Individual dossier

Mustafa Atıf Efendi

161-19-33Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mustafa Atıf Efendi was born in Trabzon in AH 1305. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at darussafaka. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1326 (21 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1326 with mekatib memuru in Dersaadet (150 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); 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 1305
  2. AH 1326Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
  3. AH 1326Birth-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 1326

mekatib memuru · dersaadet · 150 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1326 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1326Recorded first-work anchoristanbul
150 kuruş / month

AH 1326

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

Places in this record

AH 1326Recorded first-work anchoristanbul
trabzon: Locality linkage; agreedtrabzonIstanbul / Dersaadet: Source coordinate on AH 1326 annual entry; ambiguousIstanbul / Dersaadet

◆ 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.

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
darussafaka
Schooling duration
12 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1305
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 1326
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
150 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.

Further biographical evidence

Source wording and status assertions

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.

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Download these additional source records (JSON)

Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMekatib Memurueda-memur · currentjob
source lines 39778
Recorded source-year values: 1326
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMekatib Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
source lines 39778
Recorded source-year values: 1326
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 66345
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 39778
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 39778
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 39778
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 39778
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 66345
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 38505
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1326 · AH
source lines 38505

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
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.

About the edition, calendars and selection

FieldSource alternativesDisplay rule
telegraphSchool
0
recovered · telgraf · source lines 36340
0
september · telegraph_school · source lines 38505
1
older · telgraph_school · source lines 65099
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 (74)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1305recovered · dobirth
source lines 36340
birthPlacetrabzonrecovered · birth_place
source lines 36340
birthProvincetrabzonrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 36340
schooldarussafakarecovered · school_type
source lines 36340
schoolingYears12recovered · school_year
source lines 36340
apprenticeshipYears0recovered · mulazemet
source lines 36340
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 36340
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 36340
religionmuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 36340
nationalityturkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 36340
firstWorkH1326recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 36340
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 36340
firstWorkSalary150recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 36340
birthLatitude41.00519699999978recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 36340
birthLongitude39.72642999999985recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 36340
nameMustafa Atıf Efendi september · İsim
source lines 38505
birthH1305september · dobirth
source lines 38505
birthPlacetrabzonseptember · birthplace
source lines 38505
birthProvincetrabzonseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 38505
schooldarussafakaseptember · school_type
source lines 38505
schoolingYears12september · education_year
source lines 38505
apprenticeshipYears0september · mulazemet
source lines 38505
apprenticeshipYears0september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 38505
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 38505
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 38505
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 38505
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 38505
firstWorkH1326september · firstjob_year
source lines 38505
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 38505
firstWorkSalary150september · firstjob_wage
source lines 38505
birthLatitude41.00519699999978september · lat_birth_place
source lines 38505
birthLongitude39.72642999999985september · lon_birth_place
source lines 38505
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 38505
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 38505
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 38505
nameMustafa Atıf Efendi older · İsim
source lines 65099
birthH1305older · dobirth
source lines 65099
birthPlacetrabzonolder · birthplace
source lines 65099
birthProvincetrabzonolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 65099
schooldarussafakaolder · school_type
source lines 65099
schoolingYears12older · education_year
source lines 65099
apprenticeshipYears0older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 65099
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 65099
telegraphSchool1older · telgraph_school
source lines 65099
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 65099
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 65099
firstWorkH1326older · firstjob_year
source lines 65099
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 65099
firstWorkSalary150older · firstjob_wage
source lines 65099
birthLatitude41.00519699999978older · lat_birth_place
source lines 65099
birthLongitude39.72642999999985older · lon_birth_place
source lines 65099
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 65099
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 65099
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 65099

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, “Mustafa Atıf Efendi”, archival reference 161-19-33, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-92a0c6330615c18e/.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-92a0c6330615c18e/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.