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merzifon

The people connected to this locality through birth, recorded service and the first-work fields.

Locality, distinct from province
agreed geographic linkage
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Membership is recorded in either stored locality field. Different fields can place the same official here or elsewhere; those alternatives are preserved. The source-recorded province assertions are sivas.
Served here in merzifon · Website inventory · annual observations recorded in either locality field. AH filters apply to the displayed annual entries; people remain in the relation cohort. Missing values remain included and reported.

Locality membership includes either stored locality field, preserving disagreements between the original and cleaned wording. This is a source union, not an adjudication. First-work fields can include apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service.

15 distinct officials in the relation cohort45 displayed annual observations0 salaries not recorded0 officials without displayed annual entries

The named roster

Archival codes retain unnamed and same-name officials.

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15 matching officials. Service summaries refer to the currently displayed annual entries and do not establish continuous tenure.
CompareOfficial / archival referenceObserved AH coverageRecorded titlesPreparationMonthly kuruş range
Abdülhadi Efendi0034_0098; 1931299–1300 · 2 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruSibyan mektebiLow300–300
Ali Galip Efendi0068_0166; 3291319–1323 · 5 annual entries3. MudurRusdiye MektebiLow500–500
Ali Rıza Efendi69_192; 3811310–1312 · 3 annual entries3. MudurRusdiye MektebiMiddle500–500
Haci Ahmet Salâhattin Efendi103_19_351322–1322 · 1 annual entriesPosta MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow300–300
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi14_187; 3711298–1299 · 2 annual entries3. MudurRusdiye MektebiLow500–500
Haşim Zihni Efendi0065_0062; 1211318–1318 · 1 annual entriesBasmuhabere MemuruSibyan MektebiLow500–500
Mehmed Akif Efendi58- 0097;1871300–1309 · 10 annual entriesBasmuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow500–500
Mehmet Cemal Efendi121-125-2451316–1316 · 1 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow500–500
Mehmet Eşref Efendi90_248; 4931324–1324 · 1 annual entriesMuhasebe KalemiRusdiye MektebiMiddle540–540
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi0083_0066; 1291316–1317 · 2 annual entriesBasmudur KitabetiSibyan MektebiLow550–550
Mustafa Behçet Efendi69_139; 2751312–1312 · 1 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow300–300
Mustafa Sabri Efendi102_62_1191286–1290 · 5 annual entries2. MudurSibyan MektebiLow760–800
Neşet Agop Tokluyan Yakop Efendi0064_243; 4831286–1286 · 1 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruMillet MektebiLow600–600
Süleyman Sırrı Efendi0068_0155; 3071315–1321 · 7 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiMiddle400–400
Yakub Sabri Efendi103_8_131311–1315 · 3 annual entriesMuhabere Memuru; 3. MudurRusdiye MektebiMiddle500–500
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Observed personnel through time

Distinct officials and annual entries are counted separately.

Hijri yearDistinct officialsAnnual entriesSalary not recorded
AH 1286220
AH 1287110
AH 1288110
AH 1289110
AH 1290110
AH 1298110
AH 1299220
AH 1300220
AH 1301110
AH 1302110
AH 1303110
AH 1304110
AH 1305110
AH 1306110
AH 1307110
AH 1308110
AH 1309110
AH 1310110
AH 1311220
AH 1312220
AH 1314110
AH 1315220
AH 1316330
AH 1317220
AH 1318220
AH 1319220
AH 1320220
AH 1321220
AH 1322220
AH 1323110
AH 1324110

Composition of the observed personnel

Distinct officials per AH year, grouped by recorded preparation route.

This follows the selected annual-record scope and period. One official contributes once per observed year. Gaps are not filled; a route is a background classification, not a dated qualification.

1286: Low, 2 officials12861287: Low, 1 officials1288: Low, 1 officials1289: Low, 1 officials12891290: Low, 1 officials1298: Low, 1 officials1299: Low, 2 officials12991300: Low, 2 officials1301: Low, 1 officials1302: Low, 1 officials13021303: Low, 1 officials1304: Low, 1 officials1305: Low, 1 officials13051306: Low, 1 officials1307: Low, 1 officials1308: Low, 1 officials13081309: Low, 1 officials1310: Middle, 1 officials1311: Middle, 2 officials13111312: Low, 1 officials1312: Middle, 1 officials1314: Middle, 1 officials1315: Middle, 2 officials13151316: Low, 2 officials1316: Middle, 1 officials1317: Low, 1 officials1317: Middle, 1 officials1318: Low, 1 officials1318: Middle, 1 officials13181319: Low, 1 officials1319: Middle, 1 officials1320: Low, 1 officials1320: Middle, 1 officials1321: Low, 1 officials1321: Middle, 1 officials13211322: Low, 2 officials1323: Low, 1 officials1324: Middle, 1 officials132430
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Complete composition table (31 observed years)
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Origins of this group

Preferred birthplace wording; one count per official in the relation cohort. The first twenty categories appear here; Explore retains every category.

Recorded birthplaceOfficials
arapgir2
dersaadet2
sivas2
canakkale1
edirne1
girit1
harput1
hayrabolu1
livane1
lofca1
trabzon1
yozgat1
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Later recorded places

Other localities recorded in a later AH year than an official’s first observed service here. Counts use either locality assertion and may overlap. These are later observations, not confirmed direct transfers.

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Administrative reference assertions

Exact normalized locality-label linkage, retaining all matching hierarchy assertions. An undated reference classification, not an adjudicated administrative assignment or boundary. Istanbul/Dersaadet is the inherited explicit alias. These labels do not change locality membership or locate a person in a province at a dated point in his career.

Locality wordingSancakVilayetSource row
Merzifonamasyasivasgis_point_hierarchy_roster.csv, CSV row 826, GIS row 824
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Geographic assertions

Coordinates and source province wording are undated geographic evidence. No historical administrative boundary is inferred. Place aliases: Merzifon / merzifon.

SourceLatitudeLongitudeSupporting observations
recovered40.8735.4644
recovered:birth40.8735.4653

Citation

Ottoman Bureaucracy, “merzifon: locality roster”, ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a. Relationship, source collection, annual-record scope and source fields must accompany any downloaded selection.

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