“And Every Language that Has Been Voiced Became a Millet”: A Genealogy of the late Ottoman Millet

This article outlines the history of the polysemous word millet from early Ottoman times up to the reign of Mahmud ii (r. 1808–39), challenging the view that the Ottoman term millet had an exclusively religious meaning before the nineteenth century. In the early Ottoman era, millet had at least thre...

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Main Author: Sigalas, Nikos 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2022, Volume: 62, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 325-359
Further subjects:B Confession
B conceptual history
B Secularisation
B Ottoman Empire
B Nation (university)
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