Esas defterleri: What information do the 'basic registers' of the Ottoman census contain and what research questions do they raise?
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5 avril 2024
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Soad Kilinç, « Esas defterleri: What information do the 'basic registers' of the Ottoman census contain and what research questions do they raise? », LOOP – Late Ottoman Palestinians, ID : 10.58079/w6bq
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Soad Kilinc The insights that we can gain from the transcription of late 19th and early 20th century Ottoman esas defterleri or 'basic registers' of Palestinian towns and cities provide a far more profound impression of the historical circumstances at the time than what a first glance at the listing of households and individuals might suggest. Reading between the lines, questions about social composition, inter-generational patterns and gender structures quickly arise. Taking the esas defter...