Occupational Structure of Tulcea Population in the 1840s (According to Data from the Temettuat Registers) Cover Image

Професионална структура на тулчанското население през 40-те години на XIX в. (по данни от теметтуат дефтерите)
Occupational Structure of Tulcea Population in the 1840s (According to Data from the Temettuat Registers)

Author(s): Nikolay Todorov
Subject(s): History, Economy, Micro-Economics, Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age
Published by: Център за стопанско-исторически изследвания
Keywords: Tulcea;Temettuat Register;trade;craftsman

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims at examining the occupational structure of the population of Tulcea in the 40s of the 19th century. Unpublished materials from the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul have been used, and in particular the Temettuat Register (Defter) with a signature ML.VRD.TMT.d 12755. The creation of the discussed Temettuat Defter coincides with the period of economic rise of Tulcea and the formation of the Bulgarian community in the city. During the examined period Tulcea established itself as an extremely multiethnic city, a feature of many of the commercial centers through the epoch. From the analysis of the document it is clear that the trade- domestic and foreign was prevailing in the economic development of Tulcea. The highest incomes were from the crafts engaged in that field. Tulcea provided the entrepreneurs of the epoch an untapped market with great opportunities. From its port goods were exported to craftsmen from a very wide region - North-eastern Bulgaria and the eastern parts of The Balkan Mountains.

  • Issue Year: II/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 320-342
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bulgarian