Individual dossier

Mustafa Efendi

121-118-231Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Mustafa Efendi was born in Van in AH 1295. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Ercis in AH 1312 (17 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 3 distinct AH years between 1321 and 1323; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Bulanik (250 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 121-118-231

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 1321–1323
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 59263, 61409, 63234

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 37299

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 37297
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 37298
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 37299

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1321
    Source lines 59263
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1322
    Source lines 61409
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1323
    Source lines 63234

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 36127
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 36129
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 36128

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 36127
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 36129
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 36128

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

3 recorded AH years · 3 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1295
  2. AH 1312Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
  3. AH 1321–1323Birth-year difference: 26–28 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 5

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1321

Muhabere Memuru · bulanik · 250 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1312 in Ercis. The first-salary field is 250 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1312 · 1894 labelRecorded first-work anchorErcis
0125250AH 1321AH 1322AH 1323AH 1321 · 1903 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · bulanikAH 1322 · 1904 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · bulanikAH 1323 · 1905 label: 250 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · bulanik

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 1312 · 1894 labelRecorded first-work anchorErcis
van: Locality linkage; agreedvanercis: Locality linkage; agreedercisbulanik: Locality linkage; agreedbulanik

◆ 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.

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
9 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1295
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 1312 · 1894 label
Place
Ercis
First-salary field
250 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: 1321–1323
Source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 37297, 37298, 37299
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 37297, 37298, 37299
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 59263
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 61409
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 63234
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 37297
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 37298
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 37299
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 37297
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 37298
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 37299
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 37297
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 37298
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 37299
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 37297
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 37298
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 37299
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 37297
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 37298
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 37299
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 37297
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 37298
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 37299
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 37297
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 37298
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 37299
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 37297
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 37298
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 37299
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 37297
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 37298
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 37299
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1321
Source lines 59263
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1322
Source lines 61409
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1323
Source lines 63234
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 36127
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 36129
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 36128
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 36127
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 36129
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 36128

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 · 3 annual entries
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 (78)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1295recovered · dobirth
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
birthPlacevanrecovered · birthplace
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
birthPlacevanrecovered · birth_place
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
birthProvincevanrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
apprenticeshipYears9recovered · mulazemet
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
firstWorkH1312recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
firstWorkG1894recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
firstWorkPlaceErcisrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
firstWorkSalary250recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
birthLatitude38.49974599999989recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
birthLongitude43.3934790000002recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 33990, 33991, 33992
nameMustafa Efendi september · İsim
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
birthH1295september · dobirth
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
birthPlacevanseptember · birthplace
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
birthProvincevanseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
apprenticeshipYears9september · mulazemet
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
apprenticeshipYears9september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
apprenticeshipYears9september · internship
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
firstWorkH1312september · firstjob_year
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
firstWorkPlaceercisseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
firstWorkSalary250september · firstjob_wage
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
birthLatitude38.49974599999989september · lat_birth_place
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
birthLongitude43.3934790000002september · lon_birth_place
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 36127, 36128, 36129
nameMustafa Efendi older · İsim
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
birthH1295older · dobirth
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
birthPlacevanolder · birthplace
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
birthProvincevanolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
apprenticeshipYears9older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
apprenticeshipYears9older · internship
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
firstWorkH1312older · firstjob_year
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
firstWorkPlaceercisolder · firstjob_place
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
firstWorkSalary250older · firstjob_wage
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
birthLatitude38.49974599999989older · lat_birth_place
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
birthLongitude43.3934790000002older · lon_birth_place
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 67025, 67104, 67155

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, “Mustafa Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 121-118-231. 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-a429607231056553/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 121-118-231
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-a429607231056553/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.