Phanariote

Moldavia, by the so-called Phanariote governors or farmers-general of the Porte.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

Hospodar of Moldavia, Gregory Ghika, was necessary to validate the cession, but that patriotic 'Phanariote' refused to append it, whereupon he was deposed and cruelly murdered by the creatures of the Porte.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

The collusion with Russia by the native princes of Moldavia and Wallachia prompted the Ottoman government to replace them with its own appointees from among the Greek Phanariote families of Istanbul.

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By this treaty the Russians gained territory and secured the promise from the Porte of a more merciful government in Moldo-Wallachia, the condition of which at that time is represented to have been desperate, owing to the Phanariote exactions and the frequent change of hospodars.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

So much for the dark side of the Phanariote rule; and it is much to be regretted that all modern historians have contented themselves with looking at its unfavourable aspect, and have sought to shift all the sins and errors of the period upon the shoulders of the Greek princes.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

Some of the more important incidents will be referred to in connection with the subsequent _régime_ of the Greek, or, as they are called, the Phanariote rulers appointed by the Porte, and it will only be necessary to make a few brief comments upon the condition of the country, and the character of two or three of the

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

Nothing can be more dreary and wearisome than to wade through an account of the wars between Russia and the Sublime Porte from the accession of the Phanariote rulers down to the Crimean campaign of 1853-6, and yet, for any but Roumanian readers, the history of the country contains little else of interest during that period.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

His name first appears conspicuously about the year 1826, when, in conjunction with Constantine Golesco, a returned exile and friend of the unfortunate Vladimiresco, and with the concurrence and support of the reigning hospodar, Gregory Ghika, he endeavoured to revive the national language, which had been displaced by Greek in consequence of the long-continued Phanariote rule.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

The first was the termination of the Phanariote rule and the restoration of the native princes, Gregory Ghika being appointed Prince of Wallachia, and John Stourdza of Moldavia.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

The Greek or Phanariote boyards who were created, found it politic to intermarry with the native boyard families in order to improve their position in the land of their adoption, and the servile

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson