Войни и реформи в османската периферия: аграрните отношения в Добруджа през XIX в. (по данни от теметтуат дефтерите)
Wars and Reforms in the Ottoman Periphery: Agrarian Relations in Dobrudzha during the Nineteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: The article provides new information on the socio-economic development of Northern Dobrudzha in the 19th c. extracted from unpublished Ottoman documents – temettuat defters. Those documents provide valuable information for the demographic picture, social, ethnic and religious characteristics of the settlements in the Ottoman Empire. Another important source of information for the history of the region is Balcho Neykov's memoirs. The problem of the Ottoman agrarian policy in Northern Dobrudzha and the role of the local Ottoman elite has not been studied before, but the provided new sources give new perspective and support innovative theses.

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