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Phanariot
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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- were drawn from the Phanariots. Two Gr**** social groups emerged, challenging the leadership of the Gr**** Church: the Phanariots in Constantinople and...
- century. As chancellery and cultural language, especially during the Phanariot period of time. Historian Ilona Czamańska [pl] states that this name is...
- from the Phanar district of Istanbul to rule Moldova and Wallachia. The Phanariot princes pursued oppressive fiscal policies and dissolved the army. The...
- practices prevailing in the Ottoman Empire, whereas it was only possible for Phanariots to qualify for attaining four princely positions, those being grand dragoman...
- and Constantinople lived in prosperity, and Gr****s of Constantinople (Phanariots) achieved power within the Ottoman administration, much of Greece suffered...
- family into exile and the replacement of the native voivodes by Gr**** phanariots. Cantemir was also a prolific writer, variously a philosopher, historian...
- military-administrative functions led to a confusion, aggravated by the Phanariots: these functions began to be considered as noble titles, like in the Occident...
- Macedonian Gr****s, Tsakonians, Maniots, Karagounides, Mikrasiates [el], Phanariots, Egyptian Gr****s, Caucasus Gr****s, Sfakians, Slavophone Gr****s, Corfiot...
- Romanian history. The main goal of most Phanariots was to get rich and then to retire. Under the Phanariots, Moldavia was the first state in Eastern...
- 1828) was a Gr**** nationalist politician who was member of a prominent Phanariot Gr**** family, a prince of the Danubian Prin****lities, a senior officer...