Rum millet

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The Rum millet was an administrative and religious community within the Ottoman Empire that encompassed Orthodox Christian subjects, particularly those of Greek cultural and ecclesiastical tradition.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rum (Ottoman Balkans and Anatolia) 1
Rum Millet 1
Rum Orthodox 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Orthodox Christian community
administrative community
millet
religious community
alsoKnownAs Millet-i Rum
Roman millet
appliesTo Orthodox Christian subjects of the Ottoman Empire
associatedWithCulture Greek culture
associatedWithTradition Greek ecclesiastical tradition
began 15th century
centeredIn Constantinople
developedFrom Byzantine imperial and ecclesiastical structures
diminishedAfter establishment of national Orthodox churches in the Balkans
rise of Balkan nationalisms in the 19th century
ethnoReligiousComposition included other Orthodox Christian ethnic groups
primarily ethnic Greeks
function intermediary between Orthodox Christian subjects and the Ottoman state
geographicalScope territories of the Ottoman Empire with Orthodox Christian populations
governedBy Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
grantedAutonomyIn education
internal communal administration
religious matters
headedBy Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
historicalSuccessorInNationStateContext Greek Orthodox Church structures in independent Greece
includedGroup Greek Orthodox Christians
some Arab Orthodox Christians
some Slavic Orthodox Christians
languageOfAdministration Greek
legalBasis Ottoman millet system
legalStatus recognized corporate body under Ottoman law
memberStatusDefinedBy affiliation with the Orthodox Church
religion
nameDerivedFrom Rum (Rome), referring to the Eastern Roman or Byzantine heritage
linked to: Byzantine
notDefinedPrimarilyBy ethnicity
language
relatedConcept millet system
relatedTo Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity
responsibleFor ecclesiastical courts
education of its members
family law of its members
personal status law of its members
religious affairs of Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire
taxObligations collecting and remitting taxes from its members to the Ottoman state
timePeriod Ottoman period
usedIn Ottoman Empire

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phanariotes memberOf Rum millet
Ottoman Greeks milletAffiliation Rum Millet
linked to: Rum millet
Hayali regionOfActivity Rum (Ottoman Balkans and Anatolia)
linked to: Rum millet