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Jews in Constantinople (Modern period)

Author(s) : Rozen Minna (7/14/2008)

For citation: Rozen Minna, "Jews in Constantinople (Modern period)", 2008,
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Jews in Constantinople (Modern period) (6/26/2007 v.1)

Εβραίοι στην Κωνσταντινούπολη (Νεότεροι Χρόνοι) - to be assigned

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Chart 1: Inter-ethnic Marriages among the Jews of Istanbul

Years	Number of burials	Romaniot female spouse+ other male spouse	Romaniot male spouse + other female spouse	Marriage inside the group, or between Ashkenazim and Sephardim
1583-1591	380	4	0	376
1591-1601	76	1	0	75
1602-1612	96	2	1	94
1613-1623	132	1	0	131
1624-1634	114	1	0	113
1635-1645	190	5	0	185
1646-1656	1558	18	2	1540

Chart 2: Distribution of wealth among the Jews of Istanbul according to their Poll-Tax Assesment 1603-1623

Poll tax level	Kendi gelen (voluntary settlers) 1603 (TCBA Maliyeden Mudevver 2060 )	Kendi gelen (voluntary settlers) 1623 (TCBA Maliyeden Mudevver 286 )	Sürgün (deportees) 1623	Total 1623
Evla (rich)	42	87	188	275
Evsat (average)	305	480	474	955
Edna (poor)	575	532	537	1069
Total	922	1099	1200	2299

1. Introduction 2. The Jews of Constantinople on the eve, and in the aftermath, of the Ottoman Conquest 3. How Greek were the Romaniots? 4. The Geographical Distribution of the Romaniot Congregationsin Istanbul 5. The Economic Activities of the Romaniots 6. Organizational Paradigms 7. Where, when, and how, did the Romaniots disappear?

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