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Mustafa Hamdi Efendi

Birthplace: arapgir Observed AH 1315

0085_0137: 269Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mustafa Hamdi Efendi was born in Arapgir in AH 1294. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1310 (16 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1315 with Seyyar Memur in Beysehir (600 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Armenian: Tekellum (speaking).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 0085_0137: 269

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

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1 field has differing source assertions. Alternatives remain visible in the evidence below; the display edition does not establish which assertion is historically correct.

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.

October annual indicator
0
Additional October code
0
Legal wording, values and source locators
  • Original annual indicator value 0
    AH 1315
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 43380

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1316
    Source lines 20299

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1315
    Source lines 20298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1316
    Source lines 20299

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1315
    Source lines 43380

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1315
    Source lines 20195

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1315
    Source lines 20195

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

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1294
  2. AH 1310Birth-year difference: 16 AH years
  3. AH 1315Birth-year difference: 21 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.

2 of 3

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1315

Seyyar Memur · beysehir · 600 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1310 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 600 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1310 · 1892 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
600 kuruş / month

AH 1315 · 1897 label

One annual entry survives; there is no salary trajectory to draw.

Places in this record

AH 1310 · 1892 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
arapgir: Locality linkage; agreedarapgirbeysehir: Locality linkage; agreedbeysehir

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • 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.

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
5 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Kolagasi
Recorded birth year
AH 1294
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 1310 · 1892 label
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
600 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)
Armenian
Tekellum (speaking)

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)

  • Postal Service

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Seyyar Memur
  • infisal
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertionPostal Serviceseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1315
Source lines 20195
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionSeyyar Memureda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 20298
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertioninfisaleda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 20299
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionSeyyar Memureda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 20298
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertioninfisaleda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 20299
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1315
Source lines 43380
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1315
Source lines 20298
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1316
Source lines 20299
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1315
Source lines 20298
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1316
Source lines 20299
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1315
Source lines 20298
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1316
Source lines 20299
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1315
Source lines 20298
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1316
Source lines 20299
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1315
Source lines 20298
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1316
Source lines 20299
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1315
Source lines 20298
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1316
Source lines 20299
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1315
Source lines 20298
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1316
Source lines 20299
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1315
Source lines 20298
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1316
Source lines 20299
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1315
Source lines 20298
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1316
Source lines 20299
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1315
Source lines 43380
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1315
Source lines 20195
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1315
Source lines 20195
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Source yearGregorian labelTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşSource line
1897Seyyar MemurOriginal: seyyar memurbeysehir600recovered
line 18638
  1. AH 1315 · 1897 label

    Seyyar Memur

    Original title: seyyar memur

    beysehir

    600 kuruş / month

    recovered · source line 18638

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 · 1 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.

About the edition, calendars and selection

FieldSource alternativesDisplay rule
birthProvince
elazig
recovered · birth_vilayet · source lines 18638
mamuretul aziz
september · birth_vilayet · source lines 20195
mamuretul aziz
older · birth_vilayet · source lines 1388, 1713
All stored assertions retained. Names prefer September, then older; supplemental names fill only missing names. Other preferred attributes use recovered, then September, then older, with modal nonblank value and source-order tie break. This does not adjudicate historical truth or changes in coding.
All substantive source assertions (82)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1294recovered · dobirth
source lines 18638
birthPlacearapgirrecovered · birthplace
source lines 18638
birthPlacearapgirrecovered · birth_place
source lines 18638
birthProvinceelazigrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 18638
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 18638
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 18638
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 18638
apprenticeshipYears5recovered · mulazemet
source lines 18638
qualification0recovered · qualification
source lines 18638
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 18638
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 18638
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 18638
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 18638
fatherJobKolagasirecovered · fatherjob
source lines 18638
fatherJobkolagasirecovered · father_job
source lines 18638
firstWorkH1310recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 18638
firstWorkG1892recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 18638
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 18638
firstWorkSalary600recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 18638
birthLatitude39.042863000000004recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 18638
birthLongitude38.489643recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 18638
nameMustafa Hamdi Efendi september · İsim
source lines 20195
birthH1294september · dobirth
source lines 20195
birthPlacearapgirseptember · birthplace
source lines 20195
birthProvincemamuretul azizseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 20195
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 20195
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 20195
apprenticeshipYears5september · mulazemet
source lines 20195
apprenticeshipYears5september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 20195
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 20195
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 20195
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 20195
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 20195
fatherJobkolagasiseptember · fatherjob
source lines 20195
firstWorkH1310september · firstjob_year
source lines 20195
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 20195
firstWorkSalary600september · firstjob_wage
source lines 20195
birthLatitude39.042863000000004september · lat_birth_place
source lines 20195
birthLongitude38.489643september · lon_birth_place
source lines 20195
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 20195
language:ArmenianTekellumseptember · lang_armenian
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian1september · lang_armenian2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 20195
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 20195
nameMustafa Hamdi Efendi older · İsim
source lines 1388, 1713
birthH1294older · dobirth
source lines 1388, 1713
birthPlacearapgirolder · birthplace
source lines 1388, 1713
birthProvincemamuretul azizolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 1388, 1713
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 1388, 1713
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 1388, 1713
apprenticeshipYears5older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 1388, 1713
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 1388, 1713
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 1388, 1713
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 1388, 1713
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 1388, 1713
fatherJobkolagasiolder · fatherjob
source lines 1388, 1713
firstWorkH1310older · firstjob_year
source lines 1388, 1713
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 1388, 1713
firstWorkSalary600older · firstjob_wage
source lines 1388, 1713
birthLatitude39.042863000000004older · lat_birth_place
source lines 1388, 1713
birthLongitude38.489643older · lon_birth_place
source lines 1388, 1713
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 1388, 1713
language:ArmenianTekellumolder · lang_armenian
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian1older · lang_armenian2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 1388, 1713
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 1388, 1713

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, “Mustafa Hamdi Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0085_0137: 269. 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-8f0c440d1cea084a/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0085_0137: 269
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-8f0c440d1cea084a/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.