FROM DOBRUDJA TO ADA-KALEH: A BRIDGE BETWEEN EMPIRES
FROM DOBRUDJA TO ADA-KALEH: A BRIDGE BETWEEN EMPIRES

Summary/Abstract: Romania’s various historical legacies provide rich sources for the study of minority communities.While only the Transylvania region was part of the Habsburg State and only the Dobrudja region was under Ottoman rule, the Danube island of Ada-Kaleh was successively under the sovereignty of the two empires. Our study will scrutinize the legacies of Dobrudja and this island, the only territories of twentieth-century Romania with a sizable Muslim population. We will take a brief look into the historical background of Muslims in Dobrudja, as well as into their demographic dynamics. Further, a special consideration will be given to the island of Ada-Kaleh as a bridge between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires.

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