Mehmet Kamil Efendi
Mehmet Kamil Efendi was born in Bursa in AH 1256 (1840–1841). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan Mektebi. The surviving career record covers 42 distinct AH years in AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899); it begins with Defteri Hakani Kalemi in Bursa (50 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).
This official is newly included from the cross-institution personnel records. No Post and Telegraph appointment is established by this source.
Life and career
42 recorded AH years · 42 annual entries
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1256 (1840–1841)
- AH 1275–1277 (1858–1861)Birth-year difference: 19–21 AH years
- AH 1278–1294 (1861–1878)Birth-year difference: 22–38 AH years
- AH 1295–1307 (1878–1890)Birth-year difference: 39–51 AH years
- AH 1308–1316 (1890–1899)Birth-year difference: 52–60 AH years
Each stage retains its recorded place, title and institutional group. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same institution, title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.
Assigned salary in the annual career
Monthly kuruş · AH
Defteri Hakani Kalemi · Bursa · 50 kuruş monthly
- Land registry
Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years within the same recorded institution only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.
Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes
Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.
Salary 50 to 300 kuruş +250 (+500%)
Salary 300 to 400 kuruş +100 (+33.33%)
Title Defteri Hakani Kalemi → Arazi Kalemi
Locality Bursa → sumnu
Salary 400 to 700 kuruş +300 (+75%)
Title Arazi Kalemi → Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Locality sumnu → Beyrut
Salary 700 to 760 kuruş +60 (+8.57%)
Locality Beyrut → Lazistan
Salary 760 to 750 kuruş -10 (-1.32%)
Salary 750 to 675 kuruş -75 (-10%)
A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.
Places in this record
◆ 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: 3_329;654
Collection retained in the coded personnel source: 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.
- Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)
- 0 · Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899)
Legal wording and source descriptions
Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)
Cross-institution personnel records
- Recorded code 0 · AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899)
Rank and honour codes
Original values across linked assertions, including zero; meanings are unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.
- Rank code (meaning unverified)
- 0
- Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)
- 0
- Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)
- 0
- Medal code (meaning unverified)
- 0
Rank, nişan, medal and merit source descriptions
Associated year values locate the recorded assertion; they are not award dates.
Rank code (meaning unverified)
- Recorded code 0
Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899)
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)
- Recorded code 0
Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899)
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)
- Recorded code 0
Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899)
Medal code (meaning unverified)
- Recorded code 0
Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899)
Preparation
- School / programme
- Sibyan Mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 4 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 2 source-recorded years
- Qualification indicator
- Not recorded
- Telegraph school indicator
- Not recorded
- Father’s occupation
- Tuccar
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1256 (1840–1841)
- Religion wording
- Musluman
- Nationality wording
- Turkish
Schooling and apprenticeship numbers are source duration/classification fields. No dated education or training event is inferred. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.
First-work and entry-pay fields
The recorded first-job fields are shown separately below.
Recorded first job
- Department / title wording
- Defteri Hakani Kalemi
- Workbook first-job year
- 1273 (calendar unverified)
- Associated salary field
- 50 kuruş
The first-job wording and associated amount are recorded separately from the first-salary field and annual pay.
Read the recorded alternativesRecorded 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
Recorded first-job wording
- Defteri Hakani Kalemi
First-work year value (calendar unverified)
- 1273
First-job salary field (undated)
- 50
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes
Additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. This is separate from the annual data edition.
Download the complete additional source record (JSON)
| Recorded field | Original value | Source description and year |
|---|---|---|
| Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning | 0 | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
| Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning | 0 | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
| Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning | 0 | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
| Medal code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning | 0 | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
| Recorded first-job wordingRecorded source assertion | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
| First-work year value (calendar unverified)Recorded source assertion | 1,273 | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
| First-job salary field (undated)Recorded source assertion | 50 | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
| Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion | 0 | Cross-institution personnel records AH 1275–1316 (1858–1899) |
Read the complete annual source table
Every displayed annual entry, in Hijri-year order, with institutional classifications retained. Entries sharing a year remain separate. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.
| Source year | Source Gregorian label | Institutional group | Title | Locality wording | Monthly kuruş | Archival reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Bursa | 50 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Bursa | 300 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Bursa | 400 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Arazi Kalemi | sumnu | 700 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Beyrut | 760 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 750 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 750 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 750 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 750 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 750 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 750 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 675 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 675 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records | |
| Not recorded | Land registry | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | LazistanAlternatives: Lazistan / rize | 675 | 3_329;654 Cross-institution personnel records |
- AH 1275 (1858–1859)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
50 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1276 (1859–1860)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
300 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1277 (1860–1861)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
400 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1278 (1861–1862)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1279 (1862–1863)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1280 (1863–1864)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1281 (1864–1865)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1282 (1865–1866)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1283 (1866–1867)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1284 (1867–1868)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1285 (1868–1869)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1286 (1869–1870)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1287 (1870–1871)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1288 (1871–1872)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1289 (1872–1873)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1290 (1873–1874)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1291 (1874–1875)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1292 (1875–1876)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1293 (1876–1877)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1294 (1877–1878)
Arazi Kalemi
Land registry
700 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1295 (1878)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1296 (1878–1879)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1297 (1879–1880)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1298 (1880–1881)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1299 (1881–1882)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1300 (1882–1883)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1301 (1883–1884)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1302 (1884–1885)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1303 (1885–1886)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1304 (1886–1887)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1305 (1887–1888)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1306 (1888–1889)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1307 (1889–1890)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
760 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1308 (1890–1891)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
750 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1309 (1891–1892)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
750 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1310 (1892–1893)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
750 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1311 (1893–1894)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
750 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1312 (1894–1895)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
750 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1313 (1895–1896)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
750 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1314 (1896–1897)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
675 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1315 (1897–1898)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
675 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
- AH 1316 (1898–1899)
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
Land registry
Lazistan
675 kuruş / monthArchival reference 3_329;654 · Cross-institution personnel records
Evidence & edition
Personnel records and their differences
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 spans identify the calendar years touched by the whole AH year, using the tabular Islamic calendar. Original source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence. 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.
Collection membership
- Website edition
- Current collective-biography edition
- Personnel records
- Linked source record
- Annual display sources
- Cross-institution personnel records
- Paper sample
- Outside the paper sample
- 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. Linked cross-institution entries carry their own source and institutional group; they do not replace Post and Telegraph entries. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.
Recorded values and source alternatives (13)
| Field | Original stored value | Personnel record |
|---|---|---|
| Recorded name | Mehmet Kamil Efendi | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded birth year (AH) | 1256AH 1256 (1840–1841) | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded birthplace | Bursa | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded father’s occupation | Tuccar | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded nationality wording | Turkish | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded religion wording | Musluman | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded school or programme | Sibyan Mektebi | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded schooling duration | 4 | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded apprenticeship duration | 2 | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| First-work year value (calendar unverified) | 1273 | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded first-job wording | Defteri Hakani Kalemi | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded first-job salary field | 50 | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
| Recorded language field: Turkish | Kitabet | Archival reference 3_329;654 Linked source record |
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Original recorded values
BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 3_329;654. Linked cross-institution coded personnel records; original wording and differing assertions are retained.
Cite this record
Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Kamil Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 3_329;654. Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset. Annual edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45; additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-c7fd6b54d3c909dc/ Cross-institution source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45.
BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 3_329;654
Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.
Stable archival reference: 3_329;654. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.