Islam in Moldova

Islam in Moldova exists as Islam in Romania since the Middle Ages.

It has more than 3,000 Muslims among the 3.3 million citizens of the former Soviet republic are mainly Nogaier or Tatars ( from other CIS republics immigrated ) or re- immigrant Turks from Turkey and have a share of about 0.1 % of the total population, as well little impact on the Moldovan politics as Muslim minority parties in Romania.

History

From 1061 to 1171 Wallachia formed the core realm of Turkic Pechenegs ( in which 1068 a Muslim minority had begun to reign ), while Moldova was under the rule of Russian princes who had taken some also Turkic Cumans in their services. From 1171 to 1240 then belonged to Wallachia and Moldavia to the realm of Cumans, one of which is also already a minority known to Islam. The Cumans were followed by the Mongols or Tatars, the 1285-1300 and dominated the region beyond the Danube under her Muslim rulers Nogai Khan. This summed up Islam in the Northern Dobruja already some decades feet before the Romanian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia in the first place emerged ( 1330-1360 ).

Although the Principality of Moldavia paid annual tribute to the Ottoman Empire since 1455, it had 1484 the important bases on the Black Sea Chilia and Cetatea Albă cede the Ottoman Empire. 1538 lost the Moldavian principality also Tighina (Turkish Bender ) to the Ottoman Eyalet Silistrien, Bender was under Ottoman rule until 1812.

The Moldavian Prince Ilia II in 1546 took on Islam. The Moldovan toll rose, however, to 65,000 gold pieces in the 18th century, were added 7,000 pieces of gold tribute to the Khanate of the Crimean Tatars.

After the collapse of their rule in the adjacent Podolia (1699 ), the Ottoman Porte moved loyal Polish- Muslim Tatars in Lipkany (near Balti ), the place is named after the Lipka Tatars.

In Chotyn ( Rumanian: Hotin, today also Ukrainian), which directly part of the Ottoman Empire with the Principality of Moldavia, then to 1812 to 1711, the Turk Mustafa Bairaktar was born, who was the Ottoman Grand Vizier in 1808 until his death. Two other reigning 1821-1828 Turkish grand viziers were from Bender ( Benderli Ali Pasha and Mehmed Selim Benderli Sırrı Pasha.

Documents

Weblink

  • Encyclopaedia of Islam I: 1252b, articles Bogdan ( Moldova )
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam II: 687b, articles Eflak ( Wallachia )
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