Michał Czajkowski/Sadık Pasha and His Ottoman Cossack Regiment as Agents of Modernization

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This contribution dwells into the activities of the Polish political agent, writer, and convert Michał Czajkowski, also known as Sadık Pasha, and his Ottoman Cossack Regiment. The Polish convert left an interesting mark in the history of the long nineteenth century, especially in the Ottoman domain. Czajkowski’s political activity in the Ottoman Empire began in 1841 when he established the so-called Eastern Agency. The Agency was created by one of Paris’ Polish émigré camps, Hôtel Lambert, and led by Prince Adam Czartoryski. Later, Czajkowski found shelter as a subject to the Sultan, converted to Islam, and assumed the name Mehmed Sadık. After the beginning of the Crimean War in 1853, in the Ottoman Balkans’ complex geopolitical situation, he established the first official regular Christian military unit in the Ottoman Empire. That Ottoman Cossack regiment or Kazak Alayı was composed almost entirely of non-Muslim subjects to the Sultan. The official status, activities, and Christian character of this Ottoman military unit made it a unique instrument and an agent of the modernization processes during the Tanzimat era in Southeast Europe.

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Transforming Southeast Europe During the Long 19th Century

Persons and Personalities as Agents of Modernization in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Space

Series:  Balkan Studies Library, Volume: 35
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