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Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

Birthplace: edirne Observed AH 1273–1320 (1856–1903)

5_342; 681Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Edirne in AH 1239 (1823–1824). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan Mektebi. First work is recorded in Edirne in AH 1259 (1843–1844), 20 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Mahkeme Kalemi” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 48 distinct AH years in AH 1273–1320 (1856–1903); it begins with muhabere memuru in Edirne (250 kuruş monthly). Muhasebe Kalemi appears later, in AH 1296 (1878–1879), with 800 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Mehmet Tevfik Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1321 (1903–1904).

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Life and career

48 recorded AH years · 48 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1239 (1823–1824)
AH 1259 (1843–1844)Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1273–1276 (1856–1860)Birth-year difference: 34–37 AH years
AH 1277–1279 (1860–1863)Birth-year difference: 38–40 AH years
AH 1280–1282 (1863–1866)Birth-year difference: 41–43 AH years
AH 1283 (1866–1867)Birth-year difference: 44 AH years
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 45 AH years
AH 1285–1291 (1868–1875)Birth-year difference: 46–52 AH years
AH 1292 (1875–1876)Birth-year difference: 53 AH years
AH 1293 (1876–1877)Birth-year difference: 54 AH years
AH 1294–1295 (1877–1878)Birth-year difference: 55–56 AH years
AH 1296–1320 (1878–1903)Birth-year difference: 57–81 AH years
AH 1321 (1903–1904)

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 1273 (1856–1857)

muhabere memuru · edirne · 250 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1259 (1843–1844) in Edirne (Mahkeme Kalemi). The first-salary field is 250 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1259 (1843–1844)Mahkeme KalemiEdirne

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 1321 (1903–1904) · “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 250 to 500 kuruş +250 (+100%)
Title muhabere memuru → Muhabere memuru
Title Muhabere memuru → Basmuhabere memuru
Salary 500 to 720 kuruş +220 (+44%)
Title Basmuhabere memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality edirne → samakov
Salary 720 to 1,000 kuruş +280 (+38.89%)
Locality samakov → zagrai atik
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality zagrai atik → filibe
Salary 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş +200 (+20%)
Title 1. Mudur → 2. Mudur
Locality filibe → kizanlik
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality kizanlik → islimiye
Salary 1,200 to 1,300 kuruş +100 (+8.33%)
Locality islimiye → yanya
Salary 1,300 to 1,200 kuruş -100 (-7.69%)
Title 1. Mudur → Muhasebe Kalemi
Locality yanya → edirne
Salary 1,200 to 800 kuruş -400 (-33.33%)
Salary 800 to 600 kuruş -200 (-25%)
Salary 600 to 650 kuruş +50 (+8.33%)
Salary 650 to 680 kuruş +30 (+4.62%)
Salary 680 to 800 kuruş +120 (+17.65%)
Salary 800 to 720 kuruş -80 (-10%)
Salary 720 to 750 kuruş +30 (+4.17%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1259 (1843–1844)Mahkeme KalemiEdirne

◆ 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: 5_342; 681

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: 1272
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · AH 1272 (1855–1856)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1273–1276 (1856–1860), AH 1278–1308 (1861–1891), AH 1310–1320 (1892–1903)

Legal wording and source descriptions

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1273–1276 (1856–1860), AH 1278–1308 (1861–1891), AH 1310–1320 (1892–1903) · 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.