MEHMET HALİL EFENDİ
MEHMET HALİL EFENDİ was born in Bursa in AH 1278. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Bandirma in AH 1319 (41 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1321 with muhabere memuru in Selanik (150 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).
Life and career
1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1278
- AH 1319Birth-year difference: 41 AH years
- AH 1321Birth-year difference: 43 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.
Assigned salary in the annual career
Monthly kuruş · AHmuhabere memuru · selanik · 150 kuruş monthly
First work is separately recorded at AH 1319 in Bandirma. The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.
AH 1321 · 1903 label
One annual entry survives; there is no salary trajectory to draw.
Places in this record
◆ 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.
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 years are stored dataset labels. 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. A source status such as Vefat is not a formal death date; no death locality is assigned from a last work place.
Preparation
- School / programme
- Rusdiye Mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 7 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 2 source-recorded years
- Qualification indicator
- 0
- Telegraph school indicator
- 0
- Father’s occupation
- Meclisi idare Memuru
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1278
- Religion wording
- Musluman
- Nationality wording
- Turkish
Schooling years are a duration/classification, not an acquisition date. Education and training dates await source-linked structured records; no dates are inferred here. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.
First-work and entry-pay fields
- First-work source date
- AH 1319 · 1901 label
- Place
- Bandirma
- First-salary field
- 150 kuruş
- Source
- recovered
The first-work date may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service. The first-salary amount is a separate inherited field; their presence together does not prove that payment began on this date. Neither is the first positive annual salary observation.
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.
Further biographical evidence
Source wording and status assertions
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)
- Communication and Telegraph
Inspect the additional source wording, language notes and original codes
These separately linked fields add source wording and raw codes without replacing the annual career. Original rank, decoration and merit-code labels remain unverified; zero is retained literally. Read about the sources.
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Download these additional source records (JSON)
| Recorded field | Original value | Source locator |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wording | Communication and Telegraph | september-occupation · occupation_cat source lines 33340 Recorded source-year values: 1321 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | muhabere memuru | eda-memur · currentjob source lines 34400 Recorded source-year values: 1321 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | muhabere memuru | eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 34400 Recorded source-year values: 1321 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 58809 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 34400 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 34400 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 34400 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 34400 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1321 · AH source lines 58809 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 33340 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 33340 |
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Every displayed annual entry, in source / Hijri-year order. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.
| Source year | Gregorian label | Title | Locality wording | Monthly kuruş | Source line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | muhabere memuru | selanik | 150 | recovered line 31291 |
- AH 1321 · 1903 label
muhabere memuru
150 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 31291
Evidence & edition
Coded extracts, preserved source differences
Collection membership
- Website edition
- ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
- Source editions
- older, september, recovered
- Annual display source
- Recovered merged personnel extract
- Paper sample
- Included · 1 annual entries
- Other archival labels
- No different label recorded
- Geography
- Recorded place assertions; map linkage is separately reported
How to read this dossier
The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. No annual gap is filled from another extract. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.
All substantive source assertions (80)
| Field | Original stored value | Source field and lines |
|---|---|---|
| birthH | 1278 | recovered · dobirth source lines 31291 |
| birthPlace | bursa | recovered · birthplace source lines 31291 |
| birthPlace | bursa | recovered · birth_place source lines 31291 |
| birthProvince | hudavendigar | recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 31291 |
| school | Rusdiye Mektebi | recovered · school_type source lines 31291 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · education_year source lines 31291 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · school_year source lines 31291 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | recovered · mulazemet source lines 31291 |
| qualification | 0 | recovered · qualification source lines 31291 |
| derivedQualificationFlag | 0 | recovered · has_qualification source lines 31291 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | recovered · telgraf source lines 31291 |
| religion | Musluman | recovered · religion source lines 31291 |
| nationality | Turkish | recovered · nationality source lines 31291 |
| fatherJob | Meclisi idare Memuru | recovered · fatherjob source lines 31291 |
| fatherJob | meclisi idare memuru | recovered · father_job source lines 31291 |
| firstWorkH | 1319 | recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 31291 |
| firstWorkG | 1901 | recovered · firstjobyear source lines 31291 |
| firstWorkPlace | Bandirma | recovered · firstjob_place source lines 31291 |
| firstWorkSalary | 150 | recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 31291 |
| birthLatitude | 40.18257450612244 | recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 31291 |
| birthLongitude | 29.060725279591676 | recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 31291 |
| name | MEHMET HALİL EFENDİ | september · İsim source lines 33340 |
| birthH | 1278 | september · dobirth source lines 33340 |
| birthPlace | bursa | september · birthplace source lines 33340 |
| birthProvince | hudavendigar | september · birth_vilayet source lines 33340 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | september · school_type source lines 33340 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | september · education_year source lines 33340 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | september · mulazemet source lines 33340 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 33340 |
| qualification | 0 | september · qualification source lines 33340 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | september · telegraph_school source lines 33340 |
| religion | musluman | september · religion source lines 33340 |
| nationality | turkish | september · nationality source lines 33340 |
| fatherJob | meclisi idare memuru | september · fatherjob source lines 33340 |
| firstWorkH | 1319 | september · firstjob_year source lines 33340 |
| firstWorkPlace | bandirma | september · firstjob_place source lines 33340 |
| firstWorkSalary | 150 | september · firstjob_wage source lines 33340 |
| birthLatitude | 40.18257450612244 | september · lat_birth_place source lines 33340 |
| birthLongitude | 29.060725279591676 | september · lon_birth_place source lines 33340 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | september · lang_turkish source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | september · lang_turkish2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | september · lang_arabic2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | september · lang_french2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | september · lang_persian2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | september · lang_english2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | september · lang_italian2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | september · lang_armenian2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | september · lang_greek2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | september · lang_rum2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 33340 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | september · lang_russian2 source lines 33340 |
| name | MEHMET HALİL EFENDİ | older · İsim source lines 6150 |
| birthH | 1278 | older · dobirth source lines 6150 |
| birthPlace | bursa | older · birthplace source lines 6150 |
| birthProvince | hudavendigar | older · birth_vilayet source lines 6150 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | older · school_type source lines 6150 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | older · education_year source lines 6150 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 6150 |
| qualification | 0 | older · qualification source lines 6150 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | older · telgraph_school source lines 6150 |
| religion | musluman | older · religion source lines 6150 |
| nationality | turkish | older · nationality source lines 6150 |
| fatherJob | meclisi idare memuru | older · fatherjob source lines 6150 |
| firstWorkH | 1319 | older · firstjob_year source lines 6150 |
| firstWorkPlace | bandirma | older · firstjob_place source lines 6150 |
| firstWorkSalary | 150 | older · firstjob_wage source lines 6150 |
| birthLatitude | 40.18257450612244 | older · lat_birth_place source lines 6150 |
| birthLongitude | 29.060725279591676 | older · lon_birth_place source lines 6150 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | older · lang_turkish source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | older · lang_turkish2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | older · lang_arabic2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | older · lang_french2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | older · lang_persian2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | older · lang_english2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | older · lang_italian2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | older · lang_armenian2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | older · lang_greek2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | older · lang_rum2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 6150 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | older · lang_russian2 source lines 6150 |
Original stored values
These are values in the inherited coded extracts. They are not a verified transcription of the original register. Source spelling and differences are preserved.
Cite this record
Ottoman Bureaucracy, “MEHMET HALİL EFENDİ”, archival reference 115_112; 221, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-6d87a9df59b14a8d/.
Stable archival identity: /people/p-6d87a9df59b14a8d/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.