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Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

0002_0455;910Preserved archival reference
Cross-institution personnel record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Maras in AH 1266 (1849–1850). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. The surviving career record covers 38 distinct AH years in AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909); it begins with Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti in Maras (205 kuruş monthly). istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti appears later, in AH 1326 (1908–1909), with 3,750 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 0002_0455;910

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

38 recorded AH years · 38 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1266 (1849–1850)
  2. AH 1289–1295 (1872–1878)Birth-year difference: 23–29 AH years
  3. AH 1296–1297 (1878–1880)Birth-year difference: 30–31 AH years
  4. AH 1298–1301 (1880–1884)Birth-year difference: 32–35 AH years
  5. AH 1302–1305 (1884–1888)Birth-year difference: 36–39 AH years
  6. AH 1306 (1888–1889)Birth-year difference: 40 AH years
  7. AH 1307–1309 (1889–1892)Birth-year difference: 41–43 AH years
  8. AH 1310 (1892–1893)Birth-year difference: 44 AH years
  9. AH 1311–1312 (1893–1895)Birth-year difference: 45–46 AH years
  10. AH 1313 (1895–1896)Birth-year difference: 47 AH years
  11. AH 1314–1315 (1896–1898)Birth-year difference: 48–49 AH years
  12. AH 1316–1325 (1898–1908)Birth-year difference: 50–59 AH years
  13. AH 1326 (1908–1909)Birth-year difference: 60 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 1289 (1872–1873)

Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · Maras · 205 kuruş monthly

AH 1289 (1872–1873)Temyiz Zabit KitabetiMaras · 205 kuruş / month
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01,8753,750AH 1289 (1872–1873)AH 1289(1872–1873)AH 1295 (1878)AH 1295(1878)AH 1301 (1883–1884)AH 1301(1883–1884)AH 1308 (1890–1891)AH 1308(1890–1891)AH 1314 (1896–1897)AH 1314(1896–1897)AH 1320 (1902–1903)AH 1320(1902–1903)AH 1326 (1908–1909)AH 1326(1908–1909)AH 1289 (1872–1873) · Justice: 205 kuruş / month · Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · Maras205 kuruşAH 1290 (1873–1874) · Justice: 205 kuruş / month · Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · MarasAH 1291 (1874–1875) · Justice: 205 kuruş / month · Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · MarasAH 1292 (1875–1876) · Justice: 205 kuruş / month · Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · MarasAH 1293 (1876–1877) · Justice: 205 kuruş / month · Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · MarasAH 1294 (1877–1878) · Justice: 205 kuruş / month · Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · MarasAH 1295 (1878) · Justice: 205 kuruş / month · Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti · MarasAH 1296 (1878–1879) · Justice: 600 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti · MarasAH 1297 (1879–1880) · Justice: 600 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti · MarasAH 1298 (1880–1881) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MarasAH 1299 (1881–1882) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MarasAH 1300 (1882–1883) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MarasAH 1301 (1883–1884) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MarasAH 1302 (1884–1885) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MalatyaAH 1303 (1885–1886) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MalatyaAH 1304 (1886–1887) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MalatyaAH 1305 (1887–1888) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · MalatyaAH 1306 (1888–1889) · Justice: 1,400 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · Cebeli BereketAH 1307 (1889–1890) · Justice: 1,800 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · DiyarbakirAH 1308 (1890–1891) · Justice: 1,800 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · DiyarbakirAH 1309 (1891–1892) · Justice: 1,800 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini · DiyarbakirAH 1310 (1892–1893) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · BagdatAH 1311 (1893–1894) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · VanAH 1312 (1894–1895) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti · VanAH 1313 (1895–1896) · Justice: 3,000 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini · VanAH 1314 (1896–1897) · Justice: 2,700 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini · BitlisAH 1315 (1897–1898) · Justice: 2,700 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini · BitlisAH 1316 (1898–1899) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1317 (1899–1900) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1318 (1900–1901) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1319 (1901–1902) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1320 (1902–1903) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1321 (1903–1904) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1322 (1904–1905) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1323 (1905–1906) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1324 (1906–1907) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1325 (1907–1908) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · DiyarbakirAH 1326 (1908–1909) · Justice: 3,750 kuruş / month · istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti · Beyrut

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. Title Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti → Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti

    Salary 205 to 600 kuruş +395 (+192.68%)

  2. Title Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti → Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini

    Salary 600 to 1,400 kuruş +800 (+133.33%)

  3. Locality Maras → Malatya

  4. Locality Malatya → Cebeli Bereket

  5. Locality Cebeli Bereket → Diyarbakir

    Salary 1,400 to 1,800 kuruş +400 (+28.57%)

  6. Title Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini → 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Locality Diyarbakir → Bagdat

    Salary 1,800 to 2,000 kuruş +200 (+11.11%)

  7. Locality Bagdat → Van

  8. Title 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti → istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini

    Salary 2,000 to 3,000 kuruş +1,000 (+50%)

  9. Locality Van → Bitlis

    Salary 3,000 to 2,700 kuruş -300 (-10%)

  10. Title istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini → istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti

    Locality Bitlis → Diyarbakir

    Salary 2,700 to 3,750 kuruş +1,050 (+38.89%)

  11. Locality Diyarbakir → Beyrut

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

Places in this record

AH 1289 (1872–1873)Temyiz Zabit KitabetiMaras · 205 kuruş / month
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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: 0002_0455;910

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.

Legal wording and source descriptions

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

Cross-institution personnel records

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)

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 1289–1326 (1872–1909)

Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)

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

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)

Medal code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
4 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
Not recorded
Telegraph school indicator
Not recorded
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1266 (1849–1850)
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
Mektubi Kalemi
Workbook first-job year
1285 (calendar unverified)
Associated salary field
205 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 first-job wording

  • Mektubi Kalemi

First-work year value (calendar unverified)

  • 1285

First-job salary field (undated)

  • 205
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)
Medal code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)
Recorded first-job wordingRecorded source assertionMektubi KalemiCross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)
First-work year value (calendar unverified)Recorded source assertion1,285Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)
First-job salary field (undated)Recorded source assertion205Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1289–1326 (1872–1909)

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.

Collection membership

Website edition
Current collective-biography edition
Personnel records
Linked source record
Annual display sources
Cross-institution personnel records
Paper sample
Outside the paper sample
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

How to read this dossier

The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. Linked cross-institution entries carry their own source and institutional group; they do not replace Post and Telegraph entries. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.

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Recorded values and source alternatives (12)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded nameMehmet Tevfik EfendiArchival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded birth year (AH)1266AH 1266 (1849–1850)Archival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded birthplaceMarasArchival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded school or programmeRusdiye MektebiArchival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded apprenticeship duration4Archival reference 0002_0455;910
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First-work year value (calendar unverified)1285Archival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded first-job wordingMektubi KalemiArchival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded first-job salary field205Archival reference 0002_0455;910
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Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 0002_0455;910
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Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 0002_0455;910. 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 Tevfik Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0455;910. 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-5f3b60f882440ee0/ Cross-institution source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45.

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0455;910
Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

Stable archival reference: 0002_0455;910. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.