Individual dossier

Ahmet İhsan Efendi

158-214-423Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Ahmet İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1300. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1318 (18 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 3 distinct AH years between 1321 and 1323; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Dersaadet (50 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 158-214-423

Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

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Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

Sabıka / criminal records

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Legal wording, values and source locators
  • Original annual indicator value 0
    AH 1321–1323
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 59385, 61601, 63515

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 39507

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 39505
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 39506
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 39507

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1321
    Source lines 59385
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1322
    Source lines 61601
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1323
    Source lines 63515

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 38241
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 38240
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 38239

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 38241
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 38240
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 38239

Rank and honour codes

Original values across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

No honour or rank code assertion is linked in these additional sources.

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Life and career

3 recorded AH years · 3 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1300
  2. AH 1318Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
  3. AH 1321Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
  4. AH 1322–1323Birth-year difference: 22–23 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 1321

Muhabere Memuru · dersaadet · 50 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1318 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 50 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1318 · 1900 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
050100AH 1321AH 1322AH 1323AH 1321 · 1903 label: 50 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · dersaadetAH 1322 · 1904 label: 100 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · bebekAH 1323 · 1905 label: 100 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · bebek

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 1318 · 1900 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
Istanbul / Dersaadet: Source coordinate on AH 1321 annual entry; ambiguousIstanbul / Dersaadetbebek: Locality linkage; agreedbebek

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • 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. Locality dersaadet → bebek

    Salary 50 to 100 kuruş +50 (+100%)

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
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
4 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
mudur
Recorded birth year
AH 1300
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 1318 · 1900 label
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
50 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.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

  • Communication and Telegraph

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Muhabere Memuru
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Enrichment edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-e57164ecd75cde91. This is separate from the annual data edition; the compact dossier PDF cites both editions.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertionCommunication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1321–1323
Source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39505, 39506, 39507
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39505, 39506, 39507
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 59385
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 61601
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 63515
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 39505
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39506
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39507
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 39505
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39506
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39507
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 39505
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39506
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39507
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 39505
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 39506
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 39507
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 39505
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39506
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39507
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 39505
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39506
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39507
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 39505
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 39506
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 39507
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 39505
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 39506
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 39507
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 39505
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 39506
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 39507
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1321
Source lines 59385
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1322
Source lines 61601
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1323
Source lines 63515
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 38241
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 38240
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 38239
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 38241
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 38240
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 38239

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 · 3 annual entries
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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 (82)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1300recovered · dobirth
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birthplace
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birth_place
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
birthProvincedersaadetrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
apprenticeshipYears4recovered · mulazemet
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
fatherJobmudurrecovered · fatherjob
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
fatherJobmudurrecovered · father_job
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
firstWorkH1318recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
firstWorkG1900recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
firstWorkSalary50recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
birthLatitude41.08488985821407recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
birthLongitude29.056960217582365recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 36077, 36078, 36079
nameAhmet İhsan Efendiseptember · İsim
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
birthH1300september · dobirth
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
birthPlacedersaadetseptember · birthplace
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
birthProvincedersaadetseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
apprenticeshipYears4september · mulazemet
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
apprenticeshipYears4september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
fatherJobmudurseptember · fatherjob
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
firstWorkH1318september · firstjob_year
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
firstWorkSalary50september · firstjob_wage
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
birthLatitude41.08488985821407september · lat_birth_place
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
birthLongitude29.056960217582365september · lon_birth_place
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 38239, 38240, 38241
nameAhmet İhsan Efendiolder · İsim
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
birthH1300older · dobirth
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
birthPlacedersaadetolder · birthplace
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
birthProvincedersaadetolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
apprenticeshipYears4older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
fatherJobmudurolder · fatherjob
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
firstWorkH1318older · firstjob_year
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
firstWorkSalary50older · firstjob_wage
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
birthLatitude41.08488985821407older · lat_birth_place
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
birthLongitude29.056960217582365older · lon_birth_place
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 9218, 9441, 26540

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

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Ahmet İhsan Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-214-423. Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis. Annual edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a; additional source edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-e57164ecd75cde91. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-8c706bf639f18552/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-214-423
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-8c706bf639f18552/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.