Individual dossier

Mahmut Raşit Efendi

Birthplace: harput Observed AH 1277–1316 (1860–1899)

37_54; 105Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mahmut Raşit Efendi was born in Harput in AH 1257 (1841–1842). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1276 (1859–1860), 19 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 39 distinct AH years in AH 1277–1316 (1860–1899), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Prizren (500 kuruş monthly). Tekaud appears later, in AH 1316 (1898–1899), with 1,154 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

39 recorded AH years · 39 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1257 (1841–1842)
AH 1276 (1859–1860)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1277 (1860–1861)Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1278–1280 (1861–1864)Birth-year difference: 21–23 AH years
AH 1281 (1864–1865)Birth-year difference: 24 AH years
AH 1282 (1865–1866)Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1283 (1866–1867)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1284–1286 (1867–1870)Birth-year difference: 27–29 AH years
AH 1287–1289 (1870–1873)Birth-year difference: 30–32 AH years
AH 1290–1293 (1873–1877)Birth-year difference: 33–36 AH years
AH 1294–1295 (1877–1878)Birth-year difference: 37–38 AH years
AH 1296 (1878–1879)Birth-year difference: 39 AH years
AH 1297–1299 (1879–1882)Birth-year difference: 40–42 AH years
AH 1300–1310 (1882–1893)Birth-year difference: 43–53 AH years
AH 1311 (1893–1894)Birth-year difference: 54 AH years
AH 1312–1315 (1894–1898)Birth-year difference: 55–58 AH years
AH 1316 (1898–1899)Birth-year difference: 59 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 1277 (1860–1861)

Muhabere Memuru · prizren · 500 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1276 (1859–1860) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 500 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1276 (1859–1860)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

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 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.

Locality prizren → senice
Salary 500 to 1,000 kuruş +500 (+100%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 1. Mudur
Locality senice → iskenderun
Salary 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş +200 (+20%)
Title 1. Mudur → Muhabere Memuru
Locality iskenderun → halep
Salary 1,200 to 720 kuruş -480 (-40%)
No annual entries for AH 1283 (1866–1867). Changes span the gap.
Title Muhabere Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality halep → preveze
Salary 720 to 800 kuruş +80 (+11.11%)
Salary 800 to 1,000 kuruş +200 (+25%)
Locality preveze → yanya
Locality yanya → siirt
Salary 1,000 to 1,090 kuruş +90 (+9%)
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality siirt → diyarbakir
Salary 1,090 to 1,200 kuruş +110 (+10.09%)
Locality diyarbakir → harput
Title 1. Mudur → 2. Mudur
Salary 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş -200 (-16.67%)
Locality harput → bagdat
Title 2. Mudur → Mufettis
Locality bagdat → erzincan
Salary 1,000 to 2,000 kuruş +1,000 (+100%)
Locality erzincan → van
Salary 2,000 to 1,800 kuruş -200 (-10%)
Title Mufettis → Tekaud
Salary 1,800 to 1,154 kuruş -646 (-35.89%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1276 (1859–1860)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ 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.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 37_54; 105

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: 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.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1277–1282 (1860–1866), AH 1284–1308 (1867–1891), AH 1310–1316 (1892–1899)

Legal wording and source descriptions