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Mehmet Salih Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1320–1322

118-83-161Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Salih Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1298. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1321 (23 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years between 1320 and 1322, with gaps; it begins with Mevrude Memuru in Dersaadet (150 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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Honours, rank and legal records

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Sabıka / criminal records

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

October annual indicator: 0
Additional October code: 0

Legal wording, values and source locators

Original annual indicator value 0
AH 1320, 1322
October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
Source lines 56605, 61234, 61235, 61236

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1320
Source lines 36150, 36151
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36152, 36153

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1320
Source lines 36150, 36151
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36152, 36153

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1320
Source lines 36150, 36151
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36152, 36153

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1320
Source lines 36150, 36151
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
Source lines 36152, 36153

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1320
Source lines 36150, 36151
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36152, 36153

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1320
Source lines 36150, 36151
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 36152, 36153

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1320
Source lines 36150, 36151
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
Source lines 36152, 36153

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1320
Source lines 36152, 36153
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
Source lines 36150, 36151

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1320
Source lines 36152, 36153
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
Source lines 36150, 36151

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1320
Source lines 56605
Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1322
Source lines 61234, 61235, 61236

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1320
Source lines 35032
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
Source lines 35031, 35033, 35034

September personnel source · criminal

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1320
Source lines 35032
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1322
Source lines 35031, 35033, 35034

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.

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Life and career

2 recorded AH years · 2 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1298
AH 1320Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
AH 1321Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
AH 1321
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1322Birth-year difference: 24 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 1320

Mevrude Memuru · dersaadet · 150 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1321 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1321 · 1903 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

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 1321 · 1903 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

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.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

No annual entries for AH 1321. Changes span the gap.

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.

Missing AH years: 1321. Older source entries do not fill the selected annual chronology.

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme: Darussafaka
Schooling duration: 12 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship: 0.5 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator: 0
Telegraph school indicator: 1
Father’s occupation: Ketebe
Recorded birth year: AH 1298
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 1321 · 1903 label
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.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

Logistics

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

Mevrude Memuru

All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

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Recorded field	Original value	Source locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertion	Logistics	september-occupation · occupation_cat Source-year labels: 1320, 1322 Source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Mevrude Memuru	eda-memur · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 36150, 36151, 36152, 36153
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Mevrude Memuru	eda-memureski · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 36150, 36151, 36152, 36153
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1320 Source lines 56605
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1322 Source lines 61234, 61235, 61236
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1320 Source lines 36150, 36151
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1322 Source lines 36152, 36153
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1320 Source lines 36150, 36151
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1322 Source lines 36152, 36153
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1320 Source lines 36150, 36151
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1322 Source lines 36152, 36153
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 Source lines 36150, 36151
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 Source lines 36152, 36153
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1320 Source lines 36150, 36151
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1322 Source lines 36152, 36153
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1320 Source lines 36150, 36151
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1322 Source lines 36152, 36153
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1320 Source lines 36150, 36151
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1322 Source lines 36152, 36153
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 Source lines 36152, 36153
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 Source lines 36150, 36151
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1320 Source lines 36152, 36153
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1322 Source lines 36150, 36151
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1320 Source lines 56605
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1322 Source lines 61234, 61235, 61236
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 Source lines 35032
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 Source lines 35031, 35033, 35034
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1320 Source lines 35032
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1322 Source lines 35031, 35033, 35034

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Source year	Gregorian label	Title	Locality wording	Monthly kuruş	Source line
	1902	Mevrude MemuruOriginal: mevrude memuru	dersaadet	150	recovered line 32913
	1904	Mevrude MemuruOriginal: mevrude memuru	dersaadet	150	recovered line 32914

AH 1320 · 1902 label
Mevrude Memuru
Original title: mevrude memuru
dersaadet
150 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32913
AH 1322 · 1904 label
Mevrude Memuru
Original title: mevrude memuru
dersaadet
150 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32914

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 · 2 annual entries
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.

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Field	Source alternatives	Display rule
telegraphSchool	1 recovered · telgraf · source lines 32913, 32914 0 september · telegraph_school · source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034 1 older · telgraph_school · source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863	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 (82)

Field	Original stored value	Source field and lines
birthH	1298	recovered · dobirth source lines 32913, 32914
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birthplace source lines 32913, 32914
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birth_place source lines 32913, 32914
birthProvince	dersaadet	recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 32913, 32914
school	Darussafaka	recovered · school_type source lines 32913, 32914
schoolingYears	12	recovered · education_year source lines 32913, 32914
schoolingYears	12	recovered · school_year source lines 32913, 32914
apprenticeshipYears	0.5	recovered · mulazemet source lines 32913, 32914
qualification	0	recovered · qualification source lines 32913, 32914
derivedQualificationFlag	0	recovered · has_qualification source lines 32913, 32914
telegraphSchool	1	recovered · telgraf source lines 32913, 32914
religion	Musluman	recovered · religion source lines 32913, 32914
nationality	Turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 32913, 32914
fatherJob	Ketebe	recovered · fatherjob source lines 32913, 32914
fatherJob	ketebe	recovered · father_job source lines 32913, 32914
firstWorkH	1321	recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 32913, 32914
firstWorkG	1903	recovered · firstjobyear source lines 32913, 32914
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 32913, 32914
firstWorkSalary	150	recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 32913, 32914
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 32913, 32914
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 32913, 32914
name	Mehmet Salih Efendi	september · İsim source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
birthH	1298	september · dobirth source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
birthPlace	dersaadet	september · birthplace source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
birthProvince	dersaadet	september · birth_vilayet source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
school	darussafaka	september · school_type source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
schoolingYears	12	september · education_year source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
apprenticeshipYears	0.5	september · mulazemet source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
apprenticeshipYears	0.5	september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
qualification	0	september · qualification source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
telegraphSchool	0	september · telegraph_school source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
religion	musluman	september · religion source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
nationality	turkish	september · nationality source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
fatherJob	ketebe	september · fatherjob source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
firstWorkH	1321	september · firstjob_year source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	september · firstjob_place source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
firstWorkSalary	150	september · firstjob_wage source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	september · lat_birth_place source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	september · lon_birth_place source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
language:Turkish	Kitabet	september · lang_turkish source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	september · lang_turkish2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	september · lang_arabic2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
language:French	Kitabet	september · lang_french source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	september · lang_french2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	september · lang_persian2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	september · lang_english2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	september · lang_italian2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	september · lang_armenian2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	september · lang_greek2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	september · lang_rum2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	september · lang_russian2 source lines 35031, 35032, 35033, 35034
name	Mehmet Salih Efendi	older · İsim source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
birthH	1298	older · dobirth source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
birthPlace	dersaadet	older · birthplace source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
birthProvince	dersaadet	older · birth_vilayet source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
school	darussafaka	older · school_type source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
schoolingYears	12	older · education_year source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
apprenticeshipYears	.5	older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
qualification	0	older · qualification source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
telegraphSchool	1	older · telgraph_school source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
religion	musluman	older · religion source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
nationality	turkish	older · nationality source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
fatherJob	ketebe	older · fatherjob source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
firstWorkH	1321	older · firstjob_year source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	older · firstjob_place source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
firstWorkSalary	150	older · firstjob_wage source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	older · lat_birth_place source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	older · lon_birth_place source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
language:Turkish	Kitabet	older · lang_turkish source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	older · lang_turkish2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	older · lang_arabic2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
language:French	Kitabet	older · lang_french source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	older · lang_french2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	older · lang_persian2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	older · lang_english2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	older · lang_italian2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	older · lang_armenian2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	older · lang_greek2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	older · lang_rum2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	older · lang_russian2 source lines 9384, 11161, 16119, 26863

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, “Mehmet Salih Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 118-83-161. 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-9dd8a49dc6054a8c/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 118-83-161
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-9dd8a49dc6054a8c/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.