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Hüseyin Besim Efendi

Birthplace: kemah Observed AH 1276–1307 (1859–1890)

8_99; 193Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Hüseyin Besim Efendi was born in Kemah in AH 1258 (1842–1843). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1274 (1857–1858), 16 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 31 distinct AH years in AH 1276–1307 (1859–1890), with gaps; it begins with posta memuru in Uskudar (150 kuruş monthly). Veznadar appears later, in AH 1307 (1889–1890), with 1,350 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

31 recorded AH years · 31 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1258 (1842–1843)
AH 1274 (1857–1858)Birth-year difference: 16 AH years
AH 1276 (1859–1860)Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1277 (1860–1861)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1278–1285 (1861–1869)Birth-year difference: 20–27 AH years
AH 1286 (1869–1870)Birth-year difference: 28 AH years
AH 1287 (1870–1871)Birth-year difference: 29 AH years
AH 1288 (1871–1872)Birth-year difference: 30 AH years
AH 1289 (1872–1873)Birth-year difference: 31 AH years
AH 1290–1295 (1873–1878)Birth-year difference: 32–37 AH years
AH 1296 (1878–1879)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1297–1304 (1879–1887)Birth-year difference: 39–46 AH years
AH 1305–1306 (1887–1889)Birth-year difference: 47–48 AH years
AH 1307 (1889–1890)Birth-year difference: 49 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 1276 (1859–1860)

posta memuru · uskudar · 150 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1274 (1857–1858) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1274 (1857–1858)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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Title posta memuru → Posta Memuru
Locality uskudar → besiktas
Locality besiktas → mahmutpasa tabyasi
Title Posta Memuru → Pul Kitabeti
Locality mahmutpasa tabyasi → dersaadet
Salary 150 to 350 kuruş +200 (+133.33%)
Title Pul Kitabeti → Pul Basmemuru
Salary 350 to 550 kuruş +200 (+57.14%)
Title Pul Basmemuru → Mekatib Memuru
Salary 550 to 600 kuruş +50 (+9.09%)
Title Mekatib Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality dersaadet → galata
Salary 600 to 900 kuruş +300 (+50%)
Title 2. Mudur → Pul Kitabeti
Locality galata → dersaadet
Salary 900 to 975 kuruş +75 (+8.33%)
Salary 975 to 1,000 kuruş +25 (+2.56%)
No annual entries for AH 1296 (1878–1879). Changes span the gap.
Salary 1,000 to 950 kuruş -50 (-5%)
Salary 950 to 760 kuruş -190 (-20%)
Salary 760 to 1,200 kuruş +440 (+57.89%)
Title Pul Kitabeti → istatistik Basmemuru
Title istatistik Basmemuru → Veznadar
Salary 1,200 to 1,350 kuruş +150 (+12.5%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1274 (1857–1858)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: 8_99; 193

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): “Beraat /iftira / memuriyet-i mezkureden dahi hakkında vuku bulan bazı azviyata mebni işten el çektirilmiş ise de Şura-yı Devlet'ce lede'l-muhakeme beraet-i zimm” …
Original note: “Bereat”

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

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1297–1307 (1879–1890). 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 1276 (1859–1860), AH 1278–1295 (1861–1878)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1297–1307 (1879–1890)

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: “Beraat /iftira / memuriyet-i mezkureden dahi hakkında vuku bulan bazı azviyata mebni işten el çektirilmiş ise de Şura-yı Devlet'ce lede'l-muhakeme beraet-i zimmeti tebeyyün eylemiş ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1879 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Bereat”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1879 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Beraat /iftira / memuriyet-i mezkureden dahi hakkında vuku bulan bazı azviyata mebni işten el çektirilmiş ise de Şura-yı Devlet'ce lede'l-muhakeme beraet-i zimmeti tebeyyün eylemiş ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Bereat”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1296 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1276 (1859–1860), AH 1278–1295 (1861–1878) · 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 1297–1307 (1879–1890) · 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: 1296 (calendar unverified)