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Bekir Sami Efendi

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 97_22; 43

Bekir Sami Efendi was born in Sinop in AH 1274 (1857–1858). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Sinop in AH 1292 (1875–1876), 18 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Telgraf” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 22 distinct AH years in AH 1294–1322 (1877–1905), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Inceburun (500 kuruş monthly). Mersule Basmemuru appears later, in AH 1315 (1897–1898), with 1,021 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

Recorded preparation

Birth
AH 1274 (1857–1858); sinop
School / programme
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship duration
2 source-recorded years
Qualification field (recorded code)
1
Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
0
Father’s occupation
Esnaf
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Recorded language terms

  • Turkish: Kitabet (writing)

First-work fields

Recorded year
AH 1292 (1875–1876)
Place
Sinop
First-salary field
500 kuruş
Recorded first-job wording
Telgraf

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
Annual legal indicator · original codes
0
Personnel legal field · original codes
0
Additional annual legal field · original codes
0

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

Annual chronology

22 annual entries in 22 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 1294 (1877–1878)1877muhabere memuruinceburun
Province: kastamonu
500
AH 1300 (1882–1883)1883muhabere memurusinop
Province: kastamonu
380
AH 1301 (1883–1884)1884muhabere memurusinop
Province: kastamonu
380
AH 1302 (1884–1885)1885muhabere memurusinop
Province: kastamonu
380
AH 1303 (1885–1886)1886muhabere memurusinop
Province: kastamonu
380
AH 1304 (1886–1887)1887muhabere memurusinop
Province: kastamonu
380
AH 1305 (1887–1888)1888muhabere memurusinop
Province: kastamonu
380
AH 1306 (1888–1889)1889muhabere memurusinop
Province: kastamonu
380
AH 1307 (1889–1890)1890muhabere memurugarzan
Province: bitlis
500
AH 1310 (1892–1893)1892muhabere memuruarhavi
Province: trabzon
600
AH 1311 (1893–1894)18933. mudurgumushane
Province: trabzon
600
AH 1312 (1894–1895)18943. mudurgumushane
Province: trabzon
600
AH 1313 (1895–1896)18953. mudurgumushane
Province: trabzon
600
AH 1314 (1896–1897)18963. mudurgumushane
Province: trabzon
540
AH 1315 (1897–1898)1897mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,021
AH 1316 (1898–1899)1898mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,021
AH 1317 (1899–1900)1899mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,100
AH 1318 (1900–1901)1900mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,100
AH 1319 (1901–1902)1901mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,100
AH 1320 (1902–1903)1902mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,370
AH 1321 (1903–1904)1903mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,370
AH 1322 (1904–1905)1904mersule basmemurudersaadet
Province: dersaadet
1,800