Kouloughli
Encyclopedia
Kouloughli means "children of subjects". It is equivalent to kuloğlu, the contraction of kul ("subject"), ("soldier") and oğul ("son") in modern Turkish
. It is a word used to designate the mixed descendants of Ottomans (mostly Janissaries) and indigenous Algerians, Tunisians and Libyans from the period of Ottoman
dominance of North Africa
between the 16th and early 20th centuries. The phrase comes from the fact that the rulers of the Ottoman provinces of North Africa were sent from the Ottoman Empire and were subjects of the Ottoman Empire. Their children, the society’s “elite” were therefore children of subjects.
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
. It is a word used to designate the mixed descendants of Ottomans (mostly Janissaries) and indigenous Algerians, Tunisians and Libyans from the period of Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
dominance of North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
between the 16th and early 20th centuries. The phrase comes from the fact that the rulers of the Ottoman provinces of North Africa were sent from the Ottoman Empire and were subjects of the Ottoman Empire. Their children, the society’s “elite” were therefore children of subjects.