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Mehmet Sami Efendi

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 0065_0041; 79

Mehmet Sami Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1290 (1873–1874). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Trabzon in AH 1306 (1888–1889), 16 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 7 distinct AH years in AH 1309–1316 (1891–1899), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Sam (400 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

Recorded preparation

Birth
AH 1290 (1873–1874); dersaadet
School / programme
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship duration
3 source-recorded years
Qualification field (recorded code)
0
Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
0
Father’s occupation
Telgraf Memuru
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Recorded language terms

  • Turkish: Kitabet (writing)

First-work fields

Recorded year
AH 1306 (1888–1889)
Place
Trabzon
First-salary field
400 kuruş

First-work may concern earlier state service or preparation. The first-salary amount is separately recorded and is not dated by the first-work year.

Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

  • Original legal note: “Zimmet” (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))
  • Original legal note (excerpt): “Zimmet / Mumaileyh Şeyh Sait'te inşa olunan kablo kulübesi masarifatından bin üç yüz yetmiş dört buçuk kuruş zimmetine geçirdiğinden dolayı bin üç yüz on yedi s” … (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))
Annual legal indicator · original codes
0
Additional annual legal field · original codes
0
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
1
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
1

Legal wording and annual indicators are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts. Complete original notes (2 distinct texts), codes and archival source details remain in the online dossier. Repeated source copies do not establish independent confirmation.

Annual chronology

7 annual entries in 7 recorded AH years. Gregorian equivalents are shown in parentheses; source G years are retained separately. Gaps remain gaps. Salaries are nominal monthly assigned kuruş, not confirmed disbursements.

AH year (Gregorian)Source G yearRecorded titleLocality / provinceMonthly kuruş
AH 1309 (1891–1892)1892Muhabere Memurusam
Province: suriye
400
AH 1310 (1892–1893)1892muhabere memuruuskup
Province: kosova
400
AH 1311 (1893–1894)1893muhabere memuruyemen
Province: yemen
750
AH 1313 (1895–1896)1895muhabere memurusivas
Province: sivas
400
AH 1314 (1896–1897)1896muhabere memurutrabzon
Province: trabzon
500
AH 1315 (1897–1898)1897muhabere memurutrabzon
Province: trabzon
500
AH 1316 (1898–1899)1898muhabere memuruyemen
Province: yemen
1,200