Neither Muslims nor Zimmis: The Gypsies (Roma) in the Ottoman State

From: Romani Studies | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Ginio, Eyal | Copyright information

This study explores the place of the Gypsies (kiptî) in Ottoman society as depicted in the sicil, the records of the seriat court, of eighteenth-century Salonica. I argue that the Gypsies are the salient example of a Salonican group that was fully segregated from the other segments of local population, at least for administrative purposes. The Ottoman administration's suspicious attitude toward the Gypsies was expressed in the general disapproval of the nomadic way of life. Drawing on the Ba...

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