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Seder Eliyahu zuta (The Minor Order of Elijah)
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the Sultan…

Contributor:

Elijah Capsali

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1523

Subjects:

Monarchy, Conversion, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations
A History of the Jews of Turkey and the Orient
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1. 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

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Rabbis, Nationalism

Categories:

Historical writing
Jewish Military Service
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an earlier…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Military, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Education, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Reportage