HIST 3830 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Europeanisation, Eastern Question, Pylos
17 Jan 2017
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W2: the long 19th century reforms & crises. Until the end of ww1, istanbul appeared in documents as constantinople. Until 1925, iran was called persia: millets = non-muslim communities, this system existed from 1453 onwards. They paid a poll tax to the ottomans. In return, they received communal autonomy meaning that they could run their own education and justice systems as long as they didn"t rebel. There is lots of evidence of christians and jews going to muslim courts instead because they"d get a better deal in this court compared to their own. Greek and armenian communities became quite wealthy in fact. Rules emerged in constantinople around how muslims were to treat non- Sultan would appoint the head of these communities. When the russians sign the treaty, they deem themselves the new. "protectors" of the greek-orthodox communities something that would create problems down the road considering the fact that the ottomans themselves already thought that they were their protectors.
