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Definition of Phanariotes

Phanariote
Phanariot Pha*nar"i*ot, n. Also Phanariote Pha*nar"i*ote [NGr. ?, fr. Phanar. See Phanar.] One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.

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- Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots (Gr****: Φαναριώτες, Romanian: Fanarioți, Turkish: Fenerliler) were members of prominent Gr**** families in Phanar...
- system itself was challenged by usurpers, and became obsolete with the Phanariote epoch, when rulers were appointed by the Ottoman Sultans; between 1821...
- Gr**** inhabitants of Fener were called Phanariotes and often served the Sultan in important roles. Wealthy Phanariotes often served as dragomans (translators)...
- statesman, diplomat, politician and member of the Mavrocordatos family of Phanariotes. In 1812, Mavrokordatos went to the court of his uncle John George Caradja...
- system itself was challenged by usurpers, and became obsolete with the Phanariote epoch, when monarchs were appointed by the Ottoman Sultans. Between 1821...
- millet representatives and 46 representatives of other millets (Jews, Phanariotes, Armenians). The second body was the Senate, and the members were selected...
- of Moldavia between 1792 and 1795. A member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes (descended from the Drakos family), he was the grandfather of Michael...
- appointed from the Phanariotes of Constantinople. Inaugurated by Nicholas Mavrocordatos in Moldavia after Dimitrie Cantemir, Phanariote rule was brought...
- Ionescu, Bucureștii în vremea fanarioților ("Bucharest in the Time of the Phanariotes"), Editura Dacia, Cluj, 1974. Neagu Djuvara, Între Orient și Occident...
- (Izmir) and Ayvalık (Kydonies), were also Gr**** commercial centers. The Phanariotes were a small caste of Gr**** families who took their collective name from...