Individual dossier

Davut Vehbi Efendi

116_171; 339Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Davut Vehbi Efendi was born in Filibe in AH 1292. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Mektebi Sultani. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1319 (27 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 5 distinct AH years between 1319 and 1323; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Beyoglu (200 kuruş monthly). Huk Memuru appears later, in AH 1323 (700 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

5 recorded AH years · 5 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1292
  2. AH 1319Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
  3. AH 1319Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
  4. AH 1320–1321Birth-year difference: 28–29 AH years
  5. AH 1322Birth-year difference: 30 AH years
  6. AH 1323Birth-year difference: 31 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 1319

Muhabere Memuru · beyoglu · 200 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1319 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 200 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1319 · 1901 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
0450900AH 1319AH 1320AH 1321AH 1322AH 1323AH 1319 · 1901 label: 200 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · beyogluAH 1320 · 1902 label: 900 kuruş / month · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · sevakinAH 1321 · 1903 label: 900 kuruş / month · Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · sevakinAH 1322 · 1904 label: 200 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · beyogluAH 1323 · 1905 label: 700 kuruş / month · Huk Memuru · halep

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.

Places in this record

AH 1319 · 1901 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
filibe: Locality linkage; agreedfilibebeyoglu: Locality linkage; agreedbeyoglusevakin: Locality linkage; agreedsevakinhalep: Locality linkage; agreedhalep

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record
  • Locality record

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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Title Muhabere Memuru → Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

    Locality beyoglu → sevakin

    Salary 200 to 900 kuruş +700 (+350%)

  2. Title Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti → Muhabere Memuru

    Locality sevakin → beyoglu

    Salary 900 to 200 kuruş -700 (-77.78%)

  3. Title Muhabere Memuru → Huk Memuru

    Locality beyoglu → halep

    Salary 200 to 700 kuruş +500 (+250%)

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

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.

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Mektebi Sultani
Schooling duration
12 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Esnaf
Recorded birth year
AH 1292
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.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

First-work source date
AH 1319 · 1901 label
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
200 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

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
French
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
  • FL Communication and Telegraph
  • Technical and Engineering
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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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wordingCommunication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
source lines 34056, 34058
Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1322
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wordingFL Communication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
source lines 34055, 34059
Recorded source-year values: 1320, 1321
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wordingTechnical and Engineeringseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
source lines 34057
Recorded source-year values: 1323
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingHuk Memurueda-memur · currentjob
source lines 35139
Recorded source-year values: 1323
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyetieda-memur · currentjob
source lines 35136, 35137
Recorded source-year values: 1320, 1321
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
source lines 35135, 35138
Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1322
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingHuk Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
source lines 35139
Recorded source-year values: 1323
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyetieda-memureski · currentjob
source lines 35136, 35137
Recorded source-year values: 1320, 1321
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
source lines 35135, 35138
Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1322
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 53996
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 56478
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 58929
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 61104
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 62973
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35135
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35136
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35137
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35138
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35139
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35135
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35136
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35137
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35138
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35139
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35135
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35136
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35137
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35138
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35139
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35135
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35136
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35137
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35138
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35139
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 53996
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 56478
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 58929
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 61104
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 62973
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 34058
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 34059
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 34055
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 34056
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 34057
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 34058
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 34059
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 34055
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 34056
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 34057

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 · 5 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.

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All substantive source assertions (84)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1292recovered · dobirth
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
birthPlacefiliberecovered · birthplace
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
birthPlacefiliberecovered · birth_place
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
birthProvincerumeli sarkirecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
schoolMektebi Sultanirecovered · school_type
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
schoolingYears12recovered · education_year
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
schoolingYears12recovered · school_year
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
apprenticeshipYears0recovered · mulazemet
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
fatherJobEsnafrecovered · fatherjob
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
fatherJobesnafrecovered · father_job
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
firstWorkH1319recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
firstWorkG1901recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
firstWorkSalary200recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
birthLatitude42.12917699999999recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
birthLongitude24.748640000000016recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 31977, 31978, 31979, 31980, 31981
nameDavut Vehbi Efendi september · İsim
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
birthH1292september · dobirth
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
birthPlacefilibeseptember · birthplace
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
birthProvincerumeli sarkiseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
schoolmektebi sultaniseptember · school_type
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
schoolingYears12september · education_year
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
apprenticeshipYears0september · mulazemet
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
apprenticeshipYears0september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
apprenticeshipYears0september · internship
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
fatherJobesnafseptember · fatherjob
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
firstWorkH1319september · firstjob_year
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
firstWorkSalary200september · firstjob_wage
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
birthLatitude42.12917699999999september · lat_birth_place
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
birthLongitude24.748640000000016september · lon_birth_place
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 34055, 34056, 34057, 34058, 34059
nameDavut Vehbi Efendi older · İsim
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
birthH1292older · dobirth
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
birthPlacefilibeolder · birthplace
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
birthProvincerumeli sarkiolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
schoolmektebi sultaniolder · school_type
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
schoolingYears12older · education_year
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
apprenticeshipYears0older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
apprenticeshipYears0older · internship
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
fatherJobesnafolder · fatherjob
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
firstWorkH1319older · firstjob_year
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
firstWorkSalary200older · firstjob_wage
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
birthLatitude42.12917699999999older · lat_birth_place
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birthLongitude24.748640000000016older · lon_birth_place
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
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derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 42034, 42066, 42076, 42351, 42602

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, “Davut Vehbi Efendi”, archival reference 116_171; 339, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-794310122e0b9e30/.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-794310122e0b9e30/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.