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Mehmed Sami Efendi

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 0100_0037; 71

Mehmed Sami Efendi was born in Kutahya in AH 1270 (1853–1854). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Trabzon in AH 1288 (1871–1872), 18 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Mektubi Kalemi” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 15 distinct AH years in AH 1292–1311 (1875–1894), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Giresun (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings. Mehmed Sami Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1311 (1893–1894).

Recorded preparation

Birth
AH 1270 (1853–1854); kutahya
School / programme
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship duration
0 source-recorded years
Qualification field (recorded code)
1
Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
0
Father’s occupation
Kavait
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Recorded language terms

  • Turkish: Kitabet (writing)

First-work fields

Recorded year
AH 1288 (1871–1872)
Place
Trabzon
First-salary field
50 kuruş
Recorded first-job wording
Mektubi Kalemi

First-work may concern earlier state service or preparation. The first-salary amount is separately recorded and is not dated by the first-work year.

Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

Original codes across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rütbe
0
Mecidi nişanı
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî
0
Madalya
0
Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi
1
  • Original legal note: “Zimmet” (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))
  • Original legal note (excerpt): “Zimmet / üç bin yedi yüz elli kuruş yirmi beş para zımmetinden dolayı bin üç yüz senesi şehr-i Receb-i şerifinin on birinde azl ile üç yüz yedi senesi şehr-i Şa” … (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))

The annual personnel records mark “yes for this annual record” in AH 1305–1308 (1887–1891), AH 1310–1311 (1892–1894).

Annual legal indicator · original codes
0 / 1
Personnel legal field · original codes
0 / 1
Additional annual legal field · original codes
0 / 1
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
1
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
1

Legal wording and annual indicators are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts. Complete original notes (2 distinct texts), codes and archival source details remain in the online dossier. Repeated source copies do not establish independent confirmation.

Annual chronology

15 annual entries in 15 recorded AH years. Gregorian equivalents are shown in parentheses; source G years are retained separately. Gaps remain gaps. Salaries are nominal monthly assigned kuruş, not confirmed disbursements.

AH year (Gregorian)Source G yearRecorded titleLocality / provinceMonthly kuruş
AH 1292 (1875–1876)1875muhabere memurugiresun
Province: trabzon
300
AH 1293 (1876–1877)1876muhabere memurugiresun
Province: trabzon
400
AH 1294 (1877–1878)1877muhabere memurutrabzon
Province: trabzon
400
AH 1295 (1878)1878muhabere memurutrabzon
Province: trabzon
400
AH 1296 (1878–1879)1879muhabere memurutrabzon
Province: trabzon
400
AH 1297 (1879–1880)1880muhabere memuruordu
Province: trabzon
500
AH 1298 (1880–1881)1881muhabere memurugumushane
Province: trabzon
600
AH 1299 (1881–1882)1882muhabere memurugumushane
Province: trabzon
600
AH 1305 (1887–1888)1888basmudur kitabetiyemen
Province: yemen
1,000
AH 1306 (1888–1889)1889muduryemen kazasi
Province: yemen
1,600
AH 1307 (1889–1890)1890muduryemen kazasi
Province: yemen
1,600
AH 1308 (1890–1891)1891muduryemen kazasi
Province: yemen
1,600
AH 1309 (1891–1892)1892Muduryemen kazasi
Province: yemen
1,600
AH 1310 (1892–1893)1892muduryemen kazasi
Province: yemen
1,600
AH 1311 (1893–1894)1893Vefatyemen kazasi
Province: yemen
Not recorded