Hısnımansur Town, Its population and the Place of Non-Muslims in its Economy from the Population Register of 1835/1836

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Following the abolition of the Janissaries the Ottoman State began to conduct censuses from 1831 onwards to determine the human and financial sources that were available for the newly constituted modern army. The attempt was made to conduct these censuses throughout the entire territory but they could only be conducted in different regions of the state on different dates. Only during the latter part of 1835 was the first modern census conducted in Hısnımansur, a small town far from the capital. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic situation of the non-Muslim community of Hısnımansur from the data recorded in the population register of 1835/1836. This paper examines the total population, the non-Muslim population consisting of one in five of the approximate total population, the jobs and branches of professions, which professions the non-Muslims practiced and the position of the non- Muslim community within the economic activities of the inhabitants of Hısnımansur.

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The First Census , The population of Hısnımansur , Non , Muslim Population , Professions , Crafts

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities