Cover illustration: Ottoman Jews, based on engravings appearing in Nicolas de Nicolay, Le navigationi et viaggi nella Turchia (Antwerp, 1576).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ayalon, Yaron, 1977- author
Title: Ottoman Jewry : leadership, charity, and literacy / by Yaron Ayalon.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: Christians and Jews in Muslim societies, 2212–5523; vol.12 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024046909 (print) | LCCN 2024046910 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004711969 hardback | ISBN 9789004711976 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Jews–Turkey–History | Turkey–Social conditions–1288–1918 | Turkey–Ethnic relations
Classification: LCC DS135.T8 A926 2025 (print) | LCC DS135.T8 (ebook) | DDC 305.892/405609034– dc23/eng
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024046909
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024046910
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ISSN 2212-5523
ISBN 978-90-04-71196-9 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-71197-6 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004711976
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