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Mehmed Şevki Efendi

Birthplace: ruscuk Observed AH 1289–1318

58- 207;407Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmed Şevki Efendi was born in Ruscuk in AH 1272. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan Mektebi. First work is recorded in Ruscuk in AH 1285 (13 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 25 distinct AH years between 1289 and 1318, with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Plevne (220 kuruş monthly). 3. Mudur appears later, in AH 1318 (600 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings. Mehmed Şevki Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1319 (1901).

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Life and career

25 recorded AH years · 25 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1272
AH 1285Birth-year difference: 13 AH years
AH 1289–1290Birth-year difference: 17–18 AH years
AH 1291–1296Birth-year difference: 19–24 AH years
AH 1297–1302Birth-year difference: 25–30 AH years
AH 1303
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1304–1305Birth-year difference: 32–33 AH years
AH 1306Birth-year difference: 34 AH years
AH 1307–1308Birth-year difference: 35–36 AH years
AH 1309Birth-year difference: 37 AH years
AH 1310–1311
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1312Birth-year difference: 40 AH years
AH 1313
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1314–1315Birth-year difference: 42–43 AH years
AH 1316
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1317Birth-year difference: 45 AH years
AH 1318Birth-year difference: 46 AH years
AH 1319 (1901)

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 1289

Muhabere Memuru · plevne · 220 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1285 in Ruscuk. The first-salary field is 220 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1285 · 1868 labelRecorded first-work anchorRuscuk

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.

Recorded death

AH 1319 (1901) · “Vefat”

Reported in the personnel records after the surviving salary series.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Salary 220 to 350 kuruş +130 (+59.09%)
Locality plevne → varna
Salary 350 to 385 kuruş +35 (+10%)
Salary 385 to 400 kuruş +15 (+3.9%)
Salary 400 to 500 kuruş +100 (+25%)
Locality varna → balikesir
Salary 500 to 400 kuruş -100 (-20%)
No annual entries for AH 1303. Changes span the gap.
Locality balikesir → uskup
Salary 400 to 500 kuruş +100 (+25%)
Locality uskup → taslica
Salary 500 to 475 kuruş -25 (-5%)
Locality taslica → sarkoy
Locality sarkoy → edirne
No annual entries for AH 1310–1311. Changes span the gap.
Locality edirne → atina2
Salary 475 to 440 kuruş -35 (-7.37%)
No annual entries for AH 1313. Changes span the gap.
Locality atina2 → edirne
Salary 440 to 500 kuruş +60 (+13.64%)
No annual entries for AH 1316. Changes span the gap.
Locality edirne → berat
Title Muhabere Memuru → 3. Mudur
Locality berat → prezovan
Salary 500 to 600 kuruş +100 (+20%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1285 · 1868 labelRecorded first-work anchorRuscuk

◆ 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: 58- 207;407

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 (excerpt): “Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin su-i hal ve hareketinden mezburu tebdil ve Kırkkilise Kumandanlığından gelen tahriratta bildirildiği ve mevkianın ehemmiyetine binaen” …
Original note (excerpt): “işret / Atina Vilayeti Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyetine tayin kılınmış ise de işret etmesinden dolayı telgrafnamelerin hatadan salim olmadığı ve bu hali il” …
Original note (excerpt): “işret / Mumaileyhin ve müsta‘mel telgrafnameleri vaktiyle keşide etmeyüb sarhoşluk saikasıyla tehir ettiğinden bir müddet açıkta kalıp mütebenni olmak üzere bin” …

3 further distinct original notes are available in the evidence below.

Excerpts are shortened; complete wording is available in the source record download.

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1312, 1314–1315, 1317–1318. 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 1289–1302, 1304–1308
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1312
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 2 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1314–1315
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 4 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1317–1318

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: “Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin su-i hal ve hareketinden mezburu tebdil ve Kırkkilise Kumandanlığından gelen tahriratta bildirildiği ve mevkianın ehemmiyetine binaen bekası caiz olamayacağı Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti tezkere-i seniyyesinde emr ve iş’arı Sicil üzerine bin üç yüz on altı senesi Rebiülahirinin yirmi beşinde 21 Ağustos sene 1314 Meclis-i İdare-i Nezaret kararınca azl edilmiş ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1316 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1899 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “işret / Atina Vilayeti Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyetine tayin kılınmış ise de işret etmesinden dolayı telgrafnamelerin hatadan salim olmadığı ve bu hali ile vazifesini ifa edemeyeceği anlaşılmakla ileride ıslah-ı nefs eylediği halde memuriyete katılmamak üzere sene-i merkum Recebülferdinin on dördünde 21 Kânunuevvel sene 1310 tarihinde idareten açığa çıkarılmıştır.”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1896 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “işret / Mumaileyhin ve müsta‘mel telgrafnameleri vaktiyle keşide etmeyüb sarhoşluk saikasıyla tehir ettiğinden bir müddet açıkta kalıp mütebenni olmak üzere bin üç yüz on bir senesi Zilhiccesinin beşinde 29 Mayıs sene 1310 tarihinde idareten azl edilmiştir. ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1893 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “işret / işrete olan inhimakı üzerine bir müddet dolaşıp sarhoşlukla kendisini kaybederek Postahaneye gelen insanların açık bir halde bulunduğu ve şu halde kefilleri kefaletten resmen istifa ederek hükümetçe ahvali aynen müşahede edildiği cihetle bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Muharreminin altısında 4 Mayıs sene 1315 tarihinde azil v”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1317 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1900 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görev İhmali”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1316 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1899 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1893 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1896 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1317 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1900 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görev ihmali / Mumaileyhin su-i hal ve hareketinden mezburu tebdil ve Kırkkilise Kumandanlığından gelen tahriratta bildirildiği ve mevkianın ehemmiyetine binaen bekası caiz olamayacağı Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti tezkere-i seniyyesinde emr ve iş’arı Sicil üzerine bin üç yüz on altı senesi Rebiülahirinin yirmi beşinde 21 Ağustos sene 1314 Meclis-i İdare-i Nezaret kararınca azl edilmiş ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1316 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “işret / Atina Vilayeti Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuriyetine tayin kılınmış ise de işret etmesinden dolayı telgrafnamelerin hatadan salim olmadığı ve bu hali ile vazifesini ifa edemeyeceği anlaşılmakla ileride ıslah-ı nefs eylediği halde memuriyete katılmamak üzere sene-i merkum Recebülferdinin on dördünde 21 Kânunuevvel sene 1310 tarihinde idareten açığa çıkarılmıştır.”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “işret / Mumaileyhin ve müsta‘mel telgrafnameleri vaktiyle keşide etmeyüb sarhoşluk saikasıyla tehir ettiğinden bir müddet açıkta kalıp mütebenni olmak üzere bin üç yüz on bir senesi Zilhiccesinin beşinde 29 Mayıs sene 1310 tarihinde idareten azl edilmiştir. ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “işret / işrete olan inhimakı üzerine bir müddet dolaşıp sarhoşlukla kendisini kaybederek Postahaneye gelen insanların açık bir halde bulunduğu ve şu halde kefilleri kefaletten resmen istifa ederek hükümetçe ahvali aynen müşahede edildiği cihetle bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Muharreminin altısında 4 Mayıs sene 1315 tarihinde azil v”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1317 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görev İhmali”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1316 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “İşret”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1317 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1289–1302, 1304–1308 · 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, 1314–1315, 1317–1318 · 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: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Recorded code 2 · Stored source-year values: 1313 (calendar unverified)
Recorded code 3 · Stored source-year values: 1316 (calendar unverified)
Recorded code 4 · Stored source-year values: 1317 (calendar unverified)