Individual dossier

Mehmet Şevket Efendi

Birthplace: arapgir Observed AH 1314–1324

104_142_280Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Şevket Efendi was born in Arapgir in AH 1293. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1312 (19 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 9 distinct AH years between 1314 and 1324, with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Buyukada (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

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Life and career

9 recorded AH years · 9 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1293
AH 1312Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1314Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1315–1316Birth-year difference: 22–23 AH years
AH 1317Birth-year difference: 24 AH years
AH 1318Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1319–1320
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1321–1322Birth-year difference: 28–29 AH years
AH 1323Birth-year difference: 30 AH years
AH 1324Birth-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 1314

Muhabere Memuru · buyukada · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1312 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1312 · 1894 labelRecorded 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 values elsewhere are stored labels.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality buyukada → alasonya
Salary 300 to 400 kuruş +100 (+33.33%)
Locality alasonya → elazig
Salary 400 to 380 kuruş -20 (-5%)
Locality elazig → harput
No annual entries for AH 1319–1320. Changes span the gap.
Locality harput → mecidozu
Locality mecidozu → bolu
Locality bolu → karadeniz eregli

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

Places in this record

AH 1312 · 1894 labelRecorded 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: 104_142_280

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.

Original note (excerpt): “işret ve şiddet / Mumaileyh Harput Mahkeme başkatibinin haremine esna-yı rahda saika-i sekr ile harf-endazlık ve buna kanaat etmeyerek hanesi kapısına hücumla ” …
Original note: “Şiddet”

Excerpts are shortened; complete wording is available in the source record download.

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1321–1324. This label applies to those annual entries, not to the official’s lifetime.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Annual legal-record indicator: 1 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1314–1318
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1321–1324

Legal wording and source descriptions

Identical wording is shown once above. Repeated copies remain separately listed here; they do not establish independent confirmation.

Original note: “işret ve şiddet / Mumaileyh Harput Mahkeme başkatibinin haremine esna-yı rahda saika-i sekr ile harf-endazlık ve buna kanaat etmeyerek hanesi kapısına hücumla tasallut eylemesine mebni bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 11 Ağustos sene 1307 mahalli hükumetince taht-ı tevkife alınmış ve şu haliyle bekası gayr-i caiz görülmüş olmasıyla badehu hakkında lâhık olacak hükme göre muamele-i kanuniye ifa olunmak üzere tarih-i mezkurdan itibaren idareten açığa çıkarıldığı”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1319 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1902 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Şiddet”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1319 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1902 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “işret ve şiddet / Mumaileyh Harput Mahkeme başkatibinin haremine esna-yı rahda saika-i sekr ile harf-endazlık ve buna kanaat etmeyerek hanesi kapısına hücumla tasallut eylemesine mebni bin üç yüz on dokuz senesi Cemaziyelevvelinin dokuzunda 11 Ağustos sene 1307 mahalli hükumetince taht-ı tevkife alınmış ve şu haliyle bekası gayr-i caiz görülmüş olmasıyla badehu hakkında lâhık olacak hükme göre muamele-i kanuniye ifa olunmak üzere tarih-i mezkurdan itibaren idareten açığa çıkarıldığı”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1319 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Şiddet”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1319 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1314–1318 · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.
Recorded annual value 1 · AH 1321–1324 · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.

Earlier legal-notes workbook legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)

Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1319 (calendar unverified)