Sultan's firmani in 1815 mentions the Greek population of Kozani

[Ptolemy]

The Ecclesiastical library has some interesting historical documents involving certain areas in Macedonia.

This is the Firmani of Sultan Mahmut in 1815 about the nomination of Veniamin as new bishop of Kozani and Servion. More interesting the turkish firmani mentions some of his duties in reference to the Greek populations of Kozani and Servion.

The original Firmani of Sultan Mahmut:



and the Greek translation of the part which interests us.

[Draco]

It speaks of "Ellines", i.e. "Hellenes". Does this mean it would have been "Yunanlar" (ethnic Greeks) in the original Turkish or "Rumlar" (Greek Orthodox Christians)?

[Ptolemy]

I 've got the greek translation and it clearly distinguishes the terms Ελληνες Ραγιάδες and Χριστιανοί.

[Ptolemy]

This is a proikosumfonon took place in Kozani of 1796 between Konstantinos Stamkos and Anastasia Ioannou.



In the bottom there are the names of witnesses in this proikosumfonon.

Sakellarios Georgios priest
Nomophylax Georgios priest
Ieromnimon Harisios priest
Panagiotis X. Kritopoulos Witness
Ioannis Konstantinou Witness
Sakellion Demetrios priest
Protopapas Manouel priest
Kriakoris Stamoulis witness

Wait a min, i thought there were no Greeks in Macedonia prior to..1913.