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Mustafa Akif Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1288–1324 (1871–1907)

5_322; 641Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mustafa Akif Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1270 (1853–1854). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1286 (1869–1870), 16 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 36 distinct AH years in AH 1288–1324 (1871–1907), with gaps; it begins with Mukayyit in Yeni camii postanesi (180 kuruş monthly). Mumeyyiz appears later, in AH 1319 (1901–1902), with 1,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

36 recorded AH years · 36 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1270 (1853–1854)
AH 1286 (1869–1870)Birth-year difference: 16 AH years
AH 1288 (1871–1872)Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1289 (1872–1873)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1290–1305 (1873–1888)Birth-year difference: 20–35 AH years
AH 1306 (1888–1889)Birth-year difference: 36 AH years
AH 1307 (1889–1890)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1308–1315 (1890–1898)Birth-year difference: 38–45 AH years
AH 1316 (1898–1899)Birth-year difference: 46 AH years
AH 1317–1318 (1899–1901)Birth-year difference: 47–48 AH years
AH 1319–1324 (1901–1907)Birth-year difference: 49–54 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 1288 (1871–1872)

Mukayyit · yeni camii postanesi · 180 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1286 (1869–1870) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 180 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

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

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 Mukayyit → Tahrirat Kalemi
Locality yeni camii postanesi → Yenicami postahenesi
Salary 180 to 250 kuruş +70 (+38.89%)
Locality Yenicami postahenesi → yeni camii postanesi
Salary 250 to 300 kuruş +50 (+20%)
Salary 300 to 350 kuruş +50 (+16.67%)
Salary 350 to 400 kuruş +50 (+14.29%)
Salary 400 to 500 kuruş +100 (+25%)
Salary 500 to 550 kuruş +50 (+10%)
Salary 550 to 600 kuruş +50 (+9.09%)
Salary 600 to 700 kuruş +100 (+16.67%)
Salary 700 to 500 kuruş -200 (-28.57%)
Salary 500 to 560 kuruş +60 (+12%)
Salary 560 to 750 kuruş +190 (+33.93%)
Title Tahrirat Kalemi → Basmemur
Salary 750 to 1,400 kuruş +650 (+86.67%)
No annual entries for AH 1307 (1889–1890). Changes span the gap.
Title Basmemur → Tahrirat Kalemi
Locality yeni camii postanesi → dersaadet
Salary 1,400 to 750 kuruş -650 (-46.43%)
Salary 750 to 825 kuruş +75 (+10%)
Salary 825 to 742 kuruş -83 (-10.06%)
Title Tahrirat Kalemi → Basmemur
Salary 742 to 850 kuruş +108 (+14.56%)
Title Basmemur → Sicili ahval Baskitabeti
Locality dersaadet → istanbul
Salary 850 to 950 kuruş +100 (+11.76%)
Salary 950 to 1,000 kuruş +50 (+5.26%)
Title Sicili ahval Baskitabeti → Mumeyyiz

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 anchoristanbul

◆ 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_322; 641

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)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1288–1306 (1871–1889), AH 1308–1309 (1890–1892), AH 1311–1324 (1893–1907)

Legal wording and source descriptions