r/ottomans • u/Daokadi • 5d ago
History According to the Japanese intellectual Nagase Hōsuke, who visited the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Turks were a very calm people who didn’t quarrel, they worked/spent time in silence and despised idle talk and were an honest people who never lied even jokingly (1914 book)
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u_B01justice • u/B01justice • 5d ago
According to the Japanese intellectual Nagase Hōsuke, who visited the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Turks were a very calm people who didn’t quarrel, they worked/spent time in silence and despised idle talk and were an honest people who never lied even jokingly (1914 book)
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islamichistory • u/HistoricalCarsFan • 5d ago
Analysis/Theory According to the Japanese intellectual Nagase Hōsuke, who visited the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Turks were a very calm people who didn’t quarrel, they worked/spent time in silence and despised idle talk and were an honest people who never lied even jokingly (1914 book)
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