Title
Child from devşirme in the palace service.
Alternative Title
Fanciulo di Tributo creato nel Serraglio
Date
1580
Bibliographic Citation
NICOLAY, Nicolas de. Le Navigationi et viaggi, fatti nella Turchia … Novamente tradotto di Francese in Italiano da Francesco Flori da Lilla, Aritmetico. Con sessantasette figure naturali, si d’ huomini come di donne, secondo la varietà delle nationi…, Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1580.
Table Of Contents
74
Area/Place
Turkey
Subject
Human types
Description
Devşirme (gr. paidomazoma) was the practice by which the Ottomam empire took slave boys from Christian families. Those children were subsequently converted into Islam, and the primary objective was selecting and training the ablest children for the military or civil service of the Empire.
Collection
Hellenic Library - Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation