The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923Longman, 1997 - 406 pages This is an introductory survey of Ottoman history from earliest times to the end of the Empire, written for both students and non-specialists. Although it offers a broad account of events, it is not primarily a political narrative of the Ottoman territories; rather, it investigates the world of the Ottoman Turks themselves, exploring their political, social and economic systems, and examining the lives and customs of ordinary people, as well as of the ruling classes. |
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Page 257
... population of Istanbul or their lifestyles . Early population registers listed 80,000 households in the city c . 1525 : 46,000 Muslim , 25,000 Christian , and 9,000 Jewish . The government only took a fairly detailed census of the city ...
... population of Istanbul or their lifestyles . Early population registers listed 80,000 households in the city c . 1525 : 46,000 Muslim , 25,000 Christian , and 9,000 Jewish . The government only took a fairly detailed census of the city ...
Page 258
... population registers elsewhere or who lived in ' Greater Istanbul ' but not within the census borders were not included in the totals . The de facto population of Greater Istanbul was probably 100,000 higher . Istanbul had a very fluid ...
... population registers elsewhere or who lived in ' Greater Istanbul ' but not within the census borders were not included in the totals . The de facto population of Greater Istanbul was probably 100,000 higher . Istanbul had a very fluid ...
Page 334
... population Today the Russian province of Erivan is the main part of the Armenian Republic , but in the 1820s Turkish Muslims made up the majority of its population . The Armenian population whose descendants would live in the Armenian ...
... population Today the Russian province of Erivan is the main part of the Armenian Republic , but in the 1820s Turkish Muslims made up the majority of its population . The Armenian population whose descendants would live in the Armenian ...
Contents
Origins of the Turks to 1281 | 1 |
The First Ottomans 12811446 | 33 |
The Ottoman Classical Age 14461566 | 65 |
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