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Mehmet Vasfi Efendi

Birthplace: arapgir Observed AH 1324–1325

147-242-479Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Vasfi Efendi was born in Arapgir in AH 1297. Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Sirkeci in AH 1324 (27 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years between 1324 and 1325; it begins with Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoglu (340 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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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.

October annual indicator: 0
Additional October code: 0

Legal wording, values and source locators

Original annual indicator value 0
AH 1324–1325
October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
Source lines 64673, 65623

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 38412

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
Source lines 38411
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 38412

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1324
Source lines 64673
Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1325
Source lines 65623

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
Source lines 37175
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 37174

September personnel source · criminal

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1324
Source lines 37175
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 37174

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 1297
AH 1324Birth-year difference: 27 AH years
AH 1324–1325Birth-year difference: 27–28 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.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1324

Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti · beyoglu · 340 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1324 in sirkeci. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1324 · 1906 labelRecorded first-work anchorsirkeci

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 1324 · 1906 labelRecorded first-work anchorsirkeci

◆ 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: Darussafaka
Schooling duration: 12 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship: 0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator: 0
Telegraph school indicator: 1
Father’s occupation: ciftci
Recorded birth year: AH 1297
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 1324 · 1906 label
Place: sirkeci
First-salary field: 300 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)

FL Communication and Telegraph

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti

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Recorded field	Original value	Source locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertion	FL Communication and Telegraph	september-occupation · occupation_cat Source-year labels: 1324–1325 Source lines 37174, 37175
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti	eda-memur · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 38411, 38412
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti	eda-memureski · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 38411, 38412
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 64673
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 65623
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38411
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38412
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38411
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38412
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38411
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38412
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 Source lines 38411
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 38412
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38411
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38412
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38411
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38412
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 38411
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 38412
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 Source lines 38411
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 38412
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 38411
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 38412
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1324 Source lines 64673
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1325 Source lines 65623
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 Source lines 37175
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 37174
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 37175
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 37174

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Source year	Gregorian label	Title	Locality wording	Monthly kuruş	Source line
	1906	Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti	beyoglu	340	recovered line 34844
	1907	Muhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiOriginal: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti	beyoglu	340	recovered line 34845

AH 1324 · 1906 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
beyoglu
340 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 34844
AH 1325 · 1907 label
Muhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
Original title: muhaberati ecnebiye memuriyeti
beyoglu
340 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 34845

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: Outside the paper sample
Other archival labels: No different label recorded
Geography: Recorded place assertions; map linkage is separately reported

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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
birthProvince	elazig recovered · birth_vilayet · source lines 34844, 34845 mamuretul aziz september · birth_vilayet · source lines 37174, 37175 mamuretul aziz older · birth_vilayet · source lines 1569, 1862	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.
telegraphSchool	1 recovered · telgraf · source lines 34844, 34845 0 september · telegraph_school · source lines 37174, 37175 1 older · telgraph_school · source lines 1569, 1862	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	1297	recovered · dobirth source lines 34844, 34845
birthPlace	arapgir	recovered · birthplace source lines 34844, 34845
birthPlace	arapgir	recovered · birth_place source lines 34844, 34845
birthProvince	elazig	recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 34844, 34845
school	Darussafaka	recovered · school_type source lines 34844, 34845
schoolingYears	12	recovered · education_year source lines 34844, 34845
schoolingYears	12	recovered · school_year source lines 34844, 34845
apprenticeshipYears	0	recovered · mulazemet source lines 34844, 34845
qualification	0	recovered · qualification source lines 34844, 34845
derivedQualificationFlag	0	recovered · has_qualification source lines 34844, 34845
telegraphSchool	1	recovered · telgraf source lines 34844, 34845
religion	Musluman	recovered · religion source lines 34844, 34845
nationality	Turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 34844, 34845
fatherJob	ciftci	recovered · fatherjob source lines 34844, 34845
fatherJob	ciftci	recovered · father_job source lines 34844, 34845
firstWorkH	1324	recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 34844, 34845
firstWorkG	1906	recovered · firstjobyear source lines 34844, 34845
firstWorkPlace	sirkeci	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 34844, 34845
firstWorkSalary	300	recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 34844, 34845
birthLatitude	39.042863000000004	recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 34844, 34845
birthLongitude	38.489643	recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 34844, 34845
name	Mehmet Vasfi Efendi	september · İsim source lines 37174, 37175
birthH	1297	september · dobirth source lines 37174, 37175
birthPlace	arapgir	september · birthplace source lines 37174, 37175
birthProvince	mamuretul aziz	september · birth_vilayet source lines 37174, 37175
school	darussafaka	september · school_type source lines 37174, 37175
schoolingYears	12	september · education_year source lines 37174, 37175
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · mulazemet source lines 37174, 37175
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 37174, 37175
qualification	0	september · qualification source lines 37174, 37175
telegraphSchool	0	september · telegraph_school source lines 37174, 37175
religion	musluman	september · religion source lines 37174, 37175
nationality	turkish	september · nationality source lines 37174, 37175
fatherJob	ciftci	september · fatherjob source lines 37174, 37175
firstWorkH	1324	september · firstjob_year source lines 37174, 37175
firstWorkPlace	sirkeci	september · firstjob_place source lines 37174, 37175
firstWorkSalary	300	september · firstjob_wage source lines 37174, 37175
birthLatitude	39.042863000000004	september · lat_birth_place source lines 37174, 37175
birthLongitude	38.489643	september · lon_birth_place source lines 37174, 37175
language:Turkish	Kitabet	september · lang_turkish source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	september · lang_turkish2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	september · lang_arabic2 source lines 37174, 37175
language:French	Kitabet	september · lang_french source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	september · lang_french2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	september · lang_persian2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	september · lang_english2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	september · lang_italian2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	september · lang_armenian2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	september · lang_greek2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	september · lang_rum2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 37174, 37175
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	september · lang_russian2 source lines 37174, 37175
name	Mehmet Vasfi Efendi	older · İsim source lines 1569, 1862
birthH	1297	older · dobirth source lines 1569, 1862
birthPlace	arapgir	older · birthplace source lines 1569, 1862
birthProvince	mamuretul aziz	older · birth_vilayet source lines 1569, 1862
school	darussafaka	older · school_type source lines 1569, 1862
schoolingYears	12	older · education_year source lines 1569, 1862
apprenticeshipYears	0	older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 1569, 1862
qualification	0	older · qualification source lines 1569, 1862
telegraphSchool	1	older · telgraph_school source lines 1569, 1862
religion	musluman	older · religion source lines 1569, 1862
nationality	turkish	older · nationality source lines 1569, 1862
fatherJob	ciftci	older · fatherjob source lines 1569, 1862
firstWorkH	1324	older · firstjob_year source lines 1569, 1862
firstWorkPlace	sirkeci	older · firstjob_place source lines 1569, 1862
firstWorkSalary	300	older · firstjob_wage source lines 1569, 1862
birthLatitude	39.042863000000004	older · lat_birth_place source lines 1569, 1862
birthLongitude	38.489643	older · lon_birth_place source lines 1569, 1862
language:Turkish	Kitabet	older · lang_turkish source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	older · lang_turkish2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	older · lang_arabic2 source lines 1569, 1862
language:French	Kitabet	older · lang_french source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	older · lang_french2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	older · lang_persian2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	older · lang_english2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	older · lang_italian2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	older · lang_armenian2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	older · lang_greek2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	older · lang_rum2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 1569, 1862
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	older · lang_russian2 source lines 1569, 1862

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 Vasfi Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 147-242-479. 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-b6a0db0c39d3f85d/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 147-242-479
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-b6a0db0c39d3f85d/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.