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İbrahim Ethem Efendi

Birthplace: adapazari Observed AH 1324

149-114-223Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record
A short account from recorded fields

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Adapazari in AH 1303. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Adapazari in AH 1321 (18 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1324 with Muhabere Memuru in Adapazari (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 149-114-223

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 1324
    October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
    Source lines 64769

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 38722

Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 38722

October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times

  • Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1324
    Source lines 64769

September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
    Source lines 37476

September personnel source · criminal

  • Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1324
    Source lines 37476

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 1303
  2. AH 1321Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
  3. AH 1324Birth-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.

2 of 3

Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH
Annual career record begins at AH 1324

Muhabere Memuru · adapazari · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1321 in Adapazari. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1321 · 1903 labelRecorded first-work anchorAdapazari
300 kuruş / month

AH 1324 · 1906 label

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

Places in this record

AH 1321 · 1903 labelRecorded first-work anchorAdapazari
adapazari: Locality linkage; agreedadapazari

◆ 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
3 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
1
Telegraph school indicator
0
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1303
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 1321 · 1903 label
Place
Adapazari
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

2 fields contain historical terms.

Turkish
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

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: 1324
Source lines 37476
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memur · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 38722
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertionMuhabere Memurueda-memureski · currentjob
Source-year labels:
Source lines 38722
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict0october10-personnel · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 64769
adliOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38722
adli2Original source assertion0eda-memur · adli2
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38722
adli2yOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adli2y
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38722
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 38722
adlixxOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adlixx
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38722
adliyOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · adliy
Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38722
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memur · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 38722
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 38722
criminalOriginal source assertion0eda-memureski · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 38722
Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion0october10-personnel · criminal_record_times
AH 1324
Source lines 64769
adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi
AH 1324
Source lines 37476
criminalOriginal source assertion0september-occupation · criminal
AH 1324
Source lines 37476
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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
1906Muhabere MemuruOriginal: muhabere memuruadapazari300recovered
line 35143
  1. AH 1324 · 1906 label

    Muhabere Memuru

    Original title: muhabere memuru

    adapazari

    300 kuruş / month

    recovered · source line 35143

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

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 (78)
FieldOriginal stored valueSource field and lines
birthH1303recovered · dobirth
source lines 35143
birthPlaceadapazarirecovered · birthplace
source lines 35143
birthPlaceadapazarirecovered · birth_place
source lines 35143
birthProvinceizmitrecovered · birth_vilayet
source lines 35143
schoolRusdiye Mektebirecovered · school_type
source lines 35143
schoolingYears7recovered · education_year
source lines 35143
schoolingYears7recovered · school_year
source lines 35143
apprenticeshipYears3recovered · mulazemet
source lines 35143
qualification1recovered · qualification
source lines 35143
derivedQualificationFlag1recovered · has_qualification
source lines 35143
telegraphSchool0recovered · telgraf
source lines 35143
religionMuslumanrecovered · religion
source lines 35143
nationalityTurkishrecovered · nationality
source lines 35143
firstWorkH1321recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili
source lines 35143
firstWorkG1903recovered · firstjobyear
source lines 35143
firstWorkPlaceAdapazarirecovered · firstjob_place
source lines 35143
firstWorkSalary300recovered · firstjob_wage
source lines 35143
birthLatitude40.78939499999989recovered · lat_birth_place
source lines 35143
birthLongitude30.407733000000004recovered · lon_birth_place
source lines 35143
nameİbrahim Ethem Efendiseptember · İsim
source lines 37476
birthH1303september · dobirth
source lines 37476
birthPlaceadapazariseptember · birthplace
source lines 37476
birthProvinceizmitseptember · birth_vilayet
source lines 37476
schoolrusdiye mektebiseptember · school_type
source lines 37476
schoolingYears7september · education_year
source lines 37476
apprenticeshipYears3september · mulazemet
source lines 37476
apprenticeshipYears3september · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 37476
qualification1september · qualification
source lines 37476
telegraphSchool0september · telegraph_school
source lines 37476
religionmuslumanseptember · religion
source lines 37476
nationalityturkishseptember · nationality
source lines 37476
firstWorkH1321september · firstjob_year
source lines 37476
firstWorkPlaceadapazariseptember · firstjob_place
source lines 37476
firstWorkSalary300september · firstjob_wage
source lines 37476
birthLatitude40.78939499999989september · lat_birth_place
source lines 37476
birthLongitude30.407733000000004september · lon_birth_place
source lines 37476
language:TurkishKitabetseptember · lang_turkish
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3september · lang_turkish2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0september · lang_arabic2
source lines 37476
language:FrenchKitabetseptember · lang_french
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:French2september · lang_french2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0september · lang_persian2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:English0september · lang_english2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0september · lang_italian2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0september · lang_armenian2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0september · lang_greek2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0september · lang_rum2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0september · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 37476
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0september · lang_russian2
source lines 37476
nameİbrahim Ethem Efendiolder · İsim
source lines 149
birthH1303older · dobirth
source lines 149
birthPlaceadapazariolder · birthplace
source lines 149
birthProvinceizmitolder · birth_vilayet
source lines 149
schoolrusdiye mektebiolder · school_type
source lines 149
schoolingYears7older · education_year
source lines 149
apprenticeshipYears3older · MülazemetSüresi
source lines 149
qualification1older · qualification
source lines 149
telegraphSchool0older · telgraph_school
source lines 149
religionmuslumanolder · religion
source lines 149
nationalityturkisholder · nationality
source lines 149
firstWorkH1321older · firstjob_year
source lines 149
firstWorkPlaceadapazariolder · firstjob_place
source lines 149
firstWorkSalary300older · firstjob_wage
source lines 149
birthLatitude40.78939499999989older · lat_birth_place
source lines 149
birthLongitude30.407733000000004older · lon_birth_place
source lines 149
language:TurkishKitabetolder · lang_turkish
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish3older · lang_turkish2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic0older · lang_arabic2
source lines 149
language:FrenchKitabetolder · lang_french
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:French2older · lang_french2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Persian0older · lang_persian2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:English0older · lang_english2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Italian0older · lang_italian2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian0older · lang_armenian2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Greek0older · lang_greek2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Rum0older · lang_rum2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian0older · lang_bulgarian2
source lines 149
derivedLanguageCode:Russian0older · lang_russian2
source lines 149

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, “İbrahim Ethem Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 149-114-223. 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-ea5056de1d208ee0/

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 149-114-223
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.

Stable archival identity: /people/p-ea5056de1d208ee0/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.