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Abdürrahim Efendi

Birthplace: sayda Observed AH 1277–1319 (1860–1902)

71_48; 93Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Abdürrahim Efendi was born in Sayda in AH 1243 (1827–1828). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at ibtidai Mektebi. First work is recorded in Sayda in AH 1268 (1851–1852), 25 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Meclis idare Kalemi” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 29 distinct AH years in AH 1277–1319 (1860–1902), with gaps; it begins with Muhasebe Kalemi in Sam (600 kuruş monthly). Basmudur appears later, in AH 1318 (1900–1901), with 2,500 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

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Life and career

29 recorded AH years · 29 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1243 (1827–1828)
AH 1268 (1851–1852)Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1277 (1860–1861)Birth-year difference: 34 AH years
AH 1278 (1861–1862)Birth-year difference: 35 AH years
AH 1279–1280 (1862–1864)Birth-year difference: 36–37 AH years
AH 1281 (1864–1865)Birth-year difference: 38 AH years
AH 1282 (1865–1866)Birth-year difference: 39 AH years
AH 1283 (1866–1867)Birth-year difference: 40 AH years
AH 1284–1288 (1867–1872)Birth-year difference: 41–45 AH years
AH 1289–1295 (1872–1878)Birth-year difference: 46–52 AH years
AH 1296–1297 (1878–1880)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1298–1300 (1880–1883)Birth-year difference: 55–57 AH years
AH 1301–1302 (1883–1885)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1303 (1885–1886)Birth-year difference: 60 AH years
AH 1304–1309 (1886–1892)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1310 (1892–1893)Birth-year difference: 67 AH years
AH 1311–1313 (1893–1896)Birth-year difference: 68–70 AH years
AH 1314–1317 (1896–1900)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1318–1319 (1900–1902)Birth-year difference: 75–76 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.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1277 (1860–1861)

Muhasebe Kalemi · sam · 600 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1268 (1851–1852) in Sayda (Meclis idare Kalemi). The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1268 (1851–1852)Meclis idare KalemiSayda

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.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Title Muhasebe Kalemi → Tercume Odasi
Salary 600 to 500 kuruş -100 (-16.67%)
Title Tercume Odasi → Muhabere Memuru
Locality sam → beyrut
Salary 500 to 750 kuruş +250 (+50%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 1. Mudur
Locality beyrut → nablus
Salary 750 to 1,250 kuruş +500 (+66.67%)
Locality nablus → yafa
Salary 1,250 to 1,200 kuruş -50 (-4%)
Title 1. Mudur → 2. Mudur
Salary 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş -200 (-16.67%)
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality yafa → beyrut
Salary 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş +200 (+20%)
Salary 1,200 to 1,440 kuruş +240 (+20%)
Salary 1,440 to 1,300 kuruş -140 (-9.72%)
Title 1. Mudur → Mufettis
Locality beyrut → suriye
Salary 1,300 to 1,750 kuruş +450 (+34.62%)
No annual entries for AH 1296–1297 (1878–1880). Changes span the gap.
Locality suriye → halep
Salary 1,750 to 2,000 kuruş +250 (+14.29%)
No annual entries for AH 1301–1302 (1883–1885). Changes span the gap.
Title Mufettis → Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru
Locality halep → akka
Salary 2,000 to 1,200 kuruş -800 (-40%)
No annual entries for AH 1304–1309 (1886–1892). Changes span the gap.
Title Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru → Basmudur
Locality akka → adana
Salary 1,200 to 2,500 kuruş +1,300 (+108.33%)
Locality adana → yanya
No annual entries for AH 1314–1317 (1896–1900). Changes span the gap.
Locality yanya → kosova

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

Places in this record

AH 1268 (1851–1852)Meclis idare KalemiSayda

◆ 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: 71_48; 93

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 / mumaileyhimanın hadd-i zatında liyakatleri vazife-i memuriyetleriyle mütenâsib olmayıp muamelat-ı idareyi işgâl eylediği cihetle Osmanlı Postası'” …
Original note (excerpt): “Zimmet / telgraf hattının hîn-i inşasında sâbık Zahle Çavuşu Şahin Ağa ile deftere fazla idhal eyledikleri iki bin küsur kuruştan dolayı işten el çektirilerek t” …
Original note: “Görev İhmali”

1 further distinct original note is 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 1303 (1885–1886), AH 1311–1313 (1893–1896), AH 1318–1319 (1900–1902). 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)”
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · Associated source-year values: 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1296
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 1 · Linked personnel workbook · Associated source-year values: 1302, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · AH 1268–1276 (1851–1860), AH 1296 (1878–1879)
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 1 · Linked personnel workbook · AH 1302 (1884–1885), AH 1304–1308 (1886–1891)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1277–1295 (1860–1878), AH 1298–1300 (1880–1883)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1303 (1885–1886)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 2 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1311–1313 (1893–1896)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 3 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1318–1319 (1900–1902)

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 / mumaileyhimanın hadd-i zatında liyakatleri vazife-i memuriyetleriyle mütenâsib olmayıp muamelat-ı idareyi işgâl eylediği cihetle Osmanlı Postası'ndan umumun rağbet ve emniyeti münselib ve Nemçe Postası'na rücû etmeğe başladığı gibi hudud-ı Yunaniyye'ye kurbiyetinden naşi şu sırada ehemmiyeti tezâyüd eden ve devletçe tahaşşüdat ve tedarikat-ı askeriyeye lüzum ve ihtiyaç gösteren havali-i mezkur ve posta ve telgraf muamelat ve muhaberatının her vakitten ziyade selamet-i cereyanı taht-ı nazar-ı itinada bulundurulmak bedîhi ve mumaileyhin orada bekası hâlinde idarenin temini gayr-ı kabil görüldüğünden Yanya Vilayeti'nin yüz yetmiş iki numaralı ve 22 Temmuz sene 1312 tarihli tahriratı üzerine Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresi'nin kararı mucibince bin üç yüz on dört senesi Rebiülevvelinin dokuzunda 6 Ağustos sene 1312 idareten azledilmiştir.”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1314 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1897 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet / telgraf hattının hîn-i inşasında sâbık Zahle Çavuşu Şahin Ağa ile deftere fazla idhal eyledikleri iki bin küsur kuruştan dolayı işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve muahharan beraet-i zimmetle bin üç ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1301 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1884 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görev İhmali”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1314 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1897 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1301 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1884 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görev ihmali / mumaileyhimanın hadd-i zatında liyakatleri vazife-i memuriyetleriyle mütenâsib olmayıp muamelat-ı idareyi işgâl eylediği cihetle Osmanlı Postası'ndan umumun rağbet ve emniyeti münselib ve Nemçe Postası'na rücû etmeğe başladığı gibi hudud-ı Yunaniyye'ye kurbiyetinden naşi şu sırada ehemmiyeti tezâyüd eden ve devletçe tahaşşüdat ve tedarikat-ı askeriyeye lüzum ve ihtiyaç gösteren havali-i mezkur ve posta ve telgraf muamelat ve muhaberatının her vakitten ziyade selamet-i cereyanı taht-ı nazar-ı itinada bulundurulmak bedîhi ve mumaileyhin orada bekası hâlinde idarenin temini gayr-ı kabil görüldüğünden Yanya Vilayeti'nin yüz yetmiş iki numaralı ve 22 Temmuz sene 1312 tarihli tahriratı üzerine Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresi'nin kararı mucibince bin üç yüz on dört senesi Rebiülevvelinin dokuzunda 6 Ağustos sene 1312 idareten azledilmiştir.”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1314 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet / telgraf hattının hîn-i inşasında sâbık Zahle Çavuşu Şahin Ağa ile deftere fazla idhal eyledikleri iki bin küsur kuruştan dolayı işten el çektirilerek taht-ı muhakemeye alınmış ve muahharan beraet-i zimmetle bin üç ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1301 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görev İhmali”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1314 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1301 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1277–1295 (1860–1878), AH 1298–1300 (1880–1883) · 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 1303 (1885–1886), AH 1311–1313 (1893–1896), AH 1318–1319 (1900–1902) · 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.

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

Linked personnel workbook

Recorded code 0 · Associated source-year values: 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1296
Recorded code 1 · Associated source-year values: 1302, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308
Recorded code 0 · AH 1268–1276 (1851–1860), AH 1296 (1878–1879)
Recorded code 1 · AH 1302 (1884–1885), AH 1304–1308 (1886–1891)

Earlier legal-notes workbook legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)

Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1301 (calendar unverified)
Recorded code 3 · Stored source-year values: 1314 (calendar unverified)