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Mehmet Besim Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1304–1322 (1886–1905)

0085_0126: 247Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Besim Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1285 (1868–1869). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1300 (1882–1883), 15 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Askeriye” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 14 distinct AH years in AH 1304–1322 (1886–1905), with gaps; it begins with Muhasebe Kalemi in Babi seraskeri (80 kuruş monthly). Muhabere Memuru appears later, in AH 1322 (1904–1905), with 400 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

14 recorded AH years · 14 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1285 (1868–1869)
AH 1300 (1882–1883)Birth-year difference: 15 AH years
AH 1304–1306 (1886–1889)Birth-year difference: 19–21 AH years
AH 1307–1311 (1889–1894)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1312–1316 (1894–1899)Birth-year difference: 27–31 AH years
AH 1317 (1899–1900)Birth-year difference: 32 AH years
AH 1318 (1900–1901)Birth-year difference: 33 AH years
AH 1319 (1901–1902)Birth-year difference: 34 AH years
AH 1320–1321 (1902–1904)Birth-year difference: 35–36 AH years
AH 1322 (1904–1905)Birth-year difference: 37 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 1304 (1886–1887)

Muhasebe Kalemi · babi seraskeri · 80 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1300 (1882–1883) in istanbul (Askeriye). The first-salary field is 80 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1300 (1882–1883)Askeriyeistanbul

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 spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

No annual entries for AH 1307–1311 (1889–1894). Changes span the gap.
Title Muhasebe Kalemi → Muhabere Memuru
Locality babi seraskeri → dersaadet
Salary 80 to 50 kuruş -30 (-37.5%)
Salary 50 to 100 kuruş +50 (+100%)
Salary 100 to 115 kuruş +15 (+15%)
Salary 115 to 175 kuruş +60 (+52.17%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → Basmuhabere Memuru
Locality dersaadet → kosova
Salary 175 to 600 kuruş +425 (+242.86%)
Title Basmuhabere Memuru → 3. Mudur
Locality kosova → sahince
Title 3. Mudur → Muhabere Memuru
Locality sahince → pristine
Salary 600 to 380 kuruş -220 (-36.67%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 3. Mudur
Locality pristine → kahta
Salary 380 to 500 kuruş +120 (+31.58%)
Title 3. Mudur → Muhabere Memuru
Locality kahta → diyarbakir
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 1300 (1882–1883)Askeriyeistanbul

◆ 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: 0085_0126: 247

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.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · Associated source-year values: 1303, 1307
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · AH 1303 (1885–1886), AH 1307 (1889–1890)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1304–1306 (1886–1889), AH 1312–1322 (1894–1905)

Legal wording and source descriptions

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1304–1306 (1886–1889), AH 1312–1322 (1894–1905) · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
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