Official
Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel
Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1844/45 (AH 1260). On record 1865 to 1868, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 3_8; 14
Life#
Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel was born in Istanbul in 1844/45 (AH 1260), into the Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) community. Schooling took seven years, at the Rum Rustiye Mektebi; Yakob Emanuelidi Bin Emanuel also wrote French, Greek (Rum) and Turkish.
At about 20, in 1864/65, Yakob Emanuelidi Bin Emanuel began work in the telegraph service (Telgraf) in Istanbul, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1865/66, with Yakob Emanuelidi Bin Emanuel in the foreign accounts office (Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi) in Istanbul, the birthplace. The last post was in Lasid in 1867/68, with a rise to Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru.
Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1865/66 to a peak of 1,900 in 1867/68, as Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in Lasid, when nine in ten paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1867/68.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1844/45 (AH 1260); First work 1864/65 (AH 1281); 1865 to 1867 (AH 1282 to 1283)
First work as Telgraf
400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
Career and salary#
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 | 400 | 650 | 20% | |
| 1866/67 | 400 | 600 | 18% | |
| 1867/68 | 1,900 | 600 | 89% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1864/65AH 1281 | Telgraffirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400first-salary field |
| 1865 to 1867AH 1282 to 1283 | Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru | Lasid | 1,900 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
Education
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Greek (Rum)
- kitabetwriting. Rum is the word of the records for Greek as spoken by the Orthodox Christians of the empire. It is kept apart from the column Greek, which the records also have
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1864/65 (AH 1281)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 21
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 400
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 96 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel had the 43rd highest salary.
- Mustafa Habip Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Munir Bey2 shared years; highest salary 11,000 kuruş
- Emil Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 9,000 kuruş
- İsmail Hakki Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,500 kuruş
- Ali Refik Bey2 shared years; highest salary 6,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 4 officials with the title Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in the same years, Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel had the lowest salary.
- Melkok Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Ohannes Abdullah Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Antuvan İbrahim Keldani Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel had the 167th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Hamit Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Ahmet Nuri Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Bagdik Maksut Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 550 kuruş
- Dikran Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Edvar Konunyan Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 975 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 47 officials whose first annual entry is for 1865/66 (AH 1282), Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel had the 12th highest salary.
- Dikran Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Ohannes Abdullah Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Süleyman Ramiz Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 950 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 650 kuruş
- Bekir Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 750 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_8; 14 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 3_8; 14 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru | Lasid | 1,900 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 3_8; 14 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (23)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1260 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Rum | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rum Rustiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1281 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1864 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 21 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 400 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Yakob Emanuelidi Efendi Bin Emanuel
- Foreign accounts office (Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi)
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Rum Rustiye Mektebi
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)
- Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)