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For the history of Rumelia after its dissolution, see Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Yugoslavia Rumelia 1879-1912 Rumelia 1815-1879 Click here for a general history of the Ottoman Empire Historic Encyclopedias on Eyalets / Vilayets in European Turkey 1857-1913, on European Turkey Historical Atlas : Rumelia Page, Ottoman Empire (core) List of Wars, Rumelia Page |
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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES Note : Literature, as well as documents posted, on Rumelia with its ethnically diverse population reflect a wide range of often conflicting, partially radical positions. The webmaster does not associate himself with any of the links added below; caution is advised. |
| Country Profiles | Modern |
from Wikipedia Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium entry Rumelia, posted by macottrum |
| Historical |
W. le Queux, The near East; the present situation in Montenegro, Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Turkey and Macedonia (1907),
posted on Internet Archive R. Wyon, The Balkans from within (1904), posted on Internet Archive J.F. Fraser, Pictures from the Balkans (1906), posted on Internet Archive |
| Links | General |
| on History |
Links on Macedonian History, from Balkan Web |
| Organizations |
| Historical Dictionaries |
| Timelines |
Modern History of Thrace
, timeline in English, pro-Greek |
| Accounts of History | Modern |
| Historical |
| Specific Periods |
| Administration |
Jivoin Perich, La Confederation Balkanique (The Balkan Confederation, 1912), posted online by
Gutenberg Library Online, in French Anonymous, Une Confederation Orientale comme solution de la Question d'Orient (An Oriental Confederation as solution of the Oriental Question, 1907), posted online by Gutenberg Library Online, in French |
| Military |
List of Wars, Rumelia Page, at this site First Graeco-Turkish War of 1897, from OnWar.com M.U. Ekinci, The Origins of the 1897 Ottoman-Greek War - A Diplomatic History, masters thesis Bilkent University 2006 Macedonian Uprisings, from Macedonia for the Macedonians A. von Horsetzky, Der russische Feldzug in Bulgarien und Rumelien 1877-78: Eine militärische .. (1878) in German, posted on Internet Archive |
| Economy & Finances |
J.L. Farley, The resources of Turkey considered with especial reference to
the profitable investment of capital in the Ottoman empire, 1862, GB |
| Social History |
| Ethnography |
Mapping Migration in Kastoria, Macedonia A.G. Paspati, The Language of the Gypsies, as now used in the Turkish Empire, pp.143-270 in Journal of the American Oriental Society vol.7 1862, GB E.L. Clark, The Races of European Turkey: Their History, Condition, and Prospects (1878), posted on Internet Archive V.A. Tsanoff, Reports and letters of American missionaries, referring to the distribution of nationalities in the former provinces of European Turkey, 1858-1918 (1919), posted on Internet Archive H.N. Brailsford, Macedonia; its races and their future (1906), posted on Internet Archive O. Hoffmann, Die Makedonen, ihre Sprache und ihr Volkstum (1906) in German, posted on Internet Archive |
| Religion |
Identity (Trans)Formation among Bulgarian Muslims,
by Maria Todorova, details on Pomak history Macedonian Orthodox Church, from Macedonia for the Macedonians Melih Çoban, Ottoman Jews in Salonica : a Community at the Heart of Ottoman Enlightenment, in : Turkish Review of Balkan Studies 2007 pp.69-84 Patron Saints Index : Salonica, Constantinople Franciscan Provinces with their Custodies and Convents, c.1350, from M. van der Heijden and B. Roest, click Romania (title misleading) |
| History of Regions |
Macedonia and the failure of Ottoman reforms, from
Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History by Steven W. Sowards Rohnstock, F.: Salonik und sein Hinterland (1886) (Salonica and its Hinterland), in German, soon to be posted at DTBSWS V. Berard, Pro Macedonia: l'action austro-russe.- Les bombes de Salonique.- Le memorandum bulgare.- Une action anglo-franco-italienne.- Aux Hellenes (1904) in French, posted on Internet Archive S. Georgevitch, Serbia and Kosovo (1922, written prior to 1912), IA |
| Local History |
History of Skopje,
Thessaloniki,
Ohrid,
Shkoder,
Durres,
Ioannina,
Prizren,
Pristina,
Pec,
Edirne, from Wikipedia |
| Institutions |
Railway from Constantinople to the frontiers of Servia with a branch to Salonica
1860, GB |
| Culture |
| Biographies |
Dame Gruev - the Founder of IMRO, from The Tragic Peninsula
by Christ Anastasoff, St. Louis 1938 |
| Others |
The Serbs and the Macedonian Question, from
Internet Library of Serb Culture |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon) |
| Lists of Consuls |
| Lists of Bishops |
| Population Figures |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Freely Accessible Articles (selection) from the New York Times articles (since 1851) on
Roumelia;
Adrianople;
Salonica;
Monastir;
Janina;
Uskub;
more from NY Times Archive (charges modest fee) New York Times 1901 : Anarchy in Macedonia, in Reality Macedonia |
| Online Yearbooks | International |
for more yearbook entries, see under Ottoman Empire Statesman's Year-Book, Entry : Turkey (data organized by continent : Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia) : vol.1 1864 pp.492-515, GB, vol.2 1865 pp.488-510, GB, vol.3 1866 pp.499-517, GB, vol.4 1867 pp.488-506, GB, vol.5 1868 pp.488-506, GB, vol.6 1869 pp.488-506, GB |
| Image Databanks |
Image : The Bey of Rumelia,
Herald for Rumelia, from Raalamb Costume Booka manuscript of
1657-1658 kept in the Royal Library, Stockholm |
| Archival Deposits |
| Laws |
| Treaties | General Treaty Collections |
| Bilateral Treaty Collections |
| Consular Reports |
| Chamber of Commerce Reports |
| Document Collections |
The Three Emperors' League of 1881 pertaining to Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia, posted by
Avalon Project at Yale Law School Sultan Mehmed Reshad's Rumelia Journey of 1912, posted by Sozler Publication Macedonia during the Turkish Rule, from The Archive of Macedonia, has numerous documents in facsimile British Consul General Blunt to the Marquis of Salisbury, May 10th 1880, on the Activity of the Albanian League of Prizren in the Vilayet of Kosova, 1880, posted on Mithat Gashi's Webpage; more documents on Kosovo here Documents on the Macedonian Question, from macedoniainfo, pro-Bulgarian and anti-Greek Sir Artur Evans about Roumans, Greeks and the "Eastern Question", 1903, attached a text by Sir Charles Eliot, Turkey in Europe, 1908. Letters of Serbian Consuls from Kosovo and Metohija XIX and XX century, from Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren, 3 documents of 1894-1895 The Events of 1903 in Macedonia, as presented in European Diplomatic Correspondence, posted by Macedonian Heritage, 70 Documents Correspondence of Foreign Consuls in Macedonia, from Bulgaria Online, 2 documents of 1903 Documents on the Struggle of the Macedonian People for Independence and Nation-State The Macedonian Question, 1878-1908, 1908-1912, collection of documents posted by Mt.Holyoke (Handbook for the Diplomatic History of Europe, Asia, and Africa 1870-1914, Washington : GPO 1918) Arthur D. Howden-Smith: An Attack on the Bashi-Bazouks, Macedonia, 1907, from Modern History Sourcebook Macedonian Muslims During the Balkan Wars, from Habsburg Web |
| Historical Maps |
click here Map : Europe in 1700, from euratlas. The map shows the Elayet of Rumelia including all of Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia and the Dobrudja. Map featuring the Bulgarian Exarchate, 1870-1912, from macedoniainfo Map : Balkans Region, 1878-1912, from Balcanica Map : The Albanian Vilayets and Sandjaks in 1881, from A Brief Historical Atlas of Albania-One-Nation-All Ethnic map of Rumelia, by J. Cvijic, 1909, from A Brief Historical Atlas of Albania-One-Nation-All Ethnographic Map of Macedonia, by Dr. Cvijic, Dotation Carnegie, undated (early 20th c.) Map : Empire Ottoman en Europe, (shows Rumelia Pashaliks; Heck, Atlas Geographique et Historique 1835), posted by M. Witkam Map : Balkans (borders of Catholic Dioceses; from Streit, Atlas Hierarchicus 1913), posted by M. Witkam |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
Articles Rumelia,
Adrianople (Vilayet),
Adrianople (City),
Salonica,
Monastir,
Ochrida,
Albania,
Scutari (Vilayet,
Scutari (City),
Iannina,
Uskub,
Kossovo (Vilayet),
Prizren,
Ipek,
Novibazar,
Macedonia, from EB 1911 Articles Rumelien, Adrianopel, Saloniki, Monastir, Janina, Skutari, Durazzo, Ochrida, Kossovo, Ipek, Albanien, Makedonien, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Religious |
Articles Monastir,
Salonica,
Adrianople,
from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 Articles Turkish Empire, Adrianople, Thessalonica, Achrida, Durazzo, Serres, Scopia, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907 |
| Economic |
Salonica, p.307 in vol.1 of P. Kelly, Universal Cambist, 1821, GB Present State of Agriculture in European Turkey, pp.120-122 in vol.1 of J. Loudon, An encyclopędia of agriculture, 1825, GB J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Adrianopel, Salonichi, Varna, posted by DTBSWS Gülich, Gustav von, Geschichtliche Darstellung des Handels, der Gewerbe und des Ackerbaus der bedeutenden handeltreibenden Staaten unserer Zeit (Historical Description of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Important Trading States of Our Time), Jena : Frommann 6 vol.s 1830-1845, chapter : Die Moldau, die Walachei und Bulgarien, vol.4 1844 pp.306-309, in German, posted by DTBSWS Agricultural Productions and Manufactures of European Turkey, pp.45-62 in vol.2 of J. McGregor, Commercial Statistics, 1844, GB |
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Geographical on European Turkey |
European Turkey, pp.336-356 in S. Pinkerton, Modern Geography,
1804, GB European Turkey, pp.225-257 in vol.6 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1828, GB European Turkey, pp.624-639 in F.H. Ungewitter, Europe, past and present: a comprehensive manual of European geography and history, 1850, GB Turkey in Europe, Greece and the Ionian Islands, pp.107-119 in Ch. R. Maxwell, An epitome of the military geography of Europe, 1850, GB European Turkey, pp.256-282 in S.G. Goodrich, A Pictorial Geography of the World: The old world, 1856, GB European Turkey, pp.307-313 in A. Harris, A geographical hand book, 1862, GB Turkey in Europe, pp.157-159 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c.1910, GB |
| Historical |
L'Illyrie Ottomane, pp.1-10 in vol.9 of F.M. de Marsy et al.,
Histoire moderne des Chinois, des Japonnois, des Indiens, des Persanes, des Turcs, des Russiens et des Americains, 1769, in French, GB Turkey in Europe, pp.576-577 in M. Willson, Outlines of history, 1854, GB |
| Other |
| Postal Routes etc. |
K.Fr. Jahn, Post-Reise-Handbuch, 1833, in German, GB; search for
Adrianopel, Constantinopel, Belgrad Search Bradshaw's continental railway, steam transit, and general guide 1853, 1859, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, GB, for Constantinople, Adrianople, Salonica etc. |
| Tour Guides |
J. Conder, The Modern Traveller : Turkey, 1830, GB J. Murray, A handbook for travellers in Turkey : describing Constantinople, European Turkey, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Mesopotamia, 1854, GB M. Busch, Die Türkei; Reisehandbuch für Rumelien, die untere Donau, Anatolien, Syrien, Palästina, Rhodus und Cypern (1870) in German, posted on Internet Archive |
| Travelogues |
H. Holland, Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c. during the years 1812 and 1813 (1819),
vol.2, posted on Internet Archive E. Spencer, Travels in European Turkey, in 1850: Through Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thrace .. (1851), IA, GB Carl Wilhelm Wutzer, Reise in den Orient Europas und einen Theil Westasiens zur Untersuchung des Bodens und seiner Producte, des Klimas, der Salubritäts-Verhältnisse und der vorherrschenden Krankheiten (Journey to the Orient of Europe and a Part of Western Asia to Examine the Soil and its Products, the Climate, Health Conditions and Leading Diseases), Elberfeld : Bädeker 1860-1861, in German, posted by DTBSWS G.M.M. McKenzie, Travels in the Slavonic provinces of Turkey-in-Europe , 1867, GB V. Chirol, 'Twixt Greek and Turk, or, Jottings during a journey through Thessaly, Macedonia, and Epirus (1881), posted on Internet Archive M.A. Walker, Old Tracks and New Landmarks: Wayside Sketches in Crete, Macedonia, Mitylene .. (1897), posted on Internet Archive |
| Residence Memoirs |
| Institutions | Archives |
State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia,
Historical Archive of Sarajevo,
Archive of the Federation of Bisnia i Herzegovina,
Albania's State Archive |
| Musea |
| Monuments |
| Libraries |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Proposed national flag of Macedonia, 1903, from FOTW |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Bibliography | General |
RHS Bibliography Search UK National Archive Online Library for Serbia, Servia Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Mauritius (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Search ISBN Database .. |
| on Rumelia |
Annotated Bibliography, from Macedonian Heritage (Greek perspective) Bibliography, from Library of Congress Country Studies : Turkey, Albania Bibliography : Macedonia and the Macedonians, by Andrew Rosos Bibliography and Map Sources, from Kosovo Origins by Hugo Roth A Bibliography on Minorities in Greece : Greece, Thrace Minorities |
| Online Libraries | General |
Gutenberg Library Online,
Internet Archive Persee (French search engine) International Boundary Studies eScholarship, University of California |
| on Rumelia |
Central and Eastern European Online Library Greek Genocide 1914-1923 Digital National Library of Serbia |
| Thesis Server |
| Online Journals | General |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| On Balkans |
| General Accounts |
Rossitsa Gradeva (ed.), Rumeli under the Ottomans, 15th to 18th Centuries. Institutions and Communities. Istanbul : Isis Press 2004 [G] J. Müller, Albanien, Rumelien und die Österreichisch-montenegrinische Gränze; oder, Statistischtopographische Darstellung der Paschaliks Skutari, Priserend, Ipek, Toli-Monastir, Jakova, Tirana, Kavaja, Elbassan und Ohrida, so wie des Gränzdistricts von Budua in Österreichisch-Albanien (1844) in German, posted on Internet Archive |
| Specific Topics |
Justin McCarthy, Death and Exile. The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922, Princeton, NJ : Darwin Press 1995 [G] Mark Mazower, Salonica. City of Ghosts. Christians,Muslims and Jews 1430-1950, NY : Alfred A. Knopf 2006, KMLA Lib.Sign. 949.565 M476s Stephen Runciman, The Great Church in Captivity, Cambridge : UP (1968) 2008 [G] |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Th. Veremes, Historical Dictionary of Greece, Lanham Md. : Scarecrow 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 949.5 V492b |
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