Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2006 M05 9 - 544 pages Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced out, and the Nazis deported and killed the Jews. As the acclaimed historian Mark Mazower follows the city’s inhabitants through plague, invasion, famine, and the disastrous twentieth century, he resurrects a fascinating and vanished world. |
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Page 88
... brought shame on them . Nicetas was outraged when relatives became Muslims and he decided on martyrdom as a way of upholding the family honour . Pil- grimage to the Holy Land inspired one or two to follow in the footsteps of the Lord ...
... brought shame on them . Nicetas was outraged when relatives became Muslims and he decided on martyrdom as a way of upholding the family honour . Pil- grimage to the Holy Land inspired one or two to follow in the footsteps of the Lord ...
Page 128
... brought in , badly beaten , before he was handed over to the janissary agha to be executed . " Before he left , " writes Haïroullah , " forgive me for this , Your Majesty , I embraced him and kissed him , because in truth , he was an ...
... brought in , badly beaten , before he was handed over to the janissary agha to be executed . " Before he left , " writes Haïroullah , " forgive me for this , Your Majesty , I embraced him and kissed him , because in truth , he was an ...
Page 257
... brought forward their plans.3 At dawn on 23 July , news reached the city that proclamations were being distributed ... brought his master into line ; all they could see was that the sultan had finally brought back the constitution he had ...
... brought forward their plans.3 At dawn on 23 July , news reached the city that proclamations were being distributed ... brought his master into line ; all they could see was that the sultan had finally brought back the constitution he had ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
Copyright | |
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