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In the year 5121 (1361 CE), Sultan Murad I conquered the great city of Adrianople—called Edirne by the Turks and Endirne by the Jews…
Contributor:
Salomon Rosanes
Places:
Sofia, Ottoman Empire
(Sofia, Bulgaria)
Date:
1914
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[Sabbatai’s] illumination grew steadily more intense up to the thirteenth day of the month of Adar [23 February]. On that day his brother came for a stay, along with four of Vani Effendi’s men.…
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Jacob Najara
Places:
Adrianople, Ottoman Empire
(Edirne, Turkey)
Date:
1671
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The city modernizes more and more. One hardly sees those baggy, dark, unsightly breeches of old, the ones that Muslims, Christians, and poor Jews still wore in the middle of the last century. Until…
Contributor:
Joseph Nehama
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1914
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Unknown
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Buda, Ottoman Empire
(Buda, Hungary)
Date:
1686
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And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…
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Unknown
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1627
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Now since the episode of the earthquake has already been mentioned, in order that all those who come after us should be aware of it, I shall place on record what occurred in relation to the earthquake…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1688