Amira (Ottoman Empire)

In the Ottoman Empire, amira was a small group of elite, wealthy Ottoman Armenians living in urban centers.[1][2][3][4]

References

1. Conlin, Jonathan (2017). "The amiras and the Ottoman Empire, 1880-1923". Turcica. 48: 219–244. doi:10.2143/TURC.48.0.3237140.
2. Kaligian, Dikran Mesrob (31 December 2011). Armenian Organization and Ideology under Ottoman Rule: 1908-1914. Transaction Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4128-4834-3.
3. Barsoumian, Hagop (1982). "The Dual Role of the Armenian Amira Class within the Ottoman Government and the Armenian Millet (1750–1850)". In Braude, Benjamin; Lewis, Bernard (eds.). Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire: The Functioning of a Plural Society. Vol. I. New York: Holmes & Meier.
4. Barsoumian, Hagop (1997). "The Eastern Question and the Tanzimat Era". In Hovannisian, Richard G (ed.). The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times. Vol. II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century. New York: St. Martin's. pp. 175–201. ISBN 0-312-10168-6.