Donmeh
E473660
The Donmeh were a secretive group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who outwardly converted to Islam while secretly following the messianic teachings of Shabbetai Tzvi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Donmeh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4842392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Donmeh Context triple: [Shabbetai Tzvi movement, followedBy, Donmeh]
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Druze
The Druze are a small, monotheistic religious and ethnonational community originating in the Levant, known for their esoteric beliefs, strong communal cohesion, and significant presence in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
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Bukharan Jews
Bukharan Jews are a Jewish ethno-cultural group from Central Asia, particularly around Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, known for their distinct Persian-influenced language, traditions, and history.
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Yazidis
The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority primarily from northern Iraq, known for their distinct syncretic faith centered on the worship of Melek Taus (the Peacock Angel) and for having faced severe persecution, including recent genocidal attacks by ISIS.
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Karaite Jews
Karaite Jews are a Jewish religious and ethnic community that recognizes only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative scripture, rejecting the Oral Torah and rabbinic tradition.
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Karaims
Karaims are a Turkic-speaking ethnic and religious community historically associated with Karaite Judaism, primarily found in regions such as Lithuania, Poland, and Crimea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Donmeh Target entity description: The Donmeh were a secretive group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who outwardly converted to Islam while secretly following the messianic teachings of Shabbetai Tzvi.
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A.
Druze
The Druze are a small, monotheistic religious and ethnonational community originating in the Levant, known for their esoteric beliefs, strong communal cohesion, and significant presence in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
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B.
Bukharan Jews
Bukharan Jews are a Jewish ethno-cultural group from Central Asia, particularly around Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, known for their distinct Persian-influenced language, traditions, and history.
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C.
Yazidis
The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority primarily from northern Iraq, known for their distinct syncretic faith centered on the worship of Melek Taus (the Peacock Angel) and for having faced severe persecution, including recent genocidal attacks by ISIS.
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D.
Karaite Jews
Karaite Jews are a Jewish religious and ethnic community that recognizes only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative scripture, rejecting the Oral Torah and rabbinic tradition.
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E.
Karaims
Karaims are a Turkic-speaking ethnic and religious community historically associated with Karaite Judaism, primarily found in regions such as Lithuania, Poland, and Crimea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crypto-Jewish community
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religious group ⓘ sect ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sabbatean movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shabbateanism ⓘ |
| center |
Istanbul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Izmir NERFINISHED ⓘ Salonika NERFINISHED ⓘ Thessaloniki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| doctrine |
antinomian tendencies
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messianic belief in Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| follows | teachings of Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ |
| founder | followers of Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
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Rumelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Salonika Jewish community
NERFINISHED
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Young Turk era urban culture ⓘ |
| innerReligiousIdentity | Sabbatean Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
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Ladino NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriagePractice | endogamy ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
convert
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turncoat ⓘ |
| minorityStatus | religious minority in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Turkish word dönme ⓘ |
| notableFigure | Shabbetai Tzvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizationalDivision |
Kapancı subgroup
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Karakaş subgroup ⓘ Yakubi subgroup ⓘ |
| outerReligiousIdentity | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
heretical by mainstream Islam
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heretical by mainstream Judaism ⓘ |
| practices | crypto-Judaism ⓘ |
| publicIdentity | Muslim ⓘ |
| publicPractice | Sunni Muslim rituals ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
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Judaism ⓘ |
| secretPractice |
distinct Sabbatean liturgy
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observance of Jewish rituals ⓘ |
| socialStructure | closed community ⓘ |
| sourceType | subject of historical research ⓘ |
| status | largely assimilated in modern Turkey ⓘ |
| topicOf | conspiracy theories in modern Turkish politics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Donmeh Description of subject: The Donmeh were a secretive group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who outwardly converted to Islam while secretly following the messianic teachings of Shabbetai Tzvi.
Referenced by (1)
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