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Ahmet Cemal Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1325

158-21-37Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

Ahmet Cemal Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1302. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1323 (21 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1325 with Muhabere Memuru in Dersaadet (50 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 158-21-37

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

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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
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 65822

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
    Source lines 39495

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
    Source lines 39495

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1325
    Source lines 65822

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
    Source lines 38229

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1325
    Source lines 38229

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

1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1302
  2. AH 1323Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
  3. AH 1325Birth-year difference: 23 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 1325

Muhabere Memuru · dersaadet · 50 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1323 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 50 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1323 · 1905 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
50 kuruş / month

AH 1325 · 1907 label

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

Places in this record

AH 1323 · 1905 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul
Istanbul / Dersaadet: Source coordinate on AH 1325 annual entry; ambiguousIstanbul / Dersaadet

◆ 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
Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration
7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
2 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
0
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Kumandan
Recorded birth year
AH 1302
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 1323 · 1905 label
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
50 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

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)
Arabic
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

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
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertionCommunication and Telegraphseptember-occupation · occupation_cat
Source-year labels: 1325
Source lines 38229
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39495
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 39495
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1325
Source lines 65822
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39495
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39495
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39495
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1325
Source lines 39495
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39495
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 39495
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1325
Source lines 39495
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1325
Source lines 39495
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1325
Source lines 39495
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1325
Source lines 65822
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1325
Source lines 38229
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1325
Source lines 38229
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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
1907Muhabere MemuruOriginal: muhabere memurudersaadet50recovered
line 36067
  1. AH 1325 · 1907 label

    Muhabere Memuru

    Original title: muhabere memuru

    dersaadet

    50 kuruş / month

    recovered · source line 36067

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
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. No annual gap is filled from another extract. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.

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All substantive source assertions (82)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1302recovered · dobirth
source lines 36067
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birthplace
source lines 36067
birthPlacedersaadetrecovered · birth_place
source lines 36067
birthProvincedersaadetrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 36067
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 36067
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 36067
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 36067
apprenticeshipYears2recovered · mulazemet
source lines 36067
qualification0recovered · qualification
source lines 36067
derivedQualificationFlag0recovered · has_qualification
source lines 36067
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 36067
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 36067
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 36067
fatherJobKumandanrecovered · fatherjob
source lines 36067
fatherJobkumandanrecovered · father_job
source lines 36067
firstWorkH1323recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 36067
firstWorkG1905recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 36067
firstWorkPlaceistanbulrecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 36067
firstWorkSalary50recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 36067
birthLatitude41.08488985821407recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 36067
birthLongitude29.056960217582365recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 36067
nameAhmet Cemal Efendiseptember · İsim
source lines 38229
birthH1302september · dobirth
source lines 38229
birthPlacedersaadetseptember · birthplace
source lines 38229
birthProvincedersaadetseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 38229
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 38229
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 38229
apprenticeshipYears2september · mulazemet
source lines 38229
apprenticeshipYears2september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 38229
qualification0september · qualification
source lines 38229
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 38229
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 38229
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 38229
fatherJobkumandanseptember · fatherjob
source lines 38229
firstWorkH1323september · firstjob_year
source lines 38229
firstWorkPlaceistanbulseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 38229
firstWorkSalary50september · firstjob_wage
source lines 38229
birthLatitude41.08488985821407september · lat_birth_place
source lines 38229
birthLongitude29.056960217582365september · lon_birth_place
source lines 38229
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 38229
language:ArabicKitabetseptember · lang_arabic
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic2september · lang_arabic2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:French0september · lang_french2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 38229
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 38229
nameAhmet Cemal Efendiolder · İsim
source lines 36078
birthH1302older · dobirth
source lines 36078
birthPlacedersaadetolder · birthplace
source lines 36078
birthProvincedersaadetolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 36078
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 36078
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 36078
apprenticeshipYears2older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 36078
qualification0older · qualification
source lines 36078
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 36078
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 36078
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 36078
fatherJobkumandanolder · fatherjob
source lines 36078
firstWorkH1323older · firstjob_year
source lines 36078
firstWorkPlaceistanbulolder · firstjob_place
source lines 36078
firstWorkSalary50older · firstjob_wage
source lines 36078
birthLatitude41.08488985821407older · lat_birth_place
source lines 36078
birthLongitude29.056960217582365older · lon_birth_place
source lines 36078
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 36078
language:ArabicKitabetolder · lang_arabic
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic2older · lang_arabic2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:French0older · lang_french2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 36078
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 36078

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 Cemal Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-21-37. 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-dc5e78d1c639aabd/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 158-21-37
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-dc5e78d1c639aabd/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.