Individual dossier

Mehmet Ata Bey

4_457; 908_909Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Ata Bey was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1267. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at rusdiye mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1286 (19 AH years after the recorded birth year), with “Ticaret Mahkemesi” as first-job wording. The only surviving annual entry is AH 1326 with pt naziri in Istanbul (20,000 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Asina (familiarity); French: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1267
  2. AH 1286Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
  3. AH 1326Birth-year difference: 59 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 1326

pt naziri · istanbul · 20,000 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1286 in istanbul (Ticaret Mahkemesi). The first-salary field is 50 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1286Ticaret Mahkemesiistanbul
20,000 kuruş / month

AH 1326

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

Places in this record

AH 1286Ticaret Mahkemesiistanbul
Istanbul / Dersaadet: Source coordinate on AH 1326 annual entry; ambiguousIstanbul / Dersaadet

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • 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
0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
naib
Recorded birth year
AH 1267
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 1286
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.

Original personnel workbook

Recorded first job

Department / title wording
Ticaret Mahkemesi
Workbook first-job year
1286 (source year)
Associated salary field
50 kuruş

Source-labelled first-work department/title and associated salary. This amount is separate from the inherited first-salary field and from the first positive annual salary row; payment status and department date need source review.

PT-start alignment unavailable: department not exact pt label.

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Recorded language repertoire

3 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
Arabic
Asina (familiarity)
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)

  • Executive and Managerial
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.

Enrichment edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-5e2ba3e19fa6918b. This is separate from the annual data edition and annual-record PDF.

Download these additional source records (JSON)

Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
adlisicilkaydi (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · DS
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Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
Recorded language term: ArabicRecorded source wordingAsinasupplemental-workbook · BF
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cells Sheet1!BF6236, Sheet1!BF6237, Sheet1!BF6238, Sheet1!BF6239, Sheet1!BF6240, Sheet1!BF6241, Sheet1!BF6242, Sheet1!BF6243
Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
Recorded language term: FrenchRecorded source wordingKitabetsupplemental-workbook · K
source lines 6236, 6237, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6243
cells Sheet1!K6236, Sheet1!K6237, Sheet1!K6238, Sheet1!K6239, Sheet1!K6240, Sheet1!K6241, Sheet1!K6242, Sheet1!K6243
Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
Recorded language term: TurkishRecorded source wordingKitabetsupplemental-workbook · BD
source lines 6236, 6237, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6243
cells Sheet1!BD6236, Sheet1!BD6237, Sheet1!BD6238, Sheet1!BD6239, Sheet1!BD6240, Sheet1!BD6241, Sheet1!BD6242, Sheet1!BD6243
Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
liyakatveEhliyetDerecesi (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · CT
source lines 6236, 6237, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6243
cells Sheet1!CT6236, Sheet1!CT6237, Sheet1!CT6238, Sheet1!CT6239, Sheet1!CT6240, Sheet1!CT6241, Sheet1!CT6242, Sheet1!CT6243
Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
madalya (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · DQ
source lines 6236, 6237, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6243
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Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
mecidinisani (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels2supplemental-workbook · DO
source lines 6236, 6237, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6243
cells Sheet1!DO6236, Sheet1!DO6237, Sheet1!DO6238, Sheet1!DO6239, Sheet1!DO6240, Sheet1!DO6241, Sheet1!DO6242, Sheet1!DO6243
Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
nisanialiosmani (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels2supplemental-workbook · DP
source lines 6236, 6237, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6243
cells Sheet1!DP6236, Sheet1!DP6237, Sheet1!DP6238, Sheet1!DP6239, Sheet1!DP6240, Sheet1!DP6241, Sheet1!DP6242, Sheet1!DP6243
Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
rutbe (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels1supplemental-workbook · DN
source lines 6236, 6237, 6238, 6239, 6240, 6241, 6242, 6243
cells Sheet1!DN6236, Sheet1!DN6237, Sheet1!DN6238, Sheet1!DN6239, Sheet1!DN6240, Sheet1!DN6241, Sheet1!DN6242, Sheet1!DN6243
Recorded source-year values: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wordingExecutive and Managerialseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
source lines 43999
Recorded source-year values: 1326
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingPT Nazirieda-memur · currentjob
source lines 45324
Recorded source-year values: 1326
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingPT Nazirieda-memureski · currentjob
source lines 45324
Recorded source-year values: 1326
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 66455
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 45323
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 45324
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 45323
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 45324
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 45323
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 45324
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 45323
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 45324
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 66455
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 43999
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 43999
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1318 · AH
source lines 6239
cells Sheet1!DS6239
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 6242
cells Sheet1!DS6242
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 6241
cells Sheet1!DS6241
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 6243
cells Sheet1!DS6243
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 6236
cells Sheet1!DS6236
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 6238
cells Sheet1!DS6238
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1325 · AH
source lines 6240
cells Sheet1!DS6240
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1327 · AH
source lines 6237
cells Sheet1!DS6237

Evidence & edition

Coded extracts, preserved source differences

Collection membership

Website edition
ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
Source editions
older, september, recovered, supplemental
Annual display source
Recovered merged personnel extract
Paper sample
Outside the paper sample
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 (113)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1267recovered · dobirth
source lines 41968
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birth_place
source lines 41968
birthProvincedersaadetrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 41968
schoolrusdiye mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 41968
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 41968
apprenticeshipYears0recovered · mulazemet
source lines 41968
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 41968
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 41968
religionmuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 41968
nationalityturkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 41968
fatherJobnaibrecovered · father_job
source lines 41968
firstWorkH1286recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 41968
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 41968
firstWorkSalary50recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 41968
birthLatitude41.08488985821407recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 41968
birthLongitude29.056960217582365recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 41968
nameMehmet Ata Bey september · İsim
source lines 43999
birthH1267september · dobirth
source lines 43999
birthPlacedersaadetseptember · birthplace
source lines 43999
birthProvincedersaadetseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 43999
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 43999
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 43999
apprenticeshipYears0september · mulazemet
source lines 43999
apprenticeshipYears0september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 43999
apprenticeshipYears0september · internship
source lines 43999
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 43999
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 43999
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 43999
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 43999
fatherJobnaibseptember · fatherjob
source lines 43999
firstWorkH1286september · firstjob_year
source lines 43999
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 43999
firstWorkSalary50september · firstjob_wage
source lines 43999
birthLatitude41.08488985821407september · lat_birth_place
source lines 43999
birthLongitude29.056960217582365september · lon_birth_place
source lines 43999
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 43999
language:ArabicAsinaseptember · lang_arabic
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 43999
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 43999
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 43999
nameMehmet Ata Bey older · İsim
source lines 11402, 11443
birthH1267older · dobirth
source lines 11402, 11443
birthPlacedersaadetolder · birthplace
source lines 11402, 11443
birthProvincedersaadetolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 11402, 11443
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 11402, 11443
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 11402, 11443
apprenticeshipYears0older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 11402, 11443
apprenticeshipYears0older · internship
source lines 11402, 11443
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 11402, 11443
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 11402, 11443
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 11402, 11443
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 11402, 11443
fatherJobnaibolder · fatherjob
source lines 11402, 11443
firstWorkH1286older · firstjob_year
source lines 11402, 11443
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 11402, 11443
firstWorkSalary50older · firstjob_wage
source lines 11402, 11443
birthLatitude41.08488985821407older · lat_birth_place
source lines 11402, 11443
birthLongitude29.056960217582365older · lon_birth_place
source lines 11402, 11443
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 11402, 11443
language:ArabicAsinaolder · lang_arabic
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 11402, 11443
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 11402, 11443
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 11402, 11443
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6236 · Sheet1!C6236
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6236 · Sheet1!V6236
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6236 · Sheet1!CX6236
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6236 · Sheet1!CY6236
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6237 · Sheet1!C6237
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6237 · Sheet1!V6237
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6237 · Sheet1!CX6237
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6237 · Sheet1!CY6237
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6238 · Sheet1!C6238
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6238 · Sheet1!V6238
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6238 · Sheet1!CX6238
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6238 · Sheet1!CY6238
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6239 · Sheet1!C6239
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6239 · Sheet1!V6239
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6239 · Sheet1!CX6239
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6239 · Sheet1!CY6239
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6240 · Sheet1!C6240
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6240 · Sheet1!V6240
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6240 · Sheet1!CX6240
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6240 · Sheet1!CY6240
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6241 · Sheet1!C6241
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6241 · Sheet1!V6241
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6241 · Sheet1!CX6241
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6241 · Sheet1!CY6241
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6242 · Sheet1!C6242
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6242 · Sheet1!V6242
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6242 · Sheet1!CX6242
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6242 · Sheet1!CY6242
nameMehmet Ata Beysupplemental · name
source lines 6243 · Sheet1!C6243
firstWorkH1286supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 6243 · Sheet1!V6243
firstJobTitleTicaret Mahkemesisupplemental · firstjob
source lines 6243 · Sheet1!CX6243
firstJobSalary50supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 6243 · Sheet1!CY6243

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, “Mehmet Ata Bey”, archival reference 4_457; 908_909, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-90467ae7e89e68db/.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-90467ae7e89e68db/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.