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Hamit Ali Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1321

114_105; 205Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Hamit Ali Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1300. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1318 (18 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1321 with Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul (40 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 114_105; 205

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.

October annual indicator
0
Additional October code
0
Legal wording, values and source locators
  • Original annual indicator value 0
    AH 1321
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 58720

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 33718

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 33718

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1321
    Source lines 58720

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1321
    Source lines 32726

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1321
    Source lines 32726

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

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1300
  2. AH 1318Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
  3. AH 1321Birth-year difference: 21 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 1321

Meclis Kitabeti · istanbul · 40 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1318 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 40 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1318 · 1900 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
40 kuruş / month

AH 1321 · 1903 label

One annual entry survives; there is no salary trajectory to draw.

Places in this record

AH 1318 · 1900 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
Istanbul / Dersaadet: Source coordinate on AH 1321 annual entry; ambiguousIstanbul / Dersaadet

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • 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
3 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1300
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 1318 · 1900 label
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
40 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)

  • Clerical and Administrative Staff

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Meclis Kitabeti
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 assertionClerical and Administrative Staffseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1321
Source lines 32726
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMeclis Kitabetieda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 33718
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMeclis Kitabetieda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 33718
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 58720
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 33718
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 33718
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 33718
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 33718
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 33718
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1321
Source lines 33718
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 33718
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 33718
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 33718
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1321
Source lines 58720
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1321
Source lines 32726
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1321
Source lines 32726
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Every displayed annual entry, in source / Hijri-year order. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.

Every displayed annual entry. Select a year to inspect its salary, title, place and source together.
Source yearGregorian labelTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşSource line
1903Meclis KitabetiOriginal: meclis kitabetiistanbul40recovered
line 30695
  1. AH 1321 · 1903 label

    Meclis Kitabeti

    Original title: meclis kitabeti

    istanbul

    40 kuruş / month

    recovered · source line 30695

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 · 1 annual entries
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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 (76)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1300recovered · dobirth
source lines 30695
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birthplace
source lines 30695
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birth_place
source lines 30695
birthProvincedersaadetrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 30695
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 30695
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 30695
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 30695
apprenticeshipYears3recovered · mulazemet
source lines 30695
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 30695
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 30695
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 30695
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 30695
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 30695
firstWorkH1318recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 30695
firstWorkG1900recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 30695
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 30695
firstWorkSalary40recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 30695
birthLatitude41.08488985821407recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 30695
birthLongitude29.056960217582365recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 30695
nameHamit Ali Efendi september · İsim
source lines 32726
birthH1300september · dobirth
source lines 32726
birthPlacedersaadetseptember · birthplace
source lines 32726
birthProvincedersaadetseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 32726
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 32726
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 32726
apprenticeshipYears3september · mulazemet
source lines 32726
apprenticeshipYears3september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 32726
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 32726
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 32726
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 32726
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 32726
firstWorkH1318september · firstjob_year
source lines 32726
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 32726
firstWorkSalary40september · firstjob_wage
source lines 32726
birthLatitude41.08488985821407september · lat_birth_place
source lines 32726
birthLongitude29.056960217582365september · lon_birth_place
source lines 32726
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 32726
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 32726
nameHamit Ali Efendi older · İsim
source lines 31482
birthH1300older · dobirth
source lines 31482
birthPlacedersaadetolder · birthplace
source lines 31482
birthProvincedersaadetolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 31482
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 31482
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 31482
apprenticeshipYears3older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 31482
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 31482
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 31482
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 31482
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 31482
firstWorkH1318older · firstjob_year
source lines 31482
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 31482
firstWorkSalary40older · firstjob_wage
source lines 31482
birthLatitude41.08488985821407older · lat_birth_place
source lines 31482
birthLongitude29.056960217582365older · lon_birth_place
source lines 31482
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 31482
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 31482

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, “Hamit Ali Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 114_105; 205. 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-c1b3b74490b6d544/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 114_105; 205
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-c1b3b74490b6d544/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.