Ulcinj
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Ulcinj is a town on the southern coast of Montenegro and the capital of Ulcinj Municipality. It has an urban population of 10,707 (2011), the majority being Albanians.
Image: Ulcinj, Montenegro Sept. 2010
Image: Xhamia e Pashës, Ulqin
Image: 18 Ulcinj wieza zegarowa
The Surrender of Dulcigno, the last of the International Squadron. The Graphic 1880
Sabbatai Zevi
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Sabbatai Zevi was an Ottoman Jewish mystic, and ordained rabbi from Smyrna. He was likely of Ashkenazi origin. Active throughout the Ottoman Empire, Zevi claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah and founded the Sabbatean movement.
Etched portrait of Sabbatai Zevi from 1666
New Mosque, built by the Dönme community of Salonica during the late Ottoman period.
"Sabbatai Zevi enthroned" (image from the Amsterdam/Jewish publication Tikkun, Amsterdam, 1666).
Sabbatai Zevi as a prisoner in the castle at Abydos.