Individual dossier

Mahmut Nedim Efendi

164-7-9Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mahmut Nedim Efendi was born in Malatya in AH 1299. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at rusdiye mektebi. First work is recorded in Kozan in AH 1325 (26 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years between 1326 and 1327; it begins with muhabere memuru in Osmaniye (270 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 164-7-9

Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

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Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

Sabıka / criminal records

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Legal wording, values and source locators
  • Original annual indicator value 0
    AH 1326–1327
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 66392, 66662

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1327
    Source lines 40098

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1326
    Source lines 40097
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1327
    Source lines 40098

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1326
    Source lines 66392
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1327
    Source lines 66662

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
    Source lines 38796
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1327
    Source lines 38797

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1326
    Source lines 38796
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1327
    Source lines 38797

Rank and honour codes

Original values across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

No honour or rank code assertion is linked in these additional sources.

About these sources

Life and career

2 recorded AH years · 2 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1299
  2. AH 1325Birth-year difference: 26 AH years
  3. AH 1326Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
  4. AH 1327Birth-year difference: 28 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 4

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1326

muhabere memuru · osmaniye · 270 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1325 in kozan. The first-salary field is 270 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1325Recorded first-work anchorkozan
0150300AH 1326AH 1327AH 1326: 270 kuruş / month · muhabere memuru · osmaniyeAH 1327: 300 kuruş / month · muhabere memuru · sam

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 1325Recorded first-work anchorkozan
malatya: Locality linkage; agreedmalatyakozan: Locality linkage; agreedkozanosmaniye: Locality linkage; agreedosmaniyesam: Locality linkage; agreedsam

◆ 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 osmaniye → sam

    Salary 270 to 300 kuruş +30 (+11.11%)

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
1 source-recorded year
Qualification indicator
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
katip
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 1325
Place
kozan
First-salary field
270 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.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

  • Communication and Telegraph

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Muhabere Memuru
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Enrichment edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-e57164ecd75cde91. This is separate from the annual data edition; the compact dossier PDF cites both editions.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertionCommunication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1326–1327
Source lines 38796, 38797
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 40097, 40098
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 40097, 40098
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1326
Source lines 66392
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1327
Source lines 66662
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 40097
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1327
Source lines 40098
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 40097
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1327
Source lines 40098
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 40097
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1327
Source lines 40098
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326
Source lines 40097
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1327
Source lines 40098
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 40097
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1327
Source lines 40098
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 40097
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1327
Source lines 40098
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1326
Source lines 40097
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1327
Source lines 40098
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326
Source lines 40097
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1327
Source lines 40098
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1326
Source lines 40097
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1327
Source lines 40098
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1326
Source lines 66392
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1327
Source lines 66662
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1326
Source lines 38796
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1327
Source lines 38797
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1326
Source lines 38796
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1327
Source lines 38797

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
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 (77)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1299recovered · dobirth
source lines 36629, 36630
birthPlacemalatyarecovered · birth_place
source lines 36629, 36630
birthProvinceelazigrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 36629, 36630
schoolrusdiye mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 36629, 36630
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 36629, 36630
apprenticeshipYears1recovered · mulazemet
source lines 36629, 36630
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 36629, 36630
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 36629, 36630
religionmuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 36629, 36630
nationalityturkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 36629, 36630
fatherJobkatiprecovered · father_job
source lines 36629, 36630
firstWorkH1325recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 36629, 36630
firstWorkPlacekozanrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 36629, 36630
firstWorkSalary270recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 36629, 36630
birthLatitude38.354389000000054recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 36629, 36630
birthLongitude38.32470899999999recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 36629, 36630
nameMahmut Nedim Efendi september · İsim
source lines 38796, 38797
birthH1299september · dobirth
source lines 38796, 38797
birthPlacemalatyaseptember · birthplace
source lines 38796, 38797
birthProvinceelazigseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 38796, 38797
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 38796, 38797
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 38796, 38797
apprenticeshipYears1september · mulazemet
source lines 38796, 38797
apprenticeshipYears1september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 38796, 38797
apprenticeshipYears1september · internship
source lines 38796, 38797
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 38796, 38797
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 38796, 38797
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 38796, 38797
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 38796, 38797
fatherJobkatipseptember · fatherjob
source lines 38796, 38797
firstWorkH1325september · firstjob_year
source lines 38796, 38797
firstWorkPlacekozanseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 38796, 38797
firstWorkSalary270september · firstjob_wage
source lines 38796, 38797
birthLatitude38.354389000000054september · lat_birth_place
source lines 38796, 38797
birthLongitude38.32470899999999september · lon_birth_place
source lines 38796, 38797
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 38796, 38797
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 38796, 38797
nameMahmut Nedim Efendi older · İsim
source lines 52799, 52871
birthH1299older · dobirth
source lines 52799, 52871
birthPlacemalatyaolder · birthplace
source lines 52799, 52871
birthProvinceelazigolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 52799, 52871
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 52799, 52871
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 52799, 52871
apprenticeshipYears1older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 52799, 52871
apprenticeshipYears1older · internship
source lines 52799, 52871
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 52799, 52871
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 52799, 52871
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 52799, 52871
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 52799, 52871
fatherJobkatipolder · fatherjob
source lines 52799, 52871
firstWorkH1325older · firstjob_year
source lines 52799, 52871
firstWorkPlacekozanolder · firstjob_place
source lines 52799, 52871
firstWorkSalary270older · firstjob_wage
source lines 52799, 52871
birthLatitude38.354389000000054older · lat_birth_place
source lines 52799, 52871
birthLongitude38.32470899999999older · lon_birth_place
source lines 52799, 52871
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 52799, 52871
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 52799, 52871

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

Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mahmut Nedim Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 164-7-9. Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis. Annual edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a; additional source edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-enrichment-e57164ecd75cde91. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-9d6ab1f1630f9111/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 164-7-9
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-9d6ab1f1630f9111/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.