Individual dossier

Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi

158-51-97Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi was born in Urfa in AH 1301. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Kilis in AH 1317 (16 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years between 1323 and 1324; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Karakilise (300 kuruş monthly). posta memuru appears later, in AH 1324 (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 158-51-97

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 1323–1324
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 63534, 64956

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 39631

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 39630
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 39631

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1323
    Source lines 63534
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1324
    Source lines 64956

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 38364
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 38363

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 38364
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 38363

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

2 recorded AH years · 2 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1301
  2. AH 1317Birth-year difference: 16 AH years
  3. AH 1323Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
  4. AH 1324Birth-year difference: 23 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.

2 of 4

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1323

Muhabere Memuru · karakilise · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1317 in kilis. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1317 · 1899 labelRecorded first-work anchorkilis
0150300AH 1323AH 1324AH 1323 · 1905 label: 300 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · karakiliseAH 1324 · 1906 label: 300 kuruş / month · posta memuru · mersin

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 1317 · 1899 labelRecorded first-work anchorkilis
urfa: Locality linkage; agreedurfakilis: Locality linkage; agreedkiliskarakilise: Locality linkage; agreedkarakilisemersin: Locality linkage; agreedmersin

◆ 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. Title Muhabere Memuru → posta memuru

    Locality karakilise → mersin

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
6 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
mudur
Recorded birth year
AH 1301
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 1317 · 1899 label
Place
kilis
First-salary field
300 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.

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
  • Postal Service

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Muhabere Memuru
  • posta 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: 1323
Source lines 38364
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertionPostal Serviceseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1324
Source lines 38363
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39630
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionposta memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39631
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39630
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionposta memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39631
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 63534
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 64956
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39630
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39631
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39630
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39631
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39630
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39631
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 39630
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 39631
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39630
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39631
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39630
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39631
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 39630
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 39631
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 39630
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 39631
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 39630
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 39631
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1323
Source lines 63534
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1324
Source lines 64956
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 38364
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 38363
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 38364
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 38363

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
birthH1301recovered · dobirth
source lines 36201, 36202
birthPlaceurfarecovered · birthplace
source lines 36201, 36202
birthPlaceurfarecovered · birth_place
source lines 36201, 36202
birthProvincehaleprecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 36201, 36202
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 36201, 36202
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 36201, 36202
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 36201, 36202
apprenticeshipYears6recovered · mulazemet
source lines 36201, 36202
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 36201, 36202
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 36201, 36202
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 36201, 36202
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 36201, 36202
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 36201, 36202
fatherJobmudurrecovered · fatherjob
source lines 36201, 36202
fatherJobmudurrecovered · father_job
source lines 36201, 36202
firstWorkH1317recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 36201, 36202
firstWorkG1899recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 36201, 36202
firstWorkPlacekilisrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 36201, 36202
firstWorkSalary300recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 36201, 36202
birthLatitude37.164295999999965recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 36201, 36202
birthLongitude38.79187000000001recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 36201, 36202
nameMahmud Celaleddin Efendiseptember · İsim
source lines 38363, 38364
birthH1301september · dobirth
source lines 38363, 38364
birthPlaceurfaseptember · birthplace
source lines 38363, 38364
birthProvincehalepseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 38363, 38364
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 38363, 38364
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 38363, 38364
apprenticeshipYears6september · mulazemet
source lines 38363, 38364
apprenticeshipYears6september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 38363, 38364
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 38363, 38364
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 38363, 38364
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 38363, 38364
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 38363, 38364
fatherJobmudurseptember · fatherjob
source lines 38363, 38364
firstWorkH1317september · firstjob_year
source lines 38363, 38364
firstWorkPlacekilisseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 38363, 38364
firstWorkSalary300september · firstjob_wage
source lines 38363, 38364
birthLatitude37.164295999999965september · lat_birth_place
source lines 38363, 38364
birthLongitude38.79187000000001september · lon_birth_place
source lines 38363, 38364
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 38363, 38364
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 38363, 38364
nameMahmud Celaleddin Efendiolder · İsim
source lines 66255, 66258
birthH1301older · dobirth
source lines 66255, 66258
birthPlaceurfaolder · birthplace
source lines 66255, 66258
birthProvincehalepolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 66255, 66258
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 66255, 66258
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 66255, 66258
apprenticeshipYears6older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 66255, 66258
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 66255, 66258
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 66255, 66258
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 66255, 66258
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 66255, 66258
fatherJobmudurolder · fatherjob
source lines 66255, 66258
firstWorkH1317older · firstjob_year
source lines 66255, 66258
firstWorkPlacekilisolder · firstjob_place
source lines 66255, 66258
firstWorkSalary300older · firstjob_wage
source lines 66255, 66258
birthLatitude37.164295999999965older · lat_birth_place
source lines 66255, 66258
birthLongitude38.79187000000001older · lon_birth_place
source lines 66255, 66258
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 66255, 66258
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 66255, 66258

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, “Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-51-97. 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-4c890080a9189749/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-51-97
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-4c890080a9189749/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.