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Mehmet Tahir Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1282–1319 (1865–1902)

53_0240; 477Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Tahir Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1263 (1846–1847). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1281 (1864–1865), 18 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 38 distinct AH years in AH 1282–1319 (1865–1902); it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Bursa (480 kuruş monthly). Basmuhabere Memuru appears later, in AH 1312 (1894–1895), with 1,650 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Mehmet Tahir Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1320 (1902–1903).

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Life and career

38 recorded AH years · 38 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1263 (1846–1847)
AH 1281 (1864–1865)Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1282–1283 (1865–1867)Birth-year difference: 19–20 AH years
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1285 (1868–1869)Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
AH 1286–1287 (1869–1871)Birth-year difference: 23–24 AH years
AH 1288 (1871–1872)Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1289 (1872–1873)Birth-year difference: 26 AH years
AH 1290–1291 (1873–1875)Birth-year difference: 27–28 AH years
AH 1292–1293 (1875–1877)Birth-year difference: 29–30 AH years
AH 1294–1299 (1877–1882)Birth-year difference: 31–36 AH years
AH 1300–1311 (1882–1894)Birth-year difference: 37–48 AH years
AH 1312–1319 (1894–1902)Birth-year difference: 49–56 AH years
AH 1320 (1902–1903)

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 1282 (1865–1866)

Muhabere Memuru · bursa · 480 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1281 (1864–1865) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 480 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1281 (1864–1865)Recorded 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 spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

Recorded death

AH 1320 (1902–1903) · “Vefat”

The personnel record lists “Vefat” under this year.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Salary 480 to 400 kuruş -80 (-16.67%)
Locality bursa → dobnice
Salary 400 to 600 kuruş +200 (+50%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality dobnice → tirebolu
Salary 600 to 800 kuruş +200 (+33.33%)
Locality tirebolu → bafra
Locality bafra → inebolu
Salary 800 to 760 kuruş -40 (-5%)
Title 2. Mudur → 3. Mudur
Locality inebolu → kadikoy
Salary 760 to 600 kuruş -160 (-21.05%)
Title 3. Mudur → 2. Mudur
Salary 600 to 700 kuruş +100 (+16.67%)
Salary 700 to 775 kuruş +75 (+10.71%)
Title 2. Mudur → Sevk Kalemi
Locality kadikoy → dersaadet
Salary 775 to 800 kuruş +25 (+3.23%)
Title Sevk Kalemi → Muhabere Memuru
Salary 800 to 900 kuruş +100 (+12.5%)
Salary 900 to 800 kuruş -100 (-11.11%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → Basmuhabere Memuru
Salary 800 to 1,000 kuruş +200 (+25%)
Salary 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş +200 (+20%)
Salary 1,200 to 1,250 kuruş +50 (+4.17%)
Salary 1,250 to 1,300 kuruş +50 (+4%)
Salary 1,300 to 1,350 kuruş +50 (+3.85%)
Salary 1,350 to 1,450 kuruş +100 (+7.41%)
Locality dersaadet → beyoglu
Salary 1,450 to 1,650 kuruş +200 (+13.79%)
Salary 1,650 to 1,750 kuruş +100 (+6.06%)
Salary 1,750 to 1,575 kuruş -175 (-10%)
Salary 1,575 to 1,750 kuruş +175 (+11.11%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1281 (1864–1865)Recorded 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: 53_0240; 477

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)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1282–1309 (1865–1892), AH 1311–1319 (1893–1902)

Legal wording and source descriptions