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Chronicle on the Death of Sultan Osman II and the Reigns of Mustafa and Murad
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Sunday, 15th of the aforementioned month [Elul; 10.9.1623]. The Sipahis [feudal cavalrymen] and the Janissaries [professional infantry corps] and all the king’s slaves and ministers came to speak with…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1622–1624

Subjects:

Monarchy, Antisemitism, Blood libel, Holidays, Passover

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts
Letter Addressed to the Conference of Constantinople in Favor of the Jews of the Orient
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Paris, December 1876 To Mr. President and Members of the Conference of Constantinople Sirs, You were nominated to discuss the interests of a great number of people in the Orient, and to accomplish a…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1877

Subjects:

Scholarship, Diaspora, Ladino, Community, Sephardic

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
Ve-lo ‘od ela’ (Moreover): On the Earthquake in Smyrna
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Now since the episode of the earthquake has already been mentioned, in order that all those who come after us should be aware of it, I shall place on record what occurred in relation to the earthquake…

Contributor:

Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1688

Subjects:

Ecology, Death, Mourning, Christian-Jewish relations, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts