Individual dossier

Viçen Vinsan? Mecid Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1293–1314

0088_0234: 463Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Viçen Vinsan? Mecid Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1265. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Millet Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1293 (28 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 13 distinct AH years between 1293 and 1314, with gaps; it begins with Posta Memuru in Galata (400 kuruş monthly). Mersule Memuru appears later, in AH 1314 (400 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing); Italian: Kitabet (writing); Rum: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

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1 field has differing source assertions. Alternatives remain visible in the evidence below; the display edition does not establish which assertion is historically correct.

Life and career

13 recorded AH years · 13 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1265
AH 1293Birth-year difference: 28 AH years
AH 1293–1301Birth-year difference: 28–36 AH years
AH 1302Birth-year difference: 37 AH years
AH 1303–1311
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1312–1313Birth-year difference: 47–48 AH years
AH 1314Birth-year difference: 49 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 1293

Posta Memuru · galata · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1293 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1293 · 1876 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.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Salary 400 to 320 kuruş -80 (-20%)
Salary 320 to 500 kuruş +180 (+56.25%)
Locality galata → dersaadet
No annual entries for AH 1303–1311. Changes span the gap.
Title Posta Memuru → Mersule Memuru
Locality dersaadet → galata
Locality galata → dersaadet
Salary 500 to 400 kuruş -100 (-20%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1293 · 1876 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

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: 0088_0234: 463

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: 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.

Original note: “Ziyan / taahhütlü mektup ziyaından dolayı hasbeꞌl-icab infisal edip”
Original note: “Zimmet”

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1312–1314. This label applies to those annual entries, not to the official’s lifetime.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Annual legal-record indicator: 1 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1293–1302
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1312–1314

Legal wording and source descriptions

Identical wording is shown once above. Repeated copies remain separately listed here; they do not establish independent confirmation.

Original note: “Ziyan / taahhütlü mektup ziyaından dolayı hasbeꞌl-icab infisal edip”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1303 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1886 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1303 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1886 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Ziyan / taahhütlü mektup ziyaından dolayı hasbeꞌl-icab infisal edip”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1303 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1303 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1293–1302 · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.
Recorded annual value 1 · AH 1312–1314 · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.

Earlier legal-notes workbook legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)

Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1303 (calendar unverified)