Mehmet Ali Efendi
Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Sam in AH 1287. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Trabzon in AH 1323 (36 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 3 distinct AH years between 1323 and 1325; it begins with Seyyar Memur in Hayfa (500 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing).
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 1323–1325
October personnel annual source · criminal · Any criminal record (1=yes)
Source lines 63304, 64616, 65562
Older EDA memur annual extract · adli
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2 · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adli2y · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adlixx · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · adliy · Recorded source-year value: 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memur annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 38203
Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal
- Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1323
Source lines 38201 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1324
Source lines 38202 - Recorded code 0 · Older EDA memureski annual extract · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 38203
October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times
- Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1323
Source lines 63304 - Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1324
Source lines 64616 - Recorded code 0 · October personnel annual source · criminal_record_times · AH 1325
Source lines 65562
September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi
- Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1323
Source lines 36965 - Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1324
Source lines 36967 - Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · adlisicilkaydi · AH 1325
Source lines 36966
September personnel source · criminal
- Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1323
Source lines 36965 - Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1324
Source lines 36967 - Recorded code 0 · September personnel source · criminal · AH 1325
Source lines 36966
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.
Life and career
3 recorded AH years · 3 annual entries
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1287
- AH 1323Birth-year difference: 36 AH years
- AH 1323–1325Birth-year difference: 36–38 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.
Assigned salary in the annual career
Monthly kuruş · AHSeyyar Memur · hayfa · 500 kuruş monthly
First work is separately recorded at AH 1323 in Trabzon. The first-salary field is 500 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.
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
◆ 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.
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.
Preparation
- School / programme
- Rusdiye Mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 7 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 0.5 source-recorded years
- Qualification indicator
- 0
- Telegraph school indicator
- 0
- Father’s occupation
- Belediye Memuru
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1287
- 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.
First-work and entry-pay fields
- First-work source date
- AH 1323 · 1905 label
- Place
- Trabzon
- First-salary field
- 500 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)
- Postal Service
Current job titles in older EDA annual records
- Seyyar 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.
Download the additional source records (JSON)
| Recorded field | Original value | Source locator |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Original source assertion | Postal Service | september-occupation · occupation_cat Source-year labels: 1323–1325 Source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion | Seyyar Memur | eda-memur · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 38201, 38202, 38203 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsOriginal source assertion | Seyyar Memur | eda-memureski · currentjob Source-year labels: Source lines 38201, 38202, 38203 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1323 Source lines 63304 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 64616 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 65562 |
| adliOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| adliOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| adliOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| adli2Original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| adli2Original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| adli2Original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli2 Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| adli2yOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| adli2yOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| adli2yOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adli2y Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| adlixxOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| adlixxOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| adlixxOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlixx Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| adliyOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| adliyOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| adliyOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adliy Recorded source-year value: 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1323 Source lines 38201 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 38202 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 38203 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1323 Source lines 63304 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1324 Source lines 64616 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1325 Source lines 65562 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 Source lines 36965 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1324 Source lines 36967 |
| adlisicilkaydiOriginal source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1325 Source lines 36966 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1323 Source lines 36965 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1324 Source lines 36967 |
| criminalOriginal source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1325 Source lines 36966 |
Read the complete annual source table
Every displayed annual entry, in source / Hijri-year order. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.
| Source year | Gregorian label | Title | Locality wording | Monthly kuruş | Source line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Seyyar MemurOriginal: seyyar memur | hayfa | 500 | recovered line 34636 | |
| 1906 | Seyyar MemurOriginal: seyyar memur | hayfa | 500 | recovered line 34637 | |
| 1907 | Seyyar MemurOriginal: seyyar memur | hayfa | 500 | recovered line 34638 |
- AH 1323 · 1905 label
Seyyar Memur
Original title: seyyar memur
500 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34636
- AH 1324 · 1906 label
Seyyar Memur
Original title: seyyar memur
500 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34637
- AH 1325 · 1907 label
Seyyar Memur
Original title: seyyar memur
500 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 34638
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
- 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.
All substantive source assertions (82)
| Field | Original stored value | Source field and lines |
|---|---|---|
| birthH | 1287 | recovered · dobirth source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| birthPlace | sam | recovered · birthplace source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| birthPlace | sam | recovered · birth_place source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| birthProvince | suriye | recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| school | Rusdiye Mektebi | recovered · school_type source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · education_year source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · school_year source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0.5 | recovered · mulazemet source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| qualification | 0 | recovered · qualification source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| derivedQualificationFlag | 0 | recovered · has_qualification source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | recovered · telgraf source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| religion | Musluman | recovered · religion source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| nationality | Turkish | recovered · nationality source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| fatherJob | Belediye Memuru | recovered · fatherjob source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| fatherJob | belediye memuru | recovered · father_job source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| firstWorkH | 1323 | recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| firstWorkG | 1905 | recovered · firstjobyear source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| firstWorkPlace | Trabzon | recovered · firstjob_place source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| firstWorkSalary | 500 | recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| birthLatitude | 33.518970999999944 | recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| birthLongitude | 36.291370999999664 | recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 34636, 34637, 34638 |
| name | Mehmet Ali Efendi | september · İsim source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| birthH | 1287 | september · dobirth source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| birthPlace | sam | september · birthplace source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| birthProvince | suriye | september · birth_vilayet source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | september · school_type source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | september · education_year source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0.5 | september · mulazemet source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 0.5 | september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| qualification | 0 | september · qualification source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | september · telegraph_school source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| religion | musluman | september · religion source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| nationality | turkish | september · nationality source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| fatherJob | belediye memuru | september · fatherjob source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| firstWorkH | 1323 | september · firstjob_year source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| firstWorkPlace | trabzon | september · firstjob_place source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| firstWorkSalary | 500 | september · firstjob_wage source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| birthLatitude | 33.518970999999944 | september · lat_birth_place source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| birthLongitude | 36.291370999999664 | september · lon_birth_place source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | september · lang_turkish source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | september · lang_turkish2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| language:Arabic | Kitabet | september · lang_arabic source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 2 | september · lang_arabic2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | september · lang_french2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | september · lang_persian2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | september · lang_english2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | september · lang_italian2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | september · lang_armenian2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | september · lang_greek2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | september · lang_rum2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | september · lang_russian2 source lines 36965, 36966, 36967 |
| name | Mehmet Ali Efendi | older · İsim source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| birthH | 1287 | older · dobirth source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| birthPlace | sam | older · birthplace source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| birthProvince | suriye | older · birth_vilayet source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | older · school_type source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | older · education_year source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| apprenticeshipYears | .5 | older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| qualification | 0 | older · qualification source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | older · telgraph_school source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| religion | musluman | older · religion source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| nationality | turkish | older · nationality source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| fatherJob | belediye memuru | older · fatherjob source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| firstWorkH | 1323 | older · firstjob_year source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| firstWorkPlace | trabzon | older · firstjob_place source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| firstWorkSalary | 500 | older · firstjob_wage source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| birthLatitude | 33.518970999999944 | older · lat_birth_place source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| birthLongitude | 36.291370999999664 | older · lon_birth_place source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | older · lang_turkish source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | older · lang_turkish2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| language:Arabic | Kitabet | older · lang_arabic source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 2 | older · lang_arabic2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | older · lang_french2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | older · lang_persian2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | older · lang_english2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | older · lang_italian2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | older · lang_armenian2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | older · lang_greek2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | older · lang_rum2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | older · lang_russian2 source lines 58384, 58525, 58787 |
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 Ali Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 146-188-371. 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-ebba5cb17da6a180/
BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 146-188-371
Collection identification and coded personnel records: Akyıldız (2024), Marmara University thesis.
Stable archival identity: /people/p-ebba5cb17da6a180/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.