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Mehmet Reşit Efendi

Birthplace: kavala Observed AH 1286–1324 (1869–1907)

45_247; 491Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Reşit Efendi was born in Kavala in AH 1259 (1843–1844). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Prizren in AH 1284 (1867–1868), 25 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 37 distinct AH years in AH 1286–1324 (1869–1907), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Uskup (400 kuruş monthly). 1. Mudur appears later, in AH 1323 (1905–1906), with 1,200 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

37 recorded AH years · 37 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1259 (1843–1844)
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1286–1291 (1869–1875)Birth-year difference: 27–32 AH years
AH 1292–1293 (1875–1877)Birth-year difference: 33–34 AH years
AH 1294–1304 (1877–1887)Birth-year difference: 35–45 AH years
AH 1305–1306 (1887–1889)Birth-year difference: 46–47 AH years
AH 1307 (1889–1890)Birth-year difference: 48 AH years
AH 1308–1312 (1890–1895)Birth-year difference: 49–53 AH years
AH 1313–1315 (1895–1898)Birth-year difference: 54–56 AH years
AH 1316 (1898–1899)Birth-year difference: 57 AH years
AH 1317–1319 (1899–1902)Birth-year difference: 58–60 AH years
AH 1320 (1902–1903)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1321 (1903–1904)Birth-year difference: 62 AH years
AH 1322 (1904–1905)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1323–1324 (1905–1907)Birth-year difference: 64–65 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 1286 (1869–1870)

Muhabere Memuru · uskup · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1284 (1867–1868) in Prizren. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1284 (1867–1868)Recorded first-work anchorPrizren

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.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Salary 400 to 380 kuruş -20 (-5%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → Seyyar Memur
Locality uskup → mitrovice
Salary 380 to 600 kuruş +220 (+57.89%)
Title Seyyar Memur → Basmuhabere Memuru
Locality mitrovice → kumanova
Salary 600 to 800 kuruş +200 (+33.33%)
Salary 800 to 600 kuruş -200 (-25%)
Title Basmuhabere Memuru → Muhabere Memuru
Locality kumanova → brana
Locality brana → grebene
Locality grebene → kirmasti
Title Muhabere Memuru → 3. Mudur
Locality kirmasti → mihalic
Salary 600 to 540 kuruş -60 (-10%)
Locality mihalic → sarikoy
Title 3. Mudur → Seyyar Memur
Locality sarikoy → dersaadet
Salary 540 to 675 kuruş +135 (+25%)
No annual entries for AH 1320 (1902–1903). Changes span the gap.
Title Seyyar Memur → 2. Mudur
Locality dersaadet → elazig
Salary 675 to 900 kuruş +225 (+33.33%)
No annual entries for AH 1322 (1904–1905). Changes span the gap.
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality elazig → konya
Salary 900 to 1,200 kuruş +300 (+33.33%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1284 (1867–1868)Recorded first-work anchorPrizren

◆ 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: 45_247; 491

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): “Edpsizlik / Mumaileyhe vazifesince görülen lakaydane ve tesamühkârane harekatından dolayı bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Recebinin on yedisinde 17 Teşrinisani sene ” …
Original note (excerpt): “Görevi kötüye kullanma / Mumaileyh Kirmasti'nin tüccar ve ahalisine posta umurunda eza ve cefa ederek bu yüzden merkezin varidatına sekte iras eylediği cihetle ” …
Original note (excerpt): “Mumaileyhin menzilhane munakasasından mütevellit münafesat ve münakaşat-ı zatiye yüzünden bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 20 Temmuz sen” …

3 further distinct original notes are available in the evidence below.

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

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1310–1319 (1892–1902), AH 1321 (1903–1904), AH 1323–1324 (1905–1907). 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 1286–1308 (1869–1891)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1310–1319 (1892–1902)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 2 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1321 (1903–1904)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 3 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1323–1324 (1905–1907)

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: “Edpsizlik / Mumaileyhe vazifesince görülen lakaydane ve tesamühkârane harekatından dolayı bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Recebinin on yedisinde 17 Teşrinisani sene 1317 yedi yüz elli kuruş maaşla Selanik Vilayeti'nde Lofça Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürlüğü'ne naklolunmuş iken gitmediğinden dolayı bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin on sekizinde 13 Nisan sene 1318 açığa çıkarıldığı ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1320 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1903 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görevi kötüye kullanma / Mumaileyh Kirmasti'nin tüccar ve ahalisine posta umurunda eza ve cefa ederek bu yüzden merkezin varidatına sekte iras eylediği cihetle mucib-i intibahı olmak üzere bin üç yüz on senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on dokuzunda 27 Kânunuevvel sene 1308 Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresi kararıyla üç günlük maaşı katʻ edilmiştir.”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1893 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Mumaileyhin menzilhane munakasasından mütevellit münafesat ve münakaşat-ı zatiye yüzünden bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 20 Temmuz sene 1320 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Suriye Vilayeti'nde Hama Sancağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne naklolunmuş ise de aradan birkaç mah geçtiği halde henüz memuriyeti başına gitmediğinden sene-i merkume Zilkadesi selhinde 23 Kânunusani sene 1320 idareten açığa çıkarılarak üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Zilhiccesinin on üçünde 26 Kânunusani sene 1321 bin iki yüz kuruş maaşla Konya Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne bi't-tayin tahlifi icra edildiği şube-i mezkurenin 28 Şaban sene 1324 tarihli vukuat pusulasında beyan edilmiştir”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1906 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Fesat”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1906 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görevi Kötüye Kullanma ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1893 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1320 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1903 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Edpsizlik / Mumaileyhe vazifesince görülen lakaydane ve tesamühkârane harekatından dolayı bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Recebinin on yedisinde 17 Teşrinisani sene 1317 yedi yüz elli kuruş maaşla Selanik Vilayeti'nde Lofça Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürlüğü'ne naklolunmuş iken gitmediğinden dolayı bin üç yüz yirmi senesi Muharreminin on sekizinde 13 Nisan sene 1318 açığa çıkarıldığı ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1320 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görevi kötüye kullanma / Mumaileyh Kirmasti'nin tüccar ve ahalisine posta umurunda eza ve cefa ederek bu yüzden merkezin varidatına sekte iras eylediği cihetle mucib-i intibahı olmak üzere bin üç yüz on senesi Cemaziyelahirinin on dokuzunda 27 Kânunuevvel sene 1308 Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Meclis-i İdaresi kararıyla üç günlük maaşı katʻ edilmiştir.”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Mumaileyhin menzilhane munakasasından mütevellit münafesat ve münakaşat-ı zatiye yüzünden bin üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 20 Temmuz sene 1320 sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Suriye Vilayeti'nde Hama Sancağı Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne naklolunmuş ise de aradan birkaç mah geçtiği halde henüz memuriyeti başına gitmediğinden sene-i merkume Zilkadesi selhinde 23 Kânunusani sene 1320 idareten açığa çıkarılarak üç yüz yirmi üç senesi Zilhiccesinin on üçünde 26 Kânunusani sene 1321 bin iki yüz kuruş maaşla Konya Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne bi't-tayin tahlifi icra edildiği şube-i mezkurenin 28 Şaban sene 1324 tarihli vukuat pusulasında beyan edilmiştir”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Fesat”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1323 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Görevi Kötüye Kullanma ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Memuriyete Uymayan Hal ve Hareketler”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1320 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1286–1308 (1869–1891) · 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 1310–1319 (1892–1902), AH 1321 (1903–1904), AH 1323–1324 (1905–1907) · 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: 1310 (calendar unverified)
Recorded code 2 · Stored source-year values: 1320 (calendar unverified)
Recorded code 3 · Stored source-year values: 1323 (calendar unverified)