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Comment On Professor Barkan's Estimate of the Population of the Ottoman Empire in I520-30

Comment On Professor Barkan's Estimate of the Population of the Ottoman Empire in I520-30 MISCELLANEA COMMENT ON PROFESSOR BARKAN'S ESTIMATE OF THE POPULATION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN I520-30 Professor Barkan's estimate of the population of the Ottoman Empire in I j 20- 3 0, published in the first issue of this Journal, sheds a flood of light on a most important question.l) His figures are the first and only ones of their kind, and are moreover in line with other available information; for these reasons they will be eagerly welcomed by scholars who will use them as a starting point for further investigations. The object of this note, however, is to question one of the items in the estimate, viz the figure for the Christian population of the Arab provinces.2) The figure given seems much too small, though it should be immediately added that any corrections made in it are not likely to affect significantly the grand total given by him.3) Prof. Barkan puts the number of Christian Arab households at 944 which, assuming as he does an average of S persons per household, gives a total of 4 j 70 persons. This estimate may be criticized from two angles: as a relative and as an absolute figure. a) The figure http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Brill

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Brill
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© 1957 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0022-4995
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1568-5209
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10.1163/156852057X00164
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MISCELLANEA COMMENT ON PROFESSOR BARKAN'S ESTIMATE OF THE POPULATION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN I520-30 Professor Barkan's estimate of the population of the Ottoman Empire in I j 20- 3 0, published in the first issue of this Journal, sheds a flood of light on a most important question.l) His figures are the first and only ones of their kind, and are moreover in line with other available information; for these reasons they will be eagerly welcomed by scholars who will use them as a starting point for further investigations. The object of this note, however, is to question one of the items in the estimate, viz the figure for the Christian population of the Arab provinces.2) The figure given seems much too small, though it should be immediately added that any corrections made in it are not likely to affect significantly the grand total given by him.3) Prof. Barkan puts the number of Christian Arab households at 944 which, assuming as he does an average of S persons per household, gives a total of 4 j 70 persons. This estimate may be criticized from two angles: as a relative and as an absolute figure. a) The figure

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Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1957

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