Individual dossier

Ali Şefik Efendi

Birthplace: kandiye Observed AH 1284–1291 (1867–1875)

8_60; 115Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Ali Şefik Efendi was born in Kandiye in AH 1260 (1844–1845). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1283 (1866–1867), 23 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 8 distinct AH years in AH 1284–1291 (1867–1875); it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Kutahya (400 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing); Persian: Tekellum (speaking); Rum: Tekellum (speaking).

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Life and career

8 recorded AH years · 8 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1260 (1844–1845)
AH 1283 (1866–1867)Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
AH 1284–1285 (1867–1869)Birth-year difference: 24–25 AH years
AH 1286 (1869–1870)Birth-year difference: 26 AH years
AH 1287 (1870–1871)Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
AH 1288–1290 (1871–1874)Birth-year difference: 28–30 AH years
AH 1291 (1874–1875)Birth-year difference: 31 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 1284 (1867–1868)

Muhabere Memuru · kutahya · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1283 (1866–1867) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1283 (1866–1867)Recorded 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 spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality kutahya → yafa
Salary 400 to 600 kuruş +200 (+50%)
Locality yafa → akka
Locality akka → beyrut
Salary 600 to 570 kuruş -30 (-5%)
Locality beyrut → mersin
Salary 570 to 750 kuruş +180 (+31.58%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1283 (1866–1867)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ 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: 8_60; 115

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 1284–1291 (1867–1875)

Legal wording and source descriptions