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Ahmet Sadettin Efendi

Birthplace: gelibolu Observed AH 1296

27_219; 435Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Ahmet Sadettin Efendi was born in Gelibolu in AH 1277. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Gelibolu in AH 1294 (17 AH years after the recorded birth year), with “Telgraf” as first-job wording. The only surviving annual entry is AH 1296 with Memur in Gelibolu (180 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

The name is supplied by the original personnel workbook; it was not recorded in the previous reconciled name inventory. Inspect the source assertion.

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 27_219; 435

Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

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1 field has differing source assertions. Alternatives remain visible in the evidence below; the display edition does not establish which assertion is historically correct.

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
Personnel workbook code
0
Additional October code
0
Legal wording, values and source locators
  • Original annual indicator value 0
    AH 1296
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 12357, 12358

Original personnel workbook · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Original personnel workbook · DS · Source-year labels: 1297
    Sheet1!DS4455
  • Recorded code 0 · Original personnel workbook · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1297
    Sheet1!DS4455

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1296
    Source lines 42788

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1296
    Source lines 42788

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1296
    Source lines 12357, 12358

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1296
    Source lines 41412, 41413

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1296
    Source lines 41412, 41413

Rank and honour codes

Original values across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rütbe — rank field
0
Mecidi nişanı
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî
0
Madalya — medal field
0
Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi
0
Rank, nişan, medal and merit source cells

Source-year labels locate records; they are not award or case dates.

Rütbe — rank field

Original field: rutbe

  • Recorded code 0
    Original personnel workbook · DN · Source-year labels: 1297
    Sheet1!DN4455

Mecidi nişanı

Original field: mecidinisani

  • Recorded code 0
    Original personnel workbook · DO · Source-year labels: 1297
    Sheet1!DO4455

Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî

Original field: nisanialiosmani

  • Recorded code 0
    Original personnel workbook · DP · Source-year labels: 1297
    Sheet1!DP4455

Madalya — medal field

Original field: madalya

  • Recorded code 0
    Original personnel workbook · DQ · Source-year labels: 1297
    Sheet1!DQ4455

Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi

Original field: liyakatveEhliyetDerecesi

  • Recorded code 0
    Original personnel workbook · CT · Source-year labels: 1297
    Sheet1!CT4455

About these sources

Life and career

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1277
  2. AH 1294Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
  3. AH 1296Birth-year difference: 19 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.

2 of 3

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1296

Memur · gelibolu · 180 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1294 in Gelibolu (Telgraf). The first-salary field is 180 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1294 · 1877 labelTelgrafGelibolu
180 kuruş / month

AH 1296 · 1879 label

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

Places in this record

AH 1294 · 1877 labelTelgrafGelibolu
gelibolu: Locality linkage; agreedgelibolu

◆ 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
Sibyan mektebi
Schooling duration
4 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
2 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
seyh
Recorded birth year
AH 1277
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 1294 · 1877 label
Place
Gelibolu
First-salary field
180 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.

Original personnel workbook

Recorded first job

Department / title wording
Telgraf
Workbook first-job year
1294 (source year)
Associated salary field
180 kuruş

Source-labelled first-work department/title and associated salary. This amount is separate from the inherited first-salary field and from the first positive annual salary row; payment status and department date need source review.

This record supports the limited workbook-labelled PT-start alignment at AH 1294. Its source department is Telgraf; the appointment and paid-service start have not been independently adjudicated.

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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

Current job titles in older EDA annual records

  • Memur
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
adlisicilkaydi (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · DS
Source-year labels: 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!DS4455
Recorded language term: TurkishOriginal source assertionKitabetsupplemental-workbook · BD
Source-year labels: 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!BD4455
liyakatveEhliyetDerecesi (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · CT
Source-year labels: 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!CT4455
madalya (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · DQ
Source-year labels: 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!DQ4455
mecidinisani (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · DO
Source-year labels: 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!DO4455
nisanialiosmani (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · DP
Source-year labels: 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!DP4455
rutbe (original workbook field; numeric code, label unverified)Unverified code labels0supplemental-workbook · DN
Source-year labels: 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!DN4455
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMemureda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 42788
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMemureda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 42788
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1296
Source lines 12357, 12358
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1296
Source lines 42788
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1296
Source lines 42788
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1296
Source lines 42788
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1296
Source lines 42788
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1296
Source lines 42788
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1296
Source lines 42788
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1296
Source lines 42788
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1296
Source lines 42788
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1296
Source lines 42788
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1296
Source lines 12357, 12358
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1296
Source lines 41412, 41413
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1296
Source lines 41412, 41413
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0supplemental-workbook · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1297
Source lines 4455
Cells Sheet1!DS4455
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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
1879MemurOriginal: memurgelibolu180recovered
line 39164
  1. AH 1296 · 1879 label

    Memur

    Original title: memur

    gelibolu

    180 kuruş / month

    recovered · source line 39164

Evidence & edition

Coded extracts, preserved source differences

Collection membership

Website edition
ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
Source editions
older, september, recovered, supplemental
Annual display source
Recovered merged personnel extract
Paper sample
Included · 1 annual entries
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Recorded place assertions; map linkage is separately reported

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.

About the edition, calendars and selection

FieldSource alternativesDisplay rule
qualification
1
recovered · qualification · source lines 39164
0
september · qualification · source lines 41412, 41413
0
older · qualification · source lines 42963
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 (81)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1277recovered · dobirth
source lines 39164
birthPlacegelibolurecovered · birthplace
source lines 39164
birthPlacegelibolurecovered · birth_place
source lines 39164
birthProvinceedirnerecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 39164
schoolSibyan mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 39164
schoolingYears4recovered · education_year
source lines 39164
schoolingYears4recovered · school_year
source lines 39164
apprenticeshipYears2recovered · mulazemet
source lines 39164
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 39164
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 39164
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 39164
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 39164
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 39164
fatherJobseyhrecovered · fatherjob
source lines 39164
fatherJobseyhrecovered · father_job
source lines 39164
firstWorkH1294recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 39164
firstWorkG1877recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 39164
firstWorkPlaceGelibolurecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 39164
firstWorkSalary180recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 39164
birthLatitude40.413749000000074recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 39164
birthLongitude26.66858599999986recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 39164
birthH1277september · dobirth
source lines 41412, 41413
birthPlacegeliboluseptember · birthplace
source lines 41412, 41413
birthProvinceedirneseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 41412, 41413
schoolsibyan mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 41412, 41413
schoolingYears4september · education_year
source lines 41412, 41413
apprenticeshipYears2september · internship
source lines 41412, 41413
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 41412, 41413
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 41412, 41413
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 41412, 41413
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 41412, 41413
fatherJobseyhseptember · fatherjob
source lines 41412, 41413
firstWorkH1294september · firstjob_year
source lines 41412, 41413
firstWorkPlacegeliboluseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 41412, 41413
firstWorkSalary180september · firstjob_wage
source lines 41412, 41413
birthLatitude40.413749000000074september · lat_birth_place
source lines 41412, 41413
birthLongitude26.66858599999986september · lon_birth_place
source lines 41412, 41413
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 41412, 41413
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 41412, 41413
birthH1277older · dobirth
source lines 42963
birthPlacegeliboluolder · birthplace
source lines 42963
birthProvinceedirneolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 42963
schoolsibyan mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 42963
schoolingYears4older · education_year
source lines 42963
apprenticeshipYears2older · internship
source lines 42963
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 42963
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 42963
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 42963
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 42963
fatherJobseyholder · fatherjob
source lines 42963
firstWorkH1294older · firstjob_year
source lines 42963
firstWorkPlacegeliboluolder · firstjob_place
source lines 42963
firstWorkSalary180older · firstjob_wage
source lines 42963
birthLatitude40.413749000000074older · lat_birth_place
source lines 42963
birthLongitude26.66858599999986older · lon_birth_place
source lines 42963
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 42963
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 42963
nameAhmet Sadettin Efendisupplemental · name
source lines 4455 · Sheet1!C4455
firstWorkH1294supplemental · firstjob_year
source lines 4455 · Sheet1!V4455
firstJobTitleTelgrafsupplemental · firstjob
source lines 4455 · Sheet1!CX4455
firstJobSalary180supplemental · firstjob_salary
source lines 4455 · Sheet1!CY4455

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, “Ahmet Sadettin Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 27_219; 435. 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-d9609838f0f3403f/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 27_219; 435
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-d9609838f0f3403f/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.