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... villages and towns the Christians elect annually from among themselves a certain num- ber of headmen , who are charged with the duty of administering the affairs of the community , including ism . 1 1 Lejean and Petermann , p . 37 ...
... villages and towns the Christians elect annually from among themselves a certain num- ber of headmen , who are charged with the duty of administering the affairs of the community , including ism . 1 1 Lejean and Petermann , p . 37 ...
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... villages these headmen are generally called Primates . In the towns they are usually called Ephori . Their functions are entirely voluntary , and their services gra- tuitous . One of their number is generally chosen to preside over the ...
... villages these headmen are generally called Primates . In the towns they are usually called Ephori . Their functions are entirely voluntary , and their services gra- tuitous . One of their number is generally chosen to preside over the ...
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... village , the heavier is the contribution which it is obliged to send to Con- stantinople . A powerful inducement is thus held out 1 I have followed Ubicini in the orthography of this word . It is spelt differently by other writers ...
... village , the heavier is the contribution which it is obliged to send to Con- stantinople . A powerful inducement is thus held out 1 I have followed Ubicini in the orthography of this word . It is spelt differently by other writers ...
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... village in the ravine , situated among high rocks , which we had seen on our right hand in coming up from Keuplu to Billijik , had been miserably crippled and otherwise injured by order of the Turkish court , which had let off Abdullah ...
... village in the ravine , situated among high rocks , which we had seen on our right hand in coming up from Keuplu to Billijik , had been miserably crippled and otherwise injured by order of the Turkish court , which had let off Abdullah ...
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... village were afraid of appearing in such a case against a Mussulman ; but four or five did follow the un- fortunate Hadji to the hall , misnamed of justice , and were there to depose that it was the Turk who had taken by violence his ...
... village were afraid of appearing in such a case against a Mussulman ; but four or five did follow the un- fortunate Hadji to the hall , misnamed of justice , and were there to depose that it was the Turk who had taken by violence his ...
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