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Mehmet Şevki Efendi

Birthplace: elbistan Observed AH 1325–1326

158-228-451Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Elbistan in AH 1305. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Kudus in AH 1324 (19 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years between 1325 and 1326; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Kudus (300 kuruş monthly). muhabere memuru appears later, in AH 1326 (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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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 1325–1326
October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
Source lines 65835, 66291

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
Source lines 39550

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 39549
Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1326
Source lines 39550

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1325
Source lines 65835
Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1326
Source lines 66291

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 38283
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1326
Source lines 38284

September personnel source · criminal

Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 38283
Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1326
Source lines 38284

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

2 recorded AH years · 2 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1305
AH 1324Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1325Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1326Birth-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 1325

Muhabere Memuru · kudus · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1324 in kudus. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1324 · 1906 labelRecorded first-work anchorkudus

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 1324 · 1906 labelRecorded first-work anchorkudus

◆ 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.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Title Muhabere Memuru → muhabere memuru

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

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: 1 source-recorded year
Qualification indicator: 1
Telegraph school indicator: 0
Father’s occupation: Yuzbasi
Recorded birth year: AH 1305
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 1324 · 1906 label
Place: kudus
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

3 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish: Kitabet (writing)
Arabic: Kitabet (writing)
French: 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

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Recorded field	Original value	Source locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertion	Communication and Telegraph	september-occupation · occupation_cat Source-year labels: 1325–1326 Source lines 38283, 38284
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Muhabere Memuru	eda-memur · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 39549, 39550
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion	Muhabere Memuru	eda-memureski · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 39549, 39550
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 65835
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 66291
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39549
adliOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39550
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39549
adli2Original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39550
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39549
adli2yOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39550
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 39549
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1326 Source lines 39550
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39549
adlixxOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39550
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 39549
adliyOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1326 Source lines 39550
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 39549
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 39550
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 39549
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1326 Source lines 39550
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 39549
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 39550
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1325 Source lines 65835
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1326 Source lines 66291
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 38283
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1326 Source lines 38284
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 38283
criminalOriginal source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1326 Source lines 38284

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Source year	Gregorian label	Title	Locality wording	Monthly kuruş	Source line
	1907	Muhabere MemuruOriginal: muhabere memuru	kudus	300	recovered line 36121
	Not recorded	muhabere memuru	kudus	300	recovered line 36122

AH 1325 · 1907 label
Muhabere Memuru
Original title: muhabere memuru
kudus
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 36121
AH 1326
muhabere memuru
kudus
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 36122

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: Outside the paper sample
Other archival labels: No different label recorded
Geography: Recorded place assertions; map linkage is separately reported

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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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Field	Source alternatives	Display rule
apprenticeshipYears	1 recovered · mulazemet · source lines 36121 0 recovered · mulazemet · source lines 36122 1 september · mulazemet · source lines 38283, 38284 1 september · MülazemetSüresi · source lines 38283, 38284 1 older · MülazemetSüresi · source lines 40752, 40766	All stored assertions retained. Names prefer September, then older; supplemental names fill only missing names. Other preferred attributes use recovered, then September, then older, with modal nonblank value and source-order tie break. This does not adjudicate historical truth or changes in coding.

All substantive source assertions (88)

Field	Original stored value	Source field and lines
birthH	1305	recovered · dobirth source lines 36121, 36122
birthPlace	elbistan	recovered · birthplace source lines 36121
birthPlace	elbistan	recovered · birth_place source lines 36121, 36122
birthProvince	halep	recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 36121, 36122
school	Rusdiye Mektebi	recovered · school_type source lines 36121
school	rusdiye mektebi	recovered · school_type source lines 36122
schoolingYears	7	recovered · education_year source lines 36121
schoolingYears	7	recovered · school_year source lines 36121, 36122
apprenticeshipYears	1	recovered · mulazemet source lines 36121
apprenticeshipYears	0	recovered · mulazemet source lines 36122
qualification	1	recovered · qualification source lines 36121
derivedQualificationFlag	1	recovered · has_qualification source lines 36121, 36122
telegraphSchool	0	recovered · telgraf source lines 36121, 36122
religion	Musluman	recovered · religion source lines 36121
religion	musluman	recovered · religion source lines 36122
nationality	Turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 36121
nationality	turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 36122
fatherJob	Yuzbasi	recovered · fatherjob source lines 36121
fatherJob	yuzbasi	recovered · father_job source lines 36121, 36122
firstWorkH	1324	recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 36121, 36122
firstWorkG	1906	recovered · firstjobyear source lines 36121
firstWorkPlace	kudus	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 36121, 36122
firstWorkSalary	300	recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 36121, 36122
birthLatitude	38.20724900000001	recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 36121, 36122
birthLongitude	37.19318399999999	recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 36121, 36122
name	Mehmet Şevki Efendi	september · İsim source lines 38283, 38284
birthH	1305	september · dobirth source lines 38283, 38284
birthPlace	elbistan	september · birthplace source lines 38283, 38284
birthProvince	halep	september · birth_vilayet source lines 38283, 38284
school	rusdiye mektebi	september · school_type source lines 38283, 38284
schoolingYears	7	september · education_year source lines 38283, 38284
apprenticeshipYears	1	september · mulazemet source lines 38283, 38284
apprenticeshipYears	1	september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 38283, 38284
qualification	1	september · qualification source lines 38283, 38284
telegraphSchool	0	september · telegraph_school source lines 38283, 38284
religion	musluman	september · religion source lines 38283, 38284
nationality	turkish	september · nationality source lines 38283, 38284
fatherJob	yuzbasi	september · fatherjob source lines 38283, 38284
firstWorkH	1324	september · firstjob_year source lines 38283, 38284
firstWorkPlace	kudus	september · firstjob_place source lines 38283, 38284
firstWorkSalary	300	september · firstjob_wage source lines 38283, 38284
birthLatitude	38.20724900000001	september · lat_birth_place source lines 38283, 38284
birthLongitude	37.19318399999999	september · lon_birth_place source lines 38283, 38284
language:Turkish	Kitabet	september · lang_turkish source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	september · lang_turkish2 source lines 38283, 38284
language:Arabic	Kitabet	september · lang_arabic source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	2	september · lang_arabic2 source lines 38283, 38284
language:French	Kitabet	september · lang_french source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	september · lang_french2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	september · lang_persian2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	september · lang_english2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	september · lang_italian2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	september · lang_armenian2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	september · lang_greek2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	september · lang_rum2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 38283, 38284
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	september · lang_russian2 source lines 38283, 38284
name	Mehmet Şevki Efendi	older · İsim source lines 40752, 40766
birthH	1305	older · dobirth source lines 40752, 40766
birthPlace	elbistan	older · birthplace source lines 40752, 40766
birthProvince	halep	older · birth_vilayet source lines 40752, 40766
school	rusdiye mektebi	older · school_type source lines 40752, 40766
schoolingYears	7	older · education_year source lines 40752, 40766
apprenticeshipYears	1	older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 40752, 40766
qualification	1	older · qualification source lines 40752, 40766
telegraphSchool	0	older · telgraph_school source lines 40752, 40766
religion	musluman	older · religion source lines 40752, 40766
nationality	turkish	older · nationality source lines 40752, 40766
fatherJob	yuzbasi	older · fatherjob source lines 40752, 40766
firstWorkH	1324	older · firstjob_year source lines 40752, 40766
firstWorkPlace	kudus	older · firstjob_place source lines 40752, 40766
firstWorkSalary	300	older · firstjob_wage source lines 40752, 40766
birthLatitude	38.20724900000001	older · lat_birth_place source lines 40752, 40766
birthLongitude	37.19318399999999	older · lon_birth_place source lines 40752, 40766
language:Turkish	Kitabet	older · lang_turkish source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	older · lang_turkish2 source lines 40752, 40766
language:Arabic	Kitabet	older · lang_arabic source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	2	older · lang_arabic2 source lines 40752, 40766
language:French	Kitabet	older · lang_french source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:French	2	older · lang_french2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	older · lang_persian2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	older · lang_english2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	older · lang_italian2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	older · lang_armenian2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	older · lang_greek2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	older · lang_rum2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 40752, 40766
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	older · lang_russian2 source lines 40752, 40766

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, “Mehmet Şevki Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-228-451. 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-d74f0d0ebb649f6d/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-228-451
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-d74f0d0ebb649f6d/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.