The Rhodes Blood Libel of 1840: Episode in the History of Ottoman Reforms

IF 0.5 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES Pub Date : 2021-10-11 DOI:10.2979/jewisocistud.26.3.02

O. Borovaya

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Abstract

Abstract:Since historians assume that the Rhodes blood libel of 1840 was a small-scale version of the contemporaneous Damascus Affair, Rhodian Jews, too, are believed to have been rescued by Moses Montefiore and other European Jews. Yet, unlike the Damascus crisis that turned into an international political emergency, the one on Rhodes was treated by the Ottomans as a domestic legal case and handled in accordance with the Tanzimat laws (a series of modernizing reforms), the 1840 penal code in particular. This article, based on newly discovered evidence, examines the legal means and mechanisms used to manage the Rhodes crisis, arguing that its resolution, advocated by the Jewish leadership in Istanbul, can be adequately understood only in the context of the Tanzimat judicial reform. This was the first instance when the Sublime Porte complied with its European allies’ demand that it guarantee its non-Muslim subjects equal treatment and legal protection.

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1840年的罗德血腥诽谤:奥斯曼改革历史中的一段插曲

摘要：由于历史学家认为1840年罗兹的血腥诽谤是同时代大马士革事件的小规模版本，因此罗地亚犹太人也被认为是摩西·蒙蒂菲奥里和其他欧洲犹太人所拯救的。然而，与大马士革危机演变成国际政治紧急事件不同，罗兹危机被奥斯曼人视为国内法律案件，并根据坦桑尼亚法律（一系列现代化改革），特别是1840年的刑法进行处理。这篇文章基于新发现的证据，研究了用于管理罗兹危机的法律手段和机制，认为只有在坦齐马特司法改革的背景下才能充分理解伊斯坦布尔犹太领导层倡导的解决方案。这是Sublime Porte第一次遵守其欧洲盟友的要求，即保证其非穆斯林主体享有平等待遇和法律保护。

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