Social and Economic Structure of Babadagi Town in the Mid of the 19th Century

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Babadagi, an early Turkish settlement that perseveres into present times in Tulcea. Romania, was founded under the pioneership of Sari Saltuk in the 13th century. While the town became an important centre in North Dobruca as a result of its expansion in the 16th and 17th centuries under the Ottoman rule, it started to shrink from 1771 on, the year Russians invaded the town. This article presents a view of downsizing Babadag1 from a social and economic perspective based on temettiiat registers of 1845. In that regard the prevailing Muslim Turkish population as well various Christian, Armenian and Jewish ethnic groups in the town consisting of 411 houses in 19 units, occupational groups, sources of income and other economical features are studied in detail.

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Babadagi , Balkans , Dobruca , population , tax , economy , temettuat registers

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