Child from devşirme in the palace service.

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Creator

NICOLAY, Nicolas de

Title

Child from devşirme in the palace service.

Alternative Title

Fanciulo di Tributo creato nel Serraglio

Date

1580

Bibliographic Citation

NICOLAY, Nicolas de. Le Navigationi et viaggi, fatti nella Turchia Novamente tradotto di Francese in Italiano da Francesco Flori da Lilla, Aritmetico. Con sessantasette figure naturali, si d’ huomini come di donne, secondo la varietà delle nationi…, Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1580.

Description

Devşirme (gr. paidomazoma) was the practice by which the Ottomam empire took slave boys from Christian families. Those children were subsequently converted into Islam, and the primary objective was selecting and training the ablest children for the military or civil service of the Empire.

Identifier

Nicolai_13

Table Of Contents

74

Spatial Coverage

Turkey

Subject

Human types

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Citation

NICOLAY, Nicolas de, “Child from devşirme in the palace service. ,” travelogues, accessed November 4, 2024, https://english.travelogues.gr/items/show/40372.