Individual dossier

Selim Efendi

Birthplace: sayda Observed AH 1284–1314 (1867–1897)

58_0017; 31Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Selim Efendi was born in Sayda in AH 1261 (1845). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Millet Mektebi. First work is recorded in Sayda in AH 1279 (1862–1863), 18 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 31 distinct AH years in AH 1284–1314 (1867–1897); it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Trablussam (400 kuruş monthly). 3. Mudur appears later, in AH 1314 (1896–1897), with 630 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing); Italian: Kitabet (writing). Selim Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1315 (1897–1898).

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Life and career

31 recorded AH years · 31 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1261 (1845)
AH 1279 (1862–1863)Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
AH 1285 (1868–1869)Birth-year difference: 24 AH years
AH 1286–1287 (1869–1871)Birth-year difference: 25–26 AH years
AH 1288 (1871–1872)Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
AH 1289–1292 (1872–1876)Birth-year difference: 28–31 AH years
AH 1293–1296 (1876–1879)Birth-year difference: 32–35 AH years
AH 1297–1302 (1879–1885)Birth-year difference: 36–41 AH years
AH 1303 (1885–1886)Birth-year difference: 42 AH years
AH 1304–1305 (1886–1888)Birth-year difference: 43–44 AH years
AH 1306 (1888–1889)Birth-year difference: 45 AH years
AH 1307–1309 (1889–1892)Birth-year difference: 46–48 AH years
AH 1310–1313 (1892–1896)Birth-year difference: 49–52 AH years
AH 1314 (1896–1897)Birth-year difference: 53 AH years
AH 1315 (1897–1898)

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 1284 (1867–1868)

Muhabere Memuru · trablussam · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1279 (1862–1863) in Sayda. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1279 (1862–1863)Recorded first-work anchorSayda

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.

Recorded death

AH 1315 (1897–1898) · “Vefat”

The personnel record lists “Vefat” under this year.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality trablussam → gazze
Salary 400 to 480 kuruş +80 (+20%)
Locality gazze → sam
Salary 480 to 560 kuruş +80 (+16.67%)
Locality sam → beyrut
Salary 560 to 480 kuruş -80 (-14.29%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → sifre Memuru
Locality beyrut → akka
Salary 480 to 760 kuruş +280 (+58.33%)
Title sifre Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality akka → hayfa
Salary 760 to 800 kuruş +40 (+5.26%)
Title 2. Mudur → 3. Mudur
Salary 800 to 600 kuruş -200 (-25%)
Title 3. Mudur → Basmemur
Locality hayfa → cemisgezek
Title Basmemur → 2. Mudur
Locality cemisgezek → mersin
Salary 600 to 760 kuruş +160 (+26.67%)
Salary 760 to 800 kuruş +40 (+5.26%)
Title 2. Mudur → Muhabere Memuru
Locality mersin → akka
Salary 800 to 575 kuruş -225 (-28.13%)
Locality akka → hayfa
Salary 575 to 600 kuruş +25 (+4.35%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 2. Mudur
Salary 600 to 700 kuruş +100 (+16.67%)
Title 2. Mudur → 3. Mudur
Salary 700 to 630 kuruş -70 (-10%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1279 (1862–1863)Recorded first-work anchorSayda

◆ 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: 58_0017; 31

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.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1284–1308 (1867–1891), AH 1310–1314 (1892–1897)

Legal wording and source descriptions