Individual dossier

Hafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi

116_145; 287Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Hafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi was born in Presova in AH 1299. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Cumai Bala in AH 1313 (14 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 6 distinct AH years between 1319 and 1324; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Selanik (250 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

6 recorded AH years · 6 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1299
  2. AH 1313Birth-year difference: 14 AH years
  3. AH 1319Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
  4. AH 1320–1323Birth-year difference: 21–24 AH years
  5. AH 1324Birth-year difference: 25 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 1319

Muhabere Memuru · selanik · 250 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1313 in Cumai Bala. The first-salary field is 250 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1313 · 1895 labelRecorded first-work anchorCumai Bala
0200400AH 1319AH 1320AH 1321AH 1322AH 1323AH 1324AH 1319 · 1901 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · selanikAH 1320 · 1902 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · cumai balaAH 1321 · 1903 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · cumai balaAH 1322 · 1904 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · cumai balaAH 1323 · 1905 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · cumai balaAH 1324 · 1906 label: 400 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · erzincan

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 values elsewhere are stored labels.

Places in this record

AH 1313 · 1895 labelRecorded first-work anchorCumai Bala
presova: Locality linkage; agreedpresovacumai bala: Locality linkage; agreedcumai balaselanik: Locality linkage; agreedselanikerzincan: Locality linkage; agreederzincan

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • 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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Locality selanik → cumai bala

  2. Locality cumai bala → erzincan

    Salary 250 to 400 kuruş +150 (+60%)

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

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
6 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Telgraf Muduru
Recorded birth year
AH 1299
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 1313 · 1895 label
Place
Cumai Bala
First-salary field
250 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

1 field contains historical terms.

Turkish
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)

  • Communication and Telegraph
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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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wordingCommunication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
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Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
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Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wordingMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
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Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
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Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
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Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
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Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
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Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 62958
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1324 · AH
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adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35017
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35018
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35019
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35020
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35021
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 35022
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35017
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35018
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35019
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35020
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35021
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1324 · AH
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adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35017
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35018
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35019
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35020
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35021
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 35022
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 35017
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 35018
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 35019
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 35020
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 35021
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 35022
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 53983
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 56465
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 58912
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 61085
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 62958
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 64443
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 33941
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 33944
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 33940
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 33942
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 33945
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 33943
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1319 · AH
source lines 33941
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1320 · AH
source lines 33944
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1321 · AH
source lines 33940
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1322 · AH
source lines 33942
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1323 · AH
source lines 33945
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1324 · AH
source lines 33943

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 · 5 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.

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All substantive source assertions (80)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1299recovered · dobirth
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birthPlacepresovarecovered · birthplace
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birthPlacepresovarecovered · birth_place
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birthProvincekosovarecovered · birth_vilayet
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schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
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schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
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schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
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apprenticeshipYears6recovered · mulazemet
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qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 31862, 31863, 31864, 31865, 31866, 31867
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
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telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
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religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
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nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 31862, 31863, 31864, 31865, 31866, 31867
fatherJobTelgraf Mudururecovered · fatherjob
source lines 31862, 31863, 31864, 31865, 31866, 31867
fatherJobtelgraf mudururecovered · father_job
source lines 31862, 31863, 31864, 31865, 31866, 31867
firstWorkH1313recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 31862, 31863, 31864, 31865, 31866, 31867
firstWorkG1895recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 31862, 31863, 31864, 31865, 31866, 31867
firstWorkPlaceCumai Balarecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 31862, 31863, 31864, 31865, 31866, 31867
firstWorkSalary250recovered · firstjob_wage
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birthLatitude42.30888400000001recovered · lat_birth_place
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birthLongitude21.653534recovered · lon_birth_place
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nameHafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi september · İsim
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birthH1299september · dobirth
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birthPlacepresovaseptember · birthplace
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birthProvincekosovaseptember · birth_vilayet
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schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
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schoolingYears7september · education_year
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apprenticeshipYears6september · mulazemet
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apprenticeshipYears6september · MülazemetSüresi
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qualification1september · qualification
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fatherJobtelgraf muduruseptember · fatherjob
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firstWorkH1313september · firstjob_year
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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.

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Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Hafız Mehmet Bahir Efendi”, archival reference 116_145; 287, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-9793671a9cc5c9c8/.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-9793671a9cc5c9c8/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.