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Besim Efendi

Birthplace: hayfa Observed AH 1300–1329 (1882–1911)

58- 202;397Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Besim Efendi was born in Hayfa in AH 1281 (1864–1865). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Mektebi Mahsusa. First work is recorded in Hayfa in AH 1300 (1882–1883), 19 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 28 distinct AH years in AH 1300–1329 (1882–1911), with gaps; it begins with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Hayfa (500 kuruş monthly). muhabere memuru appears later, in AH 1329 (1911), with 800 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

28 recorded AH years · 28 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1281 (1864–1865)
AH 1300 (1882–1883)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1300 (1882–1883)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1301–1302 (1883–1885)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1303–1306 (1885–1889)Birth-year difference: 22–25 AH years
AH 1307–1309 (1889–1892)Birth-year difference: 26–28 AH years
AH 1310 (1892–1893)Birth-year difference: 29 AH years
AH 1311–1325 (1893–1908)Birth-year difference: 30–44 AH years
AH 1326 (1908–1909)Birth-year difference: 45 AH years
AH 1327 (1909–1910)Birth-year difference: 46 AH years
AH 1328 (1910–1911)Birth-year difference: 47 AH years
AH 1329 (1911)Birth-year difference: 48 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 1300 (1882–1883)

Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · hayfa · 500 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1300 (1882–1883) in Hayfa. The first-salary field is 500 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1300 (1882–1883)Recorded first-work anchorHayfa

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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

No annual entries for AH 1301–1302 (1883–1885). Changes span the gap.
Title Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti → Muhabere Memuru
Locality hayfa → sevakin
Locality sevakin → murefte
Locality murefte → izmir
Locality izmir → canakkale
Salary 500 to 432 kuruş -68 (-13.6%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → muhabere memuru
Title muhabere memuru → 3. mudur
Salary 432 to 600 kuruş +168 (+38.89%)
Title 3. mudur → muhabere memuru
Salary 600 to 800 kuruş +200 (+33.33%)
Locality canakkale → izmir

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

Places in this record

AH 1300 (1882–1883)Recorded first-work anchorHayfa

◆ 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- 202;397

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 1300 (1882–1883), AH 1303–1309 (1885–1892), AH 1311–1329 (1893–1911)

Legal wording and source descriptions