorded birth year (AH)1293AH 1293 (1876–1877)Archival reference 43_95; 187
Linked source record
Recorded birthplaceistanbulArchival reference 43_95; 187
Linked source record
Recorded father’s occupationRusumat MuduruArchival reference 43_95; 187
Linked source record
Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 43_95; 187
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Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 43_95; 187
Linked source record
Recorded school or programmeRusdiye MektebiArchival reference 43_95; 187
Linked source record
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 43_95; 187
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Recorded apprenticeship duration0Archival reference 43_95; 187
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First-work year value (calendar unverified)1309Archival reference 43_95; 187
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Recorded first-job wordingRusumat KalemiArchival reference 43_95; 187
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Recorded first-job salary field40Archival reference 43_95; 187
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Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 43_95; 187
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Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 43_95; 187. Linked cross-institution coded personnel records; original wording and differing assertions are retained.

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Cite this record

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Rustu Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 43_95; 187. Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset. Annual edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45; additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-4a2e569e343b0d67/ Cross-institution source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45.

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 43_95; 187
Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

Stable archival reference: 43_95; 187. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.