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Example of Imperialism, Counterattack to Colonialism
Source : https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/once-upon-a-time-when-africans-wielded-power-in-the-ottoman-empire-32031
Source : https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/30195
Source : https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/582756
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Example of Imperialism, Counterattack to Colonialism
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Africans share strong historic ties with Turkey as the Ottoman Empire, its predecessor state, not only recruited tens of thousands of Africans into its army but also employed a large number of them in both the royal court and palace.
In the last few decades, as wars, conflicts, famines and chronic poverty have driven tens of thousands of Africans out of their home countries and pushed them to seek a new life in Western countries, Turkey has become their gateway to Europe. Over the years, the country has offered them such opportunities that a large number of Africans have given up on their European dream and settled down in several Turkish cities.
Apart from the teeming population of African immigrants in Turkey, there's a 40,000-strong population of African-Turks whose ancestry can be traced back to the Ottoman era.
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Contrary to the popular notion, the African eunuchs who worked for the Ottoman state were not castrated since the practice is forbidden in Islam. As per many historical accounts, Africans were generally castrated by slave traders who later sold them to the Ottoman rank and file. Once enrolled in the palace, they were sent to schools and universities for formal education.
The bright ones were provided scholarships for further education. While many were recruited in the Ottoman court and palace, many others served in the military.
At one point in Ottoman history, white eunuchs wielded too much power and engaged in corruption. The Sultans therefore turned to black eunuchs toward the end of the 16th Century. One of the main reasons for this preference was based on the fact that African eunuchs were distant, away from their blood relations, which made them immune to corruption and conspiracy. Their lives largely depended on the welfare of the sultan, while the sultan himself needed their assistance for a range of daily logistics. (My comments: this forum's great replacement theory is already practiced ever by the caliphate. There are many ethical benefits on replacement. But the rightist don't want it)
At a time when slavery was largely accepted in the Western world, the Ottoman Empire opposed it, especially the Atlantic slave trade to the United states, the Caribbean and Central and South America, where slaves generally worked in agricultural fields and coal mines. In Istanbul, however, Africans had access to power corridors of the Ottoman Empire as they worked with the imperial elite.
In Turkey today, African-Turks still exist in various cities. Their story is even older than the country's foundation. According to some estimates, their forefathers came freely as part of conquering armies while others were brought to Turkey as slaves.
One of the African-Turks Sukru Seze from Izmir’s Naime Village told TRT World in 2018 that he has never questioned his roots.
"I was born in Turkey, I feel Turkish, there is no difference,” he said.
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While contemporary observers noted the weak position of the Ottoman Empire at the 1884 Berlin Conference, Minawi argues that Ottoman statesmen took these agreements very seriously. In fact, he argues that they closely followed the legal terms of the conference in order to claim parts of Sub-Saharan Africa as the “hinterland” of their remaining North Africa provinces. Likewise, they tried to hold their European competitors in Africa, such as France and Britain, to these terms in order to stop the contraction of their empire. In this way, they used these new agreements to assert their sovereign position on the world stage.
However, as Minawi also notes, Ottoman activities in Africa went beyond formal claims. They sought to establish telegraph lines and other political and cultural connections with the local Sanusi order in order to lay claim to a tangible presence on the ground. Here, Minawi notes the potential dangers of labeling the Ottomans as another colonial power, because their strategies differed markedly from those of some of their European contemporaries. Rather than asserting themselves as the rightful and hegemonic rules of a borderlands region, they represented themselves to their local interlocutors as alternative allies to the otherwise impeding arrival of European colonial rule.
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On the way of India the Portugese tormented rulers of Southern Arabia and the Coastal region ranging from Somali to South Africa. Hasan Pahsa heard the cries of these people and while he sent troops to Oman coasts he also sent the fleet to Mombasa twice and saved the region from Portugese invasion. In all these expeditions his best supporters and assistants were local people and their rulers who declared their declared to Hasan Pahsa.
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Existence of Bûsaîd Kingdom strengthing from Oman to Zanzibar in Indian Ocean had been a way of salvation fort he Muslims of the region. Ottoman Empire improved relations with this Kingdom especially in the second half of the 19th century.10 Sultan of Zanzibar Seyyid Ali Bin Hamud (1902-1911) came to Ýstanbul and had talked to Sultan Abdulhamid II. He was welcomed in Istanbul at utmost level and he was given accompaniments.
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Today one of the historical events that is known both in Turkey and South Africa is the appointment of Ebubekir Efendi by the Sultan from Ýstanbul for the Muslims of South Africa on exclusive mission. Achievements of Ebubekir Efendi were not confined to South Africa. The Ottoman Empire even planned to find scholars like him and to send them to Europe. But it was really difficult to find scholars who has the same enthusiasm he had. Even while he was alive people knew his achievements but plans of finding another person like him was not realized. European colonialist states were afraid of Ottoman Empire’s appointments of scholars like Ebubekir Efendi to various parts of Africa. Diplomatic missions of some special ambassadors such as Sadik el-Mueyyed Pasha who was sent to Etiopia and Libya by Sultan Abdulhamid II, had been followed closely by the European embassies in those countries. Sadýk el-Müeyyed Pasha like Ebubekir Efendi was not satisfied with going for diplomatic missions but he also wrote what he observed and experienced and compiled these as a book.
Piri Reis provides a lot of valuable information about Comoros Islands in his book called Kitâb-ý Bahriye. But unfortunately Ottoman intelligentsia didn’t follow the path he opened as it deserves. There had been some times that even the top level state bureaucrats became ignorant of information he provided. Comoros Islands wanted to inform Istanbul when the French started to colonize their land in 1840s. Sultan of Anjouan whose island was not colonized by the French caused the local people suffer and tormented too much in cooperation with the British consul. Those of local people who wanted to inform Istanbul of what was going on first send two of their princes to London to complain the consul. Ottoman ambassador in London welcomed them, paid much attention, paid for all of their expenses in London and informed Istanbul of their visit. They were welcomed perfectly when they got Ýstanbul and they were paid salaries as long as they stayed in the Sultan’s palace. The thing that surprised two princes was that many of the Ottoman authorities were not aware of their countries. In short this shows us that the information Piri Reis provided 300 years ago has just been left aside.14
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...devotion of Muslims who lived in Southern Africa to Ottoman Sultan is worth appreciation. They were so devoted and felt affiliated that even the workers in diamond mines sent greetings every year for the ceremonies on anniversary of start of Sultan Abdulhamid II’s ruling period.
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Muslims living in Island of Indian Oceans from Mauritius and Madagascar contacted newly formed Turkish government in Ankara in the last days of Ottoman Empire. So the help was mutual not unilateral, Ottoman Empire helped African in the past and Africans also helped Ottomans. Muslims from Mauritius helped Ottomans after the war between Ottomans and Russians in 1877. Moreover, in 1920s they collected some amount of money among themselves and sent to Ankara government after the national independence struggle was won. During the first campaigns for collecting aid a person who was in the position of head of Muslims had had written all the aid to the Ottoman consul. He also wanted to salute his people on national days in Ottoman clothes and demanded from Istanbul to send necessary things. All the things he demanded were sent to him immediately. In the documents about the people of these islands we can see the pictures of elite of the society wearing Ottoman clothes on important occasions. Head of the Muslims in Mauritius wrote a letter personally to Sultan Abdulhamid II and expressed their situation
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Muslims of Mauritius and Madagascar exerted much effort to send the aid they collected to Ankara. They started campaigns for collecting aid for Turks waging war against Europeans and sent the collected aid to a magazine, Echos de l’Orient, published in Paris. The magazine announced to its readers the name of people who donated and what is donated.
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(Minute 02:24 - 02:50)
...in the 20th century, Ottoman letters were discovered in Istanbul which concerned an embassy to Turkey sent from the African state of Kanemburnu which at its greatest extent encompassed parts of Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Libya. These letters illuminate the relationship between Turkey and Bornu in 16th century. The ruler at the time was Idris Aluma. He was undoubtedly one of the greatest rulers in Bornu's history.
(Minute 05:00 - 06:00)
...the Ajuran Sultanate also made use of an Ottoman alliance in the 16th century. During this time the Ottomans had established their dominance in the Indian Ocean where Portuguese were beginning to challenge not only the Ottomans in the region but also the Somali Empire of Ajuran. Mogadhisu became a target of Portuguese ambition. As a reaction to the Portuguese threat, the Ajuran strengthen its relations with the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul, both parties established military pact to collectively thwart the Portuguese threat in the Indian Ocean. As a result, the marine forces of Ajuran and the Ottoman navy organized common expedition to break the Portuguese blockades of the coastal town of the Indian Ocean. This cooperation reached its peak in 1580s during Mayor Ali Bey's command of the Turkish fleet in Indian Ocean. When a Somali-Turkish expedition was sent as far as Southeast Asia.