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What was the "racial" hierarchy like in the Ottoman Empire before the wide influence of Western ideas in the 19th century? All are supposed to be equal in Islam, but did the Ottomans behave that way re: their black, Roma, etc. subjects?

by /u/screwyoushadowban in /r/AskHistorians

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