IV.
K. The Roma in the Ottoman Empire
CLARK, Edison L. The Races of European Turkey: Their History,
Condition and Prospects. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1878.
This work offers some details of Romany daily
life under Ottoman rule.
INALCIK, H. “Servile Labor in the Ottoman Empire.” In Abraham Ascher, Tibor
Halasi-Kun, and Bela K. Kiraly, eds. The Mutual Effects of the Islamic
and Judeo-Christian Worlds: the East European Pattern. New York: Brooklyn
College Press, distributed by Columbia University Press, 1979.
This study provides a unique look at the status
of Christian and Muslim Roma in the Balkans, and is based on Ottoman primary
and secondary sources.
SOULIS, George C. “A Note on the Taxation of the Balkan Gypsies in the
Seventeenth Century.” The Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, Third
Series 38, nos. 1-2 (January-April 1959): pp. 154-6.
This article describes how the Roma enjoyed full
liberty under Ottoman rule as long as they paid their taxes according to
their religious beliefs. The Christian Roma paid a higher tax than the
Muslim Roma.
SUGAR, Peter. Southeastern Europe under Ottoman Rule, 1354-1804.
Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1977.
This summary of Ottoman history contains information
about the liberties Roma enjoyed under Ottoman rule. It also discusses
their tax status within the Balkan parts of the Turkish empire.
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