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Tafur Efendi

Birthplace: istanbul Recorded AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)

0002_0202; 400Preserved archival reference
Cross-institution personnel record
A short account from recorded fields

Tafur Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1262 (1845–1846). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Fransiz Mektebi. The surviving career record covers 17 distinct AH years in AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884); it begins with Mazbata Memuru in Istanbul (300 kuruş monthly). Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi appears later, in AH 1297 (1879–1880), with 2,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Asina (familiarity); French: Tekellum (speaking); Persian: Asina (familiarity); English: Tekellum (speaking); Italian: Tekellum (speaking); Armenian: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 0002_0202; 400

Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

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This official is newly included from the cross-institution personnel records. No Post and Telegraph appointment is established by this source.

Life and career

17 recorded AH years · 17 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1262 (1845–1846)
  2. AH 1285–1293 (1868–1877)Birth-year difference: 23–31 AH years
  3. AH 1294 (1877–1878)Birth-year difference: 32 AH years
  4. AH 1295 (1878)Birth-year difference: 33 AH years
  5. AH 1296 (1878–1879)Birth-year difference: 34 AH years
  6. AH 1297–1301 (1879–1884)Birth-year difference: 35–39 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.

2 of 18

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1285 (1868–1869)

Mazbata Memuru · istanbul · 300 kuruş monthly

AH 1285 (1868–1869)Mazbata Memuruistanbul · 300 kuruş / month
  • Other recorded institution
  • Justice
01,2502,500AH 1285 (1868–1869)AH 1285(1868–1869)AH 1288 (1871–1872)AH 1288(1871–1872)AH 1290 (1873–1874)AH 1290(1873–1874)AH 1293 (1876–1877)AH 1293(1876–1877)AH 1296 (1878–1879)AH 1296(1878–1879)AH 1298 (1880–1881)AH 1298(1880–1881)AH 1301 (1883–1884)AH 1301(1883–1884)AH 1285 (1868–1869) · Other recorded institution: 300 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbul300 kuruşAH 1286 (1869–1870) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1287 (1870–1871) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1288 (1871–1872) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1289 (1872–1873) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1290 (1873–1874) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1291 (1874–1875) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1292 (1875–1876) · Other recorded institution: 400 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1293 (1876–1877) · Other recorded institution: 1,250 kuruş / month · Mazbata Memuru · istanbulAH 1294 (1877–1878) · Justice: 1,900 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkemesi Mumeyyiz · BeyogluAH 1295 (1878) · Justice: 2,500 kuruş / month · Adliye Nezareti Umuri Hukuk Muduru · istanbulAH 1296 (1878–1879) · Justice: 2,500 kuruş / month · icra Dairesi Muavini · BeyogluAH 1297 (1879–1880) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi · BeyogluAH 1298 (1880–1881) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi · BeyogluAH 1299 (1881–1882) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi · BeyogluAH 1300 (1882–1883) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi · BeyogluAH 1301 (1883–1884) · Justice: 2,000 kuruş / month · Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi · Beyoglu

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.

  1. Salary 300 to 400 kuruş +100 (+33.33%)

  2. Salary 400 to 1,250 kuruş +850 (+212.5%)

  3. Title Bidayet Mahkemesi Mumeyyiz → Adliye Nezareti Umuri Hukuk Muduru

    Locality Beyoglu → istanbul

    Salary 1,900 to 2,500 kuruş +600 (+31.58%)

  4. Title Adliye Nezareti Umuri Hukuk Muduru → icra Dairesi Muavini

    Locality istanbul → Beyoglu

  5. Title icra Dairesi Muavini → Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Salary 2,500 to 2,000 kuruş -500 (-20%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1285 (1868–1869)Mazbata Memuruistanbul · 300 kuruş / month
beyoglu: Locality linkage; agreedbeyoglu

◆ 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.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0202; 400

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 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
Legal wording and source descriptions

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Cross-institution personnel records

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)

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 1285–1301 (1868–1884)

Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)

Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)

Medal code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Fransiz Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
Not recorded
Telegraph school indicator
Not recorded
Father’s occupation
Sarraf
Recorded birth year
AH 1262 (1845–1846)
Religion wording
Hristiyan
Nationality wording
Ermeni

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.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

The recorded first-job fields are shown separately below.

Original personnel workbook

Recorded first job

Department / title wording
Adliye
Workbook first-job year
1285 (calendar unverified)
Associated salary field
300 kuruş

The first-job wording and associated amount are recorded separately from the first-salary field and annual pay.

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Recorded language repertoire

7 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
Arabic
Asina (familiarity)
French
Tekellum (speaking)
Persian
Asina (familiarity)
English
Tekellum (speaking)
Italian
Tekellum (speaking)
Armenian
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 source field

  • Rum ve Ermeni lisanlari icin bir tekellum kitabi telif ile nesr ettirmistir.

Recorded school locality

  • Paris

Recorded first-job wording

  • Adliye

First-work year value (calendar unverified)

  • 1285

First-job salary field (undated)

  • 300
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
Medal code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
Recorded source fieldRecorded source assertionRum ve Ermeni lisanlari icin bir tekellum kitabi telif ile nesr ettirmistir. Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285 (1868–1869)
Recorded school localityRecorded source assertionParisCross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
Recorded first-job wordingRecorded source assertionAdliyeCross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
First-work year value (calendar unverified)Recorded source assertion1,285Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
First-job salary field (undated)Recorded source assertion300Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1285–1301 (1868–1884)
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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.

Every displayed annual entry. Select a year to inspect its salary, title, place and source together.
Source yearSource Gregorian labelInstitutional groupTitleLocality wordingMonthly kuruşArchival reference
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul3000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul4000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul4000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul4000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul4000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul4000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul4000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul4000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedOther recorded institutionMazbata Memuruistanbul1,2500002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkemesi MumeyyizBeyoglu1,9000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeAdliye Nezareti Umuri Hukuk Muduruistanbul2,5000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeicra Dairesi MuaviniBeyoglu2,5000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkeme AzasiBeyoglu2,0000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkeme AzasiBeyoglu2,0000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkeme AzasiBeyoglu2,0000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkeme AzasiBeyoglu2,0000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
Not recordedJusticeBidayet Mahkeme AzasiBeyoglu2,0000002_0202; 400
Cross-institution personnel records
  1. AH 1285 (1868–1869)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    300 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  2. AH 1286 (1869–1870)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  3. AH 1287 (1870–1871)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  4. AH 1288 (1871–1872)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  5. AH 1289 (1872–1873)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  6. AH 1290 (1873–1874)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  7. AH 1291 (1874–1875)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  8. AH 1292 (1875–1876)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    400 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  9. AH 1293 (1876–1877)

    Mazbata Memuru

    Other recorded institution

    istanbul

    1,250 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  10. AH 1294 (1877–1878)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Mumeyyiz

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    1,900 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  11. AH 1295 (1878)

    Adliye Nezareti Umuri Hukuk Muduru

    Justice

    istanbul

    2,500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  12. AH 1296 (1878–1879)

    icra Dairesi Muavini

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    2,500 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  13. AH 1297 (1879–1880)

    Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  14. AH 1298 (1880–1881)

    Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  15. AH 1299 (1881–1882)

    Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  16. AH 1300 (1882–1883)

    Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · Cross-institution personnel records

  17. AH 1301 (1883–1884)

    Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

    Justice

    Beyoglu

    2,000 kuruş / month

    Archival reference 0002_0202; 400 · 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

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Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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Recorded values and source alternatives (19)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded nameTafur EfendiArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded birth year (AH)1262AH 1262 (1845–1846)Archival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded birthplaceistanbulArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded father’s occupationSarrafArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded nationality wordingErmeniArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded religion wordingHristiyanArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded school or programmeFransiz MektebiArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded schooling duration7Archival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded apprenticeship duration0Archival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
First-work year value (calendar unverified)1285Archival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded first-job wordingAdliyeArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded first-job salary field300Archival reference 0002_0202; 400
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Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
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Recorded language field: ArabicAsinaArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded language field: FrenchTekellumArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded language field: PersianAsinaArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded language field: EnglishTekellumArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded language field: ItalianTekellumArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record
Recorded language field: ArmenianKitabetArchival reference 0002_0202; 400
Linked source record

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Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 0002_0202; 400. Linked cross-institution coded personnel records; original wording and differing assertions are retained.

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Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Tafur Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0202; 400. 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-c9048c21040710e7/ Cross-institution source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45.

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 0002_0202; 400
Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

Stable archival reference: 0002_0202; 400. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.