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Mehmet Şevket Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1287–1324 (1870–1907)

54_130; 257Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Şevket Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1270 (1853–1854). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Uskudar in AH 1286 (1869–1870), 16 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 35 distinct AH years in AH 1287–1324 (1870–1907), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Uskudar (250 kuruş monthly). 2. Mudur appears later, in AH 1324 (1906–1907), with 1,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

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Life and career

35 recorded AH years · 35 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1270 (1853–1854)
AH 1286 (1869–1870)Birth-year difference: 16 AH years
AH 1287 (1870–1871)Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
AH 1288 (1871–1872)Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1289 (1872–1873)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1290–1296 (1873–1879)Birth-year difference: 20–26 AH years
AH 1297 (1879–1880)Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
AH 1298 (1880–1881)Birth-year difference: 28 AH years
AH 1299 (1881–1882)Birth-year difference: 29 AH years
AH 1300–1307 (1882–1890)Birth-year difference: 30–37 AH years
AH 1308–1309 (1890–1892)Birth-year difference: 38–39 AH years
AH 1310 (1892–1893)Birth-year difference: 40 AH years
AH 1311–1312 (1893–1895)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1313–1318 (1895–1901)Birth-year difference: 43–48 AH years
AH 1319–1320 (1901–1903)Birth-year difference: 49–50 AH years
AH 1321 (1903–1904)Birth-year difference: 51 AH years
AH 1322 (1904–1905)Birth-year difference: 52 AH years
AH 1323 (1905–1906)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1324 (1906–1907)Birth-year difference: 54 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 1287 (1870–1871)

Muhabere Memuru · uskudar · 250 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1286 (1869–1870) in uskudar. The first-salary field is 250 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1286 (1869–1870)Recorded first-work anchoruskudar

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.

Locality uskudar → dersaadet
Salary 250 to 200 kuruş -50 (-20%)
Locality dersaadet → beyoglu
Salary 200 to 400 kuruş +200 (+100%)
Locality beyoglu → babi seraskeri
Salary 400 to 425 kuruş +25 (+6.25%)
Salary 425 to 500 kuruş +75 (+17.65%)
Salary 500 to 600 kuruş +100 (+20%)
Locality babi seraskeri → mekri
Locality mekri → mugla
Locality mugla → izmir
Salary 600 to 500 kuruş -100 (-16.67%)
Locality izmir → soma
Salary 500 to 600 kuruş +100 (+20%)
Locality soma → dersaadet
Salary 600 to 250 kuruş -350 (-58.33%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality dersaadet → senice
Salary 250 to 800 kuruş +550 (+220%)
No annual entries for AH 1311–1312 (1893–1895). Changes span the gap.
Locality senice → kayalar1
Salary 800 to 720 kuruş -80 (-10%)
Locality kayalar1 → prizren
Locality prizren → taslica
Locality taslica → preveze
No annual entries for AH 1323 (1905–1906). Changes span the gap.
Locality preveze → yabannasif
Salary 720 to 1,000 kuruş +280 (+38.89%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1286 (1869–1870)Recorded first-work anchoruskudar

◆ 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: 54_130; 257

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): “Hırsızlık / Zimmet / Pireveze Merkezinde iken mektup üzerine yapıştırılan pulların yolsuzluğundan dolayı iki kuruşluk iki adet pulun iki kat pahasiyle tazmini v” …
Original note (excerpt): “Hırsızlık / Üsküp Postahanesi'nden Taşlıcaya mersul yirmi beş bin kuruşluk bir parça emanetin hin-i küşadında dört lira noksan zuhur etmekle lede't-tahkik mumai” …
Original note: “Zimmet”

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

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1313–1322 (1895–1905), AH 1324 (1906–1907). 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 1287–1308 (1870–1891), AH 1310 (1892–1893)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1313–1322 (1895–1905)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 2 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1324 (1906–1907)

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: “Hırsızlık / Zimmet / Pireveze Merkezinde iken mektup üzerine yapıştırılan pulların yolsuzluğundan dolayı iki kuruşluk iki adet pulun iki kat pahasiyle tazmini ve badema vazifesine dikkat ve itina eylemesinin şediden kendisine tebliğiyle tevbih edildiği ve ahiren merkezden sirkat olunan beş bin kuruşluk posta paketinden dolayı tahkikat icra olunmak üzere üç yüz yirmi üç senesi şehr-i Rebiülevvelinin altısında 28 Nisan sene 1321 eli işden çekdirilip mahallince cereyan eden muhakeme neticesinde mezkur beş bin kuruşun bir aylık maşının katʻıyla maa masarıf-ı muhakeme ve ücret-i vekalet kendisiyle kefilinden tahsiline hükm-i lahik olduğu Kosova Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti'nin işʻar-ı telgrafiyesinden anlaşılmış ve meblağ-ı mezburun tamamen tahsil ve tesviye edildiği ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1906 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Hırsızlık / Üsküp Postahanesi'nden Taşlıcaya mersul yirmi beş bin kuruşluk bir parça emanetin hin-i küşadında dört lira noksan zuhur etmekle lede't-tahkik mumaileyh tarafından suret-i mahiranede fesad karıştırıldığı anlaşılmasından naşi bin üç yüz on bir senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifnin yirmi ikisinde 17 Kânunusani sene 1309 işden el çektirilerek ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1894 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1894 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1906 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Hırsızlık / Zimmet / Pireveze Merkezinde iken mektup üzerine yapıştırılan pulların yolsuzluğundan dolayı iki kuruşluk iki adet pulun iki kat pahasiyle tazmini ve badema vazifesine dikkat ve itina eylemesinin şediden kendisine tebliğiyle tevbih edildiği ve ahiren merkezden sirkat olunan beş bin kuruşluk posta paketinden dolayı tahkikat icra olunmak üzere üç yüz yirmi üç senesi şehr-i Rebiülevvelinin altısında 28 Nisan sene 1321 eli işden çekdirilip mahallince cereyan eden muhakeme neticesinde mezkur beş bin kuruşun bir aylık maşının katʻıyla maa masarıf-ı muhakeme ve ücret-i vekalet kendisiyle kefilinden tahsiline hükm-i lahik olduğu Kosova Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti'nin işʻar-ı telgrafiyesinden anlaşılmış ve meblağ-ı mezburun tamamen tahsil ve tesviye edildiği ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Hırsızlık / Üsküp Postahanesi'nden Taşlıcaya mersul yirmi beş bin kuruşluk bir parça emanetin hin-i küşadında dört lira noksan zuhur etmekle lede't-tahkik mumaileyh tarafından suret-i mahiranede fesad karıştırıldığı anlaşılmasından naşi bin üç yüz on bir senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifnin yirmi ikisinde 17 Kânunusani sene 1309 işden el çektirilerek ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1287–1308 (1870–1891), AH 1310 (1892–1893) · 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 1313–1322 (1895–1905), AH 1324 (1906–1907) · 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: 1311 (calendar unverified)
Recorded code 2 · Stored source-year values: 1323 (calendar unverified)