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Official

İsak Yosef Efendi

Jewish (Musevi). Born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1904/05, 1 annual entry.

Archive reference 144-411

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Life

Born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1878/79 (AH 1296) into the Jewish (Musevi) community, İsak Yosef Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Work began in Baghdad in 1896/97, at about 17, with eight unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 200 kuruş. A single annual entry, for 1904/05, places İsak Yosef in Baghdad as a chief official for foreign communications (Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru), on 200 kuruş a month.

One annual entry, for 1904/05 (AH 1322): Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 200 kuruş a month. Institution: Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf).

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Community
Jewish (Musevi)
Nationality as recorded
yahudi
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Community school
Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
8 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

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 28 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat) in the same years, İsak Yosef Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 156 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat)

Same job title, same years

Of the 12 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in the same years, İsak Yosef Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 51 officials with the title Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru

Same school

Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, İsak Yosef Efendi had the 244th highest salary.

All 263 officials with Millet Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 73 officials born in Baghdad (Bağdat), İsak Yosef Efendi had the 71st highest salary.

The page of Baghdad (Bağdat), with the 73 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), İsak Yosef Efendi had the 81st highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (1)

Annual entries of İsak Yosef Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract144-411
What the sources named in this table are
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 (14)

Recorded values of İsak Yosef Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsak Yosef EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1296Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceBagdatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthbagdatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationesnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuseviRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityyahudiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolMillet MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)8Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1314Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1896Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBagdatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 1 annual entry of 1 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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