Locality dossier

sofulu

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 edirne.
Served here in sofulu · 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.

21 distinct officials in the relation cohort46 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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21 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
Unnamed official0049_0022; 411308–1312 · 5 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow600–600
Unnamed official0049_0039; 751311–1311 · 1 annual entriesMemurSibyan MektebiLow600–600
Unnamed official0156_0033; 631324–1325 · 2 annual entriesMuhaberati Ecnebiye Memuriyeti; Emanet KitabetiRusdiye MektebiMiddle250–250
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi8_56; 1071319–1319 · 1 annual entries3. MudurSibyan mektebiLow540–540
Ahmet Kazım Efendi0098_0231; 4591311–1313 · 3 annual entriesMuvassilRusdiye MektebiLow150–150
Ahmet Lütfi Efendi53_0172; 3411317–1318 · 2 annual entries3. MudurSibyan MektebiLow540–540
Ali Ferit Efendi0099_0020; 371309–1309 · 1 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow400–400
Halil Efendi0034_0225; 4471303–1307 · 5 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruSibyan mektebiLow600–600
Hasan Sabri Efendi54_92; 1811312–1312 · 1 annual entriesNakliye MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow250–250
Hüseyin Avni Efendi54_188; 3731307–1320 · 10 annual entriesMemur; Muhabere MemuruSibyan MektebiLow159–250
Manul(?) Efendi0087_0159:3151311–1311 · 1 annual entriesNakliye MemuruMillet MektebiLow250–250
Mehmet Avni Efendi149-236-4671325–1325 · 1 annual entriesMuhaberati Ecnebiye MemuriyetiRusdiye MektebiMiddle250–250
Mehmet Naili Efendi0091_0016: 291313–1313 · 1 annual entriesNakliye MemuruRusdiye MektebiMiddle250–250
Mehmet Şevket Efendi114_123; 2411321–1321 · 1 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiMiddle250–250
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi0062_0010; 171298–1299 · 2 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow600–600
Salim Sabri Efendi69_194; 3851313–1313 · 1 annual entriesNakliye MemuruRusdiye MektebiMiddle250–250
Süleyman Onur Efendi58- 159,3111300–1302 · 3 annual entriesMuhabere MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow600–600
Süleyman Vehbi Efendi0098_0020; 371306–1306 · 1 annual entriesNakliye MemuruRusdiye MektebiLow300–300
Tayyar Efendi0062_0183; 3611321–1321 · 1 annual entries3. MudurRusdiye MektebiLow600–600
Yasef Efendi58- 00321299–1299 · 1 annual entriesPosta MemuruSibyan MektebiLow150–150
Yaver Yorgi Efendi69_150; 2971304–1305 · 2 annual entriesMusillikMillet MektebiLow150–150
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Observed personnel through time

Distinct officials and annual entries are counted separately.

Hijri yearDistinct officialsAnnual entriesSalary not recorded
AH 1298110
AH 1299220
AH 1300110
AH 1301110
AH 1302110
AH 1303110
AH 1304220
AH 1305220
AH 1306220
AH 1307220
AH 1308220
AH 1309330
AH 1310110
AH 1311440
AH 1312330
AH 1313330
AH 1314110
AH 1315110
AH 1316110
AH 1317220
AH 1318220
AH 1319220
AH 1320110
AH 1321220
AH 1324110
AH 1325220

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.

1298: Low, 1 officials12981299: Low, 2 officials1300: Low, 1 officials1301: Low, 1 officials13011302: Low, 1 officials1303: Low, 1 officials1304: Low, 2 officials13041305: Low, 2 officials1306: Low, 2 officials1307: Low, 2 officials13071308: Low, 2 officials1309: Low, 3 officials1310: Low, 1 officials13101311: Low, 4 officials1312: Low, 3 officials1313: Low, 1 officials1313: Middle, 2 officials13131314: Low, 1 officials1315: Low, 1 officials1316: Low, 1 officials13161317: Low, 2 officials1318: Low, 2 officials1319: Low, 2 officials13191320: Low, 1 officials1321: Low, 1 officials1321: Middle, 1 officials1324: Middle, 1 officials13241325: Middle, 2 officials132540
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Complete composition table (26 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.

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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
SofuluDedeagacedirnegis_point_hierarchy_roster.csv, CSV row 1106, GIS row 1104
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Geographic assertions

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

SourceLatitudeLongitudeSupporting observations
recovered41.1926.344

Citation

Ottoman Bureaucracy, “sofulu: 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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