Individual dossier

Recep Tevfik Efendi

149-97-189Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Recep Tevfik Efendi was born in Samsun in AH 1301. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Samsun in AH 1315 (14 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 3 distinct AH years between 1322 and 1324; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Beyrut (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 149-97-189

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 1322–1324
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 61562, 63468, 64867

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 39031

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 39029
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 39030
  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 39031

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1322
    Source lines 61562
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1323
    Source lines 63468
  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1324
    Source lines 64867

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1322
    Source lines 37781
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
    Source lines 37783
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 37782

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1322
    Source lines 37781
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1323
    Source lines 37783
  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 37782

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 1301
  2. AH 1315Birth-year difference: 14 AH years
  3. AH 1322–1324Birth-year difference: 21–23 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 1322

Muhabere Memuru · beyrut · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1315 in Samsun. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1315 · 1897 labelRecorded first-work anchorSamsun
0150300AH 1322AH 1323AH 1324AH 1322 · 1904 label: 300 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · beyrutAH 1323 · 1905 label: 300 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · beyrutAH 1324 · 1906 label: 300 kuruş / month · Muhabere Memuru · beyrut

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 1315 · 1897 labelRecorded first-work anchorSamsun
samsun: Locality linkage; agreedsamsunbeyrut: Source coordinate on AH 1322 annual entry; ambiguousbeyrut

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record
  • Locality record

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
7 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Mahkeme Memuru
Recorded birth year
AH 1301
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 1315 · 1897 label
Place
Samsun
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

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: 1322–1324
Source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39029, 39030, 39031
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39029, 39030, 39031
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 61562
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 63468
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 64867
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39029
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39030
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39031
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39029
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39030
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39031
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39029
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39030
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39031
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 39029
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 39030
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 39031
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39029
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39030
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39031
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1322
Source lines 39029
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 39030
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 39031
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 39029
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 39030
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 39031
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 39029
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 39030
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 39031
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 39029
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 39030
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 39031
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1322
Source lines 61562
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1323
Source lines 63468
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1324
Source lines 64867
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1322
Source lines 37781
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1323
Source lines 37783
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 37782
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1322
Source lines 37781
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1323
Source lines 37783
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 37782

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 · 2 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 (80)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1301recovered · dobirth
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
birthPlacesamsunrecovered · birthplace
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
birthPlacesamsunrecovered · birth_place
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
birthProvincetrabzonrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
apprenticeshipYears7recovered · mulazemet
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
qualification0recovered · qualification
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
fatherJobMahkeme Memururecovered · fatherjob
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
fatherJobmahkeme memururecovered · father_job
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
firstWorkH1315recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
firstWorkG1897recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
firstWorkPlaceSamsunrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
firstWorkSalary300recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
birthLatitude41.28853100000012recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
birthLongitude36.33398200000009recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 35448, 35449, 35450
nameRecep Tevfik Efendi september · İsim
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
birthH1301september · dobirth
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
birthPlacesamsunseptember · birthplace
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
birthProvincetrabzonseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
apprenticeshipYears7september · mulazemet
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
apprenticeshipYears7september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
fatherJobmahkeme memuruseptember · fatherjob
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
firstWorkH1315september · firstjob_year
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
firstWorkPlacesamsunseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
firstWorkSalary300september · firstjob_wage
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
birthLatitude41.28853100000012september · lat_birth_place
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
birthLongitude36.33398200000009september · lon_birth_place
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 37781, 37782, 37783
nameRecep Tevfik Efendi older · İsim
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
birthH1301older · dobirth
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
birthPlacesamsunolder · birthplace
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
birthProvincetrabzonolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
apprenticeshipYears7older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
fatherJobmahkeme memuruolder · fatherjob
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
firstWorkH1315older · firstjob_year
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
firstWorkPlacesamsunolder · firstjob_place
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
firstWorkSalary300older · firstjob_wage
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
birthLatitude41.28853100000012older · lat_birth_place
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
birthLongitude36.33398200000009older · lon_birth_place
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 58918, 58919, 58924

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, “Recep Tevfik Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 149-97-189. 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-bf0948b84c84d596/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 149-97-189
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-bf0948b84c84d596/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.